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ART XTRAVAGANZA

                                   

December 5, 2008  6pm-9pm

 

BGSU ARTS BUILDING

                                   

Please choose the type of event from below and include in your blog post

(Only the events listed below fulfill the artsXpose requirement):

  Arts Related Conferences

 

1.)  Provide a brief detail-oriented technical description or summary of the event you attended.  This section should remain journalistic and should not be reflective of your opinion.

 

Arts Xtravaganza is an event where all of the different variations of art classes and groups get around and create a giant art “fair”. This is where they can gather support for their group, earn money by selling projects made through the year, and show the community just what has been going on so far. This event is rather large and uses the entire arts building first floor and second, to spread the word of art around entirely.

 

2.)  Use the section below to write a well-structured paragraph focusing on your personal critical insight / response to the event.  How did you interpret or react to what was presented to you?

 

In so many parts of the world art and music has been taken out of classrooms and so many people do not appreciate what it is that artists do. Without art the world would be naked and drab and things would not be nearly how they are today. Without art and music in classrooms there would not be the education passed on from generation to generation. Music would no longer plague the ears of so many and so many visual things we have come to love will disapear. To lose out on a generation and generations to come would be a terrible waste.

 

3.)  What information, ideas, images, etc. most impressed you and why?

 

I loved how you were able to walk around every corner of the building and find something new. I loved how there were demonstrations in some of the areas of the building and that there was live theatre in a lot of the rooms. I’m glad that something like this is able to be organized and open to the public. It actually made me want to try glass blowing and try to do metal working. While yes, in high school we did a lot of metal work, I wouldn’t mind going and trying to learn some new techniques to be better.

 

4.)  Overall, how would you rate this event (10 being the most worthwhile)?
            (10 ) =]

 

5.)  Justify your rating in the question above:

 

This art event was amazing! I absolutely loved the fact that you were able to see all and everything that everyone else has been working on in their classes. The teeshirt printing area was really interesting and looked rather fun to do. I will definitely remember to bring cash money next year and buy quite a few of the glass blown christmas ornaments.