#CPSApentathalon: Visual Arts

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The Phillips Collection - April 7th, 2017

This past Friday, I had the privilege of visiting The Phillips Collection in Washington D.C. (courtesy of my friend who works at a Smithsonian museum-employees can bring one guest to any museum for free). Initially, I was mainly interested in going to see their Rothko Room (see Green and Tangerine on Red and Orange on Red on Red above), but I soon found out that the Phillips Collection had so much more to offer. American artist Jacob Lawrence’s (1917–2001) series of silk screen prints called “The Life of Toussaint L'Ouverture,” which told the story of L’Overture, a leader in the movement to liberate Haiti from colonial rule and the emancipation of slaves in the 1791 Haitian Revolution. It made me reflect on the power imbalances and struggles that colonized countries faced historically which still impact their society today, and also draw connections from my own heritage as a Latina whose family was displaced due to political and economic instability caused in large part by the U.S., a colonial power. 

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☜ September 26th, 2019  ☟  The CCC  ☞

Last Thursday, I was apart of Art Advisory Board’s first Art House. We lead different crafty exercises including lanyard making, friendship bracelets, and bead creatures. The picture above shows me making a turtle (Herbert.) I lead the presentation on friendship bracelets and taught some people how to make some with cool designs! It was a lot of fun. 

(I was going to write this as presentation initially, but I’m saving my second presentation for the John Mulaney comedy show!)

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Through Studio A at UMD, I take a weekly beginners pottery wheel class. In this class, I have learned how to create plates, pots, bowls, and cups on the pottery wheel. After our creations are fried in the oven, they will be glazed and ready to display for decoration! I look forward to learning how to make a tea pot and decorate my ceramics. 

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on March 30, 2018, I went to the National Gallery of Art. I like going to art museums because I feel like I learn from other artists when I go. This is one such piece that I felt I learned from. I really like the high use of line to form the figure, and I will try to emulate it in my own work soon.