Reminder: To receive credit for attending each activity, you must: (1) Check in with a Peer Mentor at the start and conclusion of the co-curricular experience and have them initial twice next to the activity you are attending. (2) You must post a written reflection to the course blog of at least 250 words briefly describing the event or activity as well as things you learned from the experience. This written reflection is due within 24 hours of the event’s conclusion. You will turn in this form on the last day of class.
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Last night I attended Diana Folsom’s lecture on her newest collection of artwork. Her newest pieces connected stars and galaxies in the sky with similar shapes and landscapes on Earth’s ground. Folsom had always made the connection of earth and sky; she even showed us a poem she wrote as a child comparing flowers to stars. I enjoyed her artwork and loved the concepts of incorporating dirt with her paint mediums on the canvas. I thought that gave the artwork a more intriguing and deeper connection to the subject. I thought Ms. Folsom was very nice and very insightful to those interested in a career in her field. She was very helpful and seemed genuinely interested in answering student’s questions. The hors d'oeuvres were also delicious; I love spanakopita! I’m glad I attended this lecture, because it was a privilege to listen to an artist break down her creative process and ways in which the artwork is created.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed listening to Dian Folsome talk about her artwork. Her art has as very unique style that I thought was very interesting. Her pieces had their own meaning but also let the viewer develop his or her own interpretation as well. I wish I had been there for the beginning to understand more about how she got started and connections of her art to her past but hearing about the present state of her work was just as interesting. I had never heard of an artist using dirt or clay in their artwork and I thought it was very cool that she not only did this but also shaped the rest of the piece around the meaning of the earth. I would have to say my favorite pieces where those from her collection Women is Nature (I think it was nature). I would also have to agree with Jenny in that the food was really good too.
ReplyDeleteI found Diana Folsom's lecture to be quite entertaining. Mrs. Folsom emphasized her strong belief on the idea of finding your voice as an artist. She herself has gone through a personal journey to find her own artistic voice. Diana Folsom is drawn by our universe and the various elements that make it up. Within some of her paintings she uses natural earth materials such as sand, soil, and clay. More often than not, she uses these materials from places of cultural or personal significance. She layers materials in order to express the idea of natural process. Her main subjects of her artwork are stars, and rivers that represent the female body. Diana Folsom is very passionate about artwork and the things that appeal to her the most in pieces of art are lines, layered strong color, flow, mystery, luminosity, traces and hints, accidents, the seen, and the unseen. In the end, Mrs. Folsom strongly emphasizes that an artist must believe in what he or she does. That's what she did, and to this day she has sold a plethora of paintings all around the world. I respect Mrs. Folsom for her passion for art and I really enjoyed listening to her lecture.
ReplyDeleteI was very interested in the time it took her to create the process of her artworks as well as what materials she uses. I thought it was very interesting how she explained she takes samples of sand from around the world as one of her ingredients. I found her to be very interesting and helpful in explaining how her different art works are created.
ReplyDeleteIt was very interesting to hear Diana explain her techniques and show the different materials she uses. Diana made sure to let us know her love for natural earth materials and that she uses these materials, like soil, in her drawings. Diana expressed the idea that any artwork can be good as long as the artist has faith in their painting. She has a lot of passion for her work and i love that she uses a lot of different material and encourages anyone to be an artist.
ReplyDeleteThis was definitely one of my favorite events. Although it was a lecture I thought it was really great to see other types of art work then what we were just working on in class. Diana seemed to be very passionate about her art work and you could really see that in each piece because she works so hard to get her message across. I enjoyed hearing her talk about her art work. The next day in class we got to try her style of art work out. This was a lot of fun because it was a change of pace for us. making collages was really cool and was a nice break because we didnt necessarily have to try to make our art work look "real life". The different materials were fun to work with. I really enjoyed the lecture and working with Diana in class the next day.
ReplyDeleteI liked Diana's lecture. I also really like her art work. It was very unique and nothing like things I've seen before. I really like the fact that she used different materials such as soil and volcanic ash and other things to make her paintings even more unique. Another thing I like about her presentation is when she showed us the different exhibits at the museum she works at. They were very interesting to me. It was also really fun when we did the collages in class.
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