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A Mask For A Mind In Flux                                                                                                 This mask depicts the core figures, c […]

Rent, "Scenes from a Latin Quarter," and the OperaThe three mediums of book, opera and film can convey similar ideas in their works but their characteristics allow for distinct viewer […]

Punk Rock ThoughtsI gained a great deal from our zoom call with Richard Stremme. For one, I acquired a great admiration for the punk rockers of the 1970s. […]

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The Woman Who Gave Birth To RabbitsI thoroughly enjoyed the play, both in the reading at home and the live performance. I enjoyed it because it made me think. I knew there […]

Art on the Clock: Night at The Museum I do not like rushing the art experience. This is because I think there is potentially a wealth of material to explore within a painting […]

Art Lab and The Creative Limits of Photorealistic Art Art Lab felt like a blend of different junctures on my art appreciation journey. On one level, it was a regression to a bygone experience of […]

The Counter is About Why We All Need Friends The Counter does a fantastic job of posing friendship as the answer to the question of why live. The world is lonely, tragic and even […]

Political/Protest Art: “White Squad V” (1984) by Leon Glob   My piece of protest art expressed opposition to the brutal violence of the far-right death squads in El Salvador, which were part […]

Hindu Humanism and Other Reactions to the Rubin At first, the gongs were irritating. Periodic thunderous blasts from the third floor of a museum can disturb one’s focus on an art display i […]

In-Class Project Art Walk Around-Space Saddle by Ralph MartelThis piece of art did not appeal to us because we were not able to find the meaning that the artist intended to convey nor participate in […]

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