CFA AR 892 Journals

This week seemed harder to me as we were not asked or directed to produce any art. I loved that this was part of our practice up until now.  Images printed on fabric. Inspired by the exhibition on Anthropocene and the over tourism of National Parks and the "scenic cult" https://www.annarborartcenter.org/exhibitions/written-into-rock/ Jessica Tenbusch-  https://www.jessicatenbusch.com/20192021 Millie Tibbs-  https://www.milleetibbs.com/in-the-american-west/as-above-so-below/1 https://www.milleetibbs.com/meta-photography/albers-on-adams/1 https://www.milleetibbs.com/statement Future exploration  https://umma.umich.edu/exhibitions/the-world-to-come-art-in-the-age-of-the-anthropocene/ Here are some photos from this week: What is smooth sailing? Finding the research I need. What is difficult?  Narrowing the research down to be more concise. This includes artist work. How are you using the methodologies we studied?  I think that the idea of narrative or an autoet...

 Research Question I want to know how to use my photographs that I take from the backseat of the car when we travel for my son’s treatments across states as an artistic expression of our journey as well as a mindful and meditative exercise for memories sake. I want to explore this through the still photos and long exposures I use to create paintings created from these moving (motion and emotive) landscapes to capture our new horizons.

Free Flow The Shiva on my desk plays with the light coming in from my classroom window, making her appear to wave at me, reminding me of my goal of breaking down barriers through art—a gift from Santana and her family from their recent visit to see her Grandmother in India. The whirl of the computers in the room is music to my ears as I read an email from Julian, attending Business School at Greenwich in London, who needs help with Illustrator while looking at his self-portrait amongst other students’ work displayed on my walls. Julian’s black and white selfie with vertical and horizontal colorful stripes was more telling than any artist statement he could have written. Julian told me he wanted to go to school in London because he wanted to be different in a different place. After I answered his email about zooming out, I zoomed in on my goal today of vetting more videos and tutorials from global artists and professionals that will reflect and expand my student base. Knowing full well,...

  One of the items that I have been pondering since photography was mentioned in Week 1 is the concept of is creating a series of artwork that documents the travel we do for my son health. Today, as I sat in the back seat again, I realized that we are witness to "Moving Landscapes." Here are a couple of examples of my long-exposures. Cleveland                                                                                                     Home

What do you see?  Torn Pieces or Waves This piece was initially called “Torn Pieces” but would soon take on the title “Waves.” This piece is a collage that began as a failure on both an artistic and personal level. The piece comprises multiple failed printed photographs of one of my landscape paintings on vellum paper, and multiple overexposed cyanotype paper that resulted from a light leak. The execution of the collage was fast and furious. I ripped the failed photos, which were supposed to be part of a weaving project, which helped me release my tensions and frustration with the project and my personal life. The ripping mimicked the sound of waves from a sound machine. The most cathartic act was placing the torn pieces on the canvas. Layering the pieces to show depth and a sense of deepness helped me deal with the frustration of my son’s health. I did my version of Marshall and Vashe's process of “mining, bridging, and making.”   The title changed after I showed i...

  Through Chaos Comes the Light  My mind map comes at a time in my life where there is much chaos. Although it may be different than what a "mind map" I might ask my students to make, mine reflects my undercurrent of research and art making right now. I make my most art when I am stressed and I am currently at a very fragile place in my life. My mom has a traumatic brain injury from a fall this summer where she fell at the bottom of her stairs and broke her neck, clavicle, the orbital around her eye, her nose, knocked out 8 teeth, has a winged scapula and a double concussion because her power went out due to a storm. She was in ICU and rehab until October. My dad was diagnosed with dementia and Alzheimer in October as well. My 16-year-old son has Crohn's and MALS and had abdominal surgery 6 weeks ago after a 2-week Calmare treatment didn’t work. And on Thursday night of this week, my sister’s best friend lost her 10-year-old son to cancer whom we were close to. I truly fe...