El Anatsui in "Change"

I personally love El Anatsui's work. He uses found objects, like bottle caps, and turns them into beautiful and fluid art. For him, the process is always changing. There are no specific instructions for how each piece should be displayed, and so it changes every time. I love how almost liquid-like his pieces are. They are meaningful and yet stunning.
We learned about El Anatsui in African Art History as well, so it was interesting to see this video on him.

Crafts (Ceramics & Metals) - Billy Thide

Metal & Jewelry
There are many ways to create jewelry:
-beading
-sewing
-setting
-using enamel
-casting
By majoring in Metal & Jewelry design, there are many professions you can take such as:
-professor of art
-fashion and accessory designer
-craft artist
-jewelry designer

Art Fair
Art fairs are places for artists to sell their work to the public
Sales can be good or bad, and it often depends on how well you can work with people

Ceramics
We watched a video on different ceramic artists
They each had different styles and techniques in creating their work
It seems like ceramics takes a lot of patience, skill, and creativity

Sally Mann in "Place"

Sally Mann is a photographer who likes to do both studio and outdoor, using both as appropriate backdrops for her photos. In this video, she is working on a series she calls dog bone photographs. She had a lot of dog bones, and so she decided to just try out taking photos of them. Once she took her first photo, she realized she liked the way it looked and started to do more. Sally Man is very into just photographing whatever is around her at the time, and that's what makes her so unique.

Kendall McCaugherty - Photography

-Kendall Mccaugherty was a photography major at the University of Illinois
-She now works as a photographer's assistant at Hedrick Blessing Photographers, which is an architectural photography firm in Chicago
-A lot of us won't be able to travel to see and experience buildings firsthand, and that's why photography and film are so important to architecture
-Hedrick Blessing was one of the first to do architectural photography
-The business started during the Great Depression, but was able to survive because of its popular photos of the Chicago World's Fair
-The photos focus on the importance of the relationship between light and dark
-People are used in many of the photos, because buildings were made for human interaction
-They use the figures to mimic the shapes in the buildings

Where would architecture be without photography? How would you experience other parts of the world?

Ann Hamilton in "Spirituality"

-Ann Hamilton is an artist who focuses on the process of making
-She does many types of art, including sculpture, film, and working with textile and cloth
-She loves how you can come up with an idea and then create it and bring it to life
-"Ghost...a Border Act" is an installation that uses many various materials, including furniture, lights, and sound
-She uses many unconventional materials such as giant bubbles in her art

Stephen Cartwright - Sculpture

Figure

-Sculpture used to mark something significant such as an important date or religious figure 

-As time went on, sculpture became more intimate and personal

-The outside world begins to influence the art, and it starts to take on different styles

-In the 70s, Eleanor Antin brought a new meaning to "carving sculptures" by taking photos of herself losing weight over a period of time

-Mark Quinn made a frozen sculpture of his face from his own blood

Space

"Sculpture is what you bump into while looking at paintings."

-Space gives objects presence in the 3-dimensional word

-Makes the piece interactive with the viewer

-Changing people's experience of the world

Geometry

-Using shapes and minimalism

-Janine Antoni wanted to get away from minimalism, and used a block of chocolate which she chewed into shape (exploring body images and women)

-Carl Andre made floor pieces for people to walk on, because this is unusual for a museum

Everyday objects

-Why do we ignore them in everyday art, but suddenly pay attention to them in the art world?

-We shift the context of objects

-Duchamp's "Fountain" which was a urinal

"There's an intimacy and a repulsion that you can create with sculpture, that you maybe can't do with illustration."

Stefan Sagmeister: Happiness by design

-Stegan Sagmeister is a well-known graphic designer of posters and album covers
-He talked about breath-taking moments of happiness in his life
-He made a list of all these moments, and over half of them he was able to relate to design
-He went to an exhibit and decided that it was only a "visualization of happiness"
-Happiness is no longer taken seriously
-He showed various art that made him happy : comical subway art, a room with an open ceiling so you can focus on the sky, and an artist who leaves empty speech bubbles on posters in New York
-Stegan wanted to focus more on what made him happy in his work
-He makes lists to help him figure things out in his life
-Uses these lists in his design

Rachele Riley - Graphic Design

Rachele Riley is a designer and artist who uses many mediums including print, drawing, and video

You see graphic design everywhere, everyday
Signs, magazines, books, logos

When you're a graphic designer, you decide what you love, and create a niche around that
You have to be able to project ideas in recognizable ways
Expression using symbols & colours
Graphic design isn't neutral - it uses opinions

"You're making art with someone in mind, but you are someone."

Graphic design creates community and is relatable
Design is a noun and a verb
Collecting and generating data are both parts of being a graphic designer