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1. The piece I chose to recreate was Chairman of the Board (1971) by Helen Frankenthaler, located at the MoMA museum. I chose Helen Frankenthaler because her work stood out to me in many ways. I really liked the colors she put together in her artwork, and how they were simple pieces, yet they draw your attention in. I also liked how she used a varied type of brush stroke within her paintings.

2. For my piece, I decided to change the color scheme to try and match some of the sunset colors in my profile picture. I thought it would be a fun way to end class by having my last piece resemble my overall profile color scheme! I used the dark blue, and purple, to match with the top of the sunset colors, and then the tan and pink to match with the bottom. I also decided to change more of the square brush strokes in Frankenthaler’s piece and make mine more circular. I also wanted to emphasize the small black lines within her piece, so I made them bigger in my piece!

3. Five things I found interesting about Helen Frankenthaler were: 1- Her work spanned across six decades, 2- She was born and raised in New York City, 3- She received a Bachelor of Arts degree at Bennington College, 4- Her goal in her artwork was to capture emotions through colors rather than by painting scenes out, and 5- She invented the soak-stain technique 

4. One piece of artwork that stood out to me was Sam’s surrealism piece. I thought the picture itself was so interesting, and Sam’s replication of it was amazing! I could never draw something like that, so it was cool to see! 

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For this Dada project, I did red, pink, purple, and tan brush strokes in the back. Then I dropped the pieces I cut on top of them! 

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For my surrealism artwork, I decided to copy a painting that has the flamingo’s body as a cloud since they are as tall as the sky. This painting also contrasts the water and land. 

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“Distracted from the Beauty of Nature”

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For my cubism assignment, I decided to start off with my message of the day. I have a calendar that gives me a message everyday, which is where I got the quote, and date from. Then I cut out parts of a magazine that shared that same orange color, and mixed in some blue and white as well. Lastly, I used marker to fill in some empty spaces and added lines, swirls, triangles, and boxes!

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I decided to draw my friend Lexi! I used the color pink on her face because she is such a bright and lovable person, purple because she is creative and unique, yellow because she is happy and energetic, and blue because she is kind and goes with the flow like the waves of the ocean. Her sweatshirt was a Bonaventure sweatshirt, so I utilized the colors yellow and brown! Go Bonnies!!!! Lastly, I made the background one of our Vera Bradley blankets because of the fun pattern and connection to our house we share together!

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1. My relationship with selfies has changed a lot over the last decade. During the time where social media was very new to us all, I remember posting the craziest selfies on my Instagram, as well as Snapchat. I did not really care what I looked like in them, it was just fun to smile or make a funny face, and also to see other people. Over time, social media apps became more intense and serious I would say. Likes started to play a role, the more you got the more pretty you seemed. I used to spend a lot of time taking selfies during this time period, and thinking about it now it is a little embarrassing. I used to take selfies when I had a lot of makeup on, when my hair looked nice, when I was wearing a cute outfit, and of course, when there was good lighting. Now, I would say I take selfies of myself when I truly feel pretty. I take selfies when I’m wearing an outfit I’m proud of, I take selfies when I’m having a fun time with all of my friends, and I take selfies when I’m bored too. Yes, I do still care about what I look like sometimes, but it depends on why I’m taking the selfie. 

Selfies emotionally affect me because sometimes I look in the mirror and I just feel really good about how I look, so I go to take selfies, and then they turn out awful, or I notice something that to me brings my appearance down. It’s really frustrating when that happens, because then I think that I don’t look as good as I thought. On the positive side, I love taking really bad pictures or funny pictures and sending them to my friends. When they send some of those to me, they’re more fun to look back on than serious selfies. 

2. Selfie angles have definitely changed a lot. When I look back at old selfies, the angle is very different than what some popular angles are now. I went and looked back at some of my old selfies and this is what I discovered! In older selfies, I held the camera really far from my face, and it was also straight-on. In other selfies, I held the camera in a downwards angle (I would never do this now oof). On the other hand, some of my selfies were taken from a very high up angle. I think when selfies were first starting, people were just trying to figure out angles overall! 

In more recent times, selfies were taken with only half a face showing, and also with the camera tilted at an angle to make the photo look diagonal. I think in the middle of this time, more filters were used such as the dog filter on Snapchat. I think the selfie angle at the current moment is either closer to the face but straight-on, or at a little bit of a higher-up angle!

3. I believe that we have plateaued with filters. There are about a million filters you can use, and a ton of apps that have different filters as well. For instance, Snapchat has filters ranging from changing the color of your hair, making you look like an animal, game filters, ones to make you more tan, and regular filters to adjust the lighting. You can take a selfie with a filter on Snapchat, and then go to post it on Instagram, but add a color-changing filter from Instagram as well. Apps like VSCO, Tezza, Tik Tok FaceTune, and more have many filters as well. I personally just think that there are so many places and ways to get filters that they’re kind of becoming almost annoying and repetitive. I have now found a way I liked to edit my pictures with a filter, and I stick to it. I don’t really use any other filters now, because there are too many to try out. 

I think companies will try to keep us engaged with filters by using ads that show the difference between a picture before and after their filter. Celebrities also tend to use or get paid to use certain filters which can increase the likelihood of others using it to try and look like who they look up to. 

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For this art project, I decided to use the quote “We should not be ashamed of who we are,” in relation to the LGBTQ+ community. The Guerrilla Girls use bold and direct messages in order to reach the public, which is why I decided to make some of the words red and bolded to make my message more clear. The Guerrilla Girls also stand up for minority groups, and I chose the LGBTQ+ community because I am a part of it as well. This message inspired me, and hopefully others who relate will feel empowered too. I decided to hang this up in the library on a bulletin board that didn’t have much on it to begin with, so it can really stand out to people when they walk by!

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For my photo, I dressed up my friend Emily! I had her wear the complementary colors of red and green, and added a cream sweater to tie it together (and also to keep her from freezing). For the background of the photo, I decided to go with an L shape. The L shape is the snow in the background to her right, which goes down the sidewalk and then turns in, from a shoveled driveway, to create an L!

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Name: Olivia Lattimer

Pronouns: She/Her

From: Rochester, NY

Academic Path: Major in Criminology, Minor in Spanish

Favorite Artist: Claude Monet

Hobbies: Eating good food, taking good naps, and spending time with my friends and family 

Favorite Quote: “You only get one life. It’s actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.” -Jojo Moyes