Earlier this week I had the opportunity to check out Art21 which is a website hosted by the public broadcasting system that is geared to showcase artists of the 21st century. One particular artist that caught my eye was Mary Heilmann. On the homepage of Art21 there is photos of pieces of each artist’s artwork […]
So this week we have been working on a project based upon influential art in history. I have chosen to work with some of Ansel Adams photography and work. First off I would like to talk a little bit about Ansel Adams, and then exactly what I plan on doing for this project. Ansel Adams […]
This past week I spent three full days on the Colrado River in Utah in the recreation area of Westwater Canyon, which is about an hour northeast of Moab, Utah. I am currently working for the Adventure Programs and Education, at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs. This rafting trip was our annual staff trip for […]
This past Thursday in class we completed an artist role play assignment in which we were pared up with one other person in the class and were required to research the artist and do a skit, some sort of dramatization to educate the rest of the class about our particular artist. I chose to research […]
So for the rest of this week I have been working quite a lot. I have spent the past three days on the river raft guiding, and currently I am on the way to Westwater Canyon which is a portion of the Westwater River in Utah. This will be a four day staff trip, basically […]
This past Tuesday in class we visited a recreation of the Sistine Chapel, which is the official residence of the Pope in the Vatican City. Michelangelo painted 12,000 square feet of the chapel ceiling between 1508 and 1512. The ceiling of the chapel and the Last Judgment painting are believed to be Michelangelo’s best paintings […]
Currently I am a senior at Bowling Green State University. I will be graduating this coming August with a degree in Technology Education and an Outdoor Education minor. This past May I moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado to work at Fort Carson Army Base to work with their Adventure Programs at their Outdoor Recreation Complex. […]