#cpsa process progress

[deedeed-cpsarts]

It's finished! This is my finished sculpture of a coral reef undergoing the bleaching process. This is what will be displayed at ArtsFest at Maryland Day. I also made a little storybook that tells the story of a coral being bleached.

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What connections did you see between your project and the projects of those in your small group? What was the most helpful piece of feedback (or support) that you received? How will this help you proceed with your project?

(Post by Brianna)

I noticed that the projects of those in my small group all related to some form of art. Although it was not a requirement for our capstone projects to connect with the arts, we all ended up choosing an art based research project. Some people chose to explore new art forms that they were not accustomed to, while others pursued their own art such as pottery, music, colleging, and a cultural analysis of African tribes. I really like how people are creating capstones that stems from their own passions and things that they’d like to learn more about during the process.

Some of the feedback that I received was to further my research of the Guggenheim museum by exploring other museums such as the Hirshhorn in Washington, D.C. because of its circular motion as well as the Vatican Museums and the Museum of Ara Pacis, which was designed by American architect Richard Meier. Other feedback included researching the historical period during the time of the Guggenheim’s development in order to better understand the context.

A couple of questions presented was how we will abstract a building and how our capstone project will be displayed at ArtsFest. We will abstract a building by pushing and pulling walls, ceilings, floors, and other structural elements as well as adding or removing textures so that we create a deformed museum that still maintains its essential qualities. In the process, we will recreate the spaces, while stile focusing on its the geometric form, structural components, and defined surfaces of the museum. We plan on displaying our work on a poster at ArtsFest.

[beautyofrepresentation]

March 18th, 2017: These are some of my favorite pictures from my last weekend of photoshoots. I have not edited them yet, but I doubt they will need much editing. Each of these women were so much fun shoot, like all 10 of the other women. What I think makes these pictures really special to me is the fact that they were all shot in the same day, and even though Alexia and I were extremely tired by the end of it, we just had such a good energy thought out all of it. I can’t wait to edit them and see the final products. 

[amyhcpsarts-blog]

Update 3/16

After mapping out my first movement in an attempt to try to get the second movement together, I’ve begun typing up notes and analysis for my first movement in order to help me explain and present my piece at Artsfest. 

I used three motifs/themes in the first movement and I’m going to also use three motifs in the second one. These motifs tend to be puns, something symbolic or something that just sounds good. My pun motifs, which I am very proud of, include the notes “DEAD” and a series of notes that range from scale degrees 7 up to the minor 3, which in solfege syllables is “ti” (7) up to “me” (3) and spells “time.” 

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Today is the Thursday before spring break and all of my classes have been canceled. I still have my rehearsal with my chamber group, and I’m going to ask them to play some parts for me. I’m also going to get my other friends to record some parts for me.

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I’m currently trying to upload recordings of my composition process to my Tumblr but it doesn’t seem to be compatible. (tumblr’s asking for a link, but my recording is an mp4) Thus I’m writing text.

A way to help you brainstorm is to just play freely for 15 minutes. It’s okay and even good to make accidents. In fact, most of my accidents lead to really cool ideas. I listen to these recordings and use my aural dictation skills to figure out what notes I was playing. 

Overall this is a pretty time consuming process, but I enjoy it and am very determined to get it completed. I’m looking forward to a productive Spring Break!

[justinlcpsarts-blog]

These are two of my rough, initial sketches of trumpets for my project. I plan to have a lot more detailed/precise sketches for ArtsFest. I really did these sketches for each century so that I could show visually the changes and advances in the trumpet over the centuries. The bottom picture is a Slide Trumpet which was used in Shawm Bands in the mid-15th century. The tube connecting the mouthpiece to the trumpet is able to be pulled out like a slide to change the pitch of the instrument. The top is a Natural Trumpet which was based off a design in the 17th century. It has multiple finger holes that can be plugged or open depending on what notes the musician wanted to play. They were mostly used to portray nobility or used in religious ceremony during this time.

[chynascpsarts-blog]

I’ve been trying to decide how I want to display my work at Arts Fest. I’m on the fence between having the works there or taking pictures of the works and having them printed to add a photography aspect which I’ve wanted to explore. I’ve shown in other posts snapshots of hands in whole paintings. I like the look of details of paintings and statues. I was thinking about adding that aspect in and showing details of my drawings and paintings. It’s also a way for me to get comfortable looking up close at my pieces. Usually I don’t like to get too close because I feel like it looks better from farther seats. However, when I took a snapshot of the hands in my self portrait oil painting I loved seeing the imperfections and brush strokes.

[rina-cassie-capstone-blog]

Writing update, Current Struggles: I’m trying to world build without slowing down the action. But I’m also trying to increase the tension and the pace as the story progresses, not startle the reader by throwing them into drama. It’s a hard balancing act, especially since I’m writing fantasy and there’s so much information to impart. The culture, religion, backstories, physical spaces, relationships between characters, while also keeping the plot moving forward. 

But on the upside, writing this week has also been a lot of fun. Here’s a snippet of the story so far. (Disclaimer: I may take this out or change it in revision.)

     “She pleaded, begged. Her eyelids fluttered and then closed under the pressure of dirt caving in over her body, packing her in, burying her alive, while the Curse drained her of her blood. She couldn’t open her mouth, her eyes, couldn’t move her hands. So she whispered in her mind with everything she had left.

    My blood, my magic, for yours. Just this once, I promise, I promise.

     Sing us a song, young witch, oh yes, sing us a song. Your words will allow your blood to live even if you should die.

     You want…you want a song?

      Oh yes, oh yes, a witch song, a witch song. Sing us a song witch, sing your blood to life.

    In her mind, Jo hummed a song that Sofi often sang to Kiera, the first song that came to mind.

       If the trees should whistle, should whistle, should whistle, young witch, what should you do, you do, you do? Why give it some water, some water of course.

      And if the water should spill, should spill, should spill? Why bless it with magic, with magic, of course.

    And should the blessing not work, not work, not work? Why go find a charm, a spell, a chant, young witch.

     And if you don’t know a charm, a chant, a spell, a wish? Why ask your clan, your home, your heart, young witch

     And if you don’t have a home, a heart, a clan, a love? Why witch, maybe you’re not a witch at all, at all.  

   Maybe you’re not a witch at all.”

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Process of Defining the Goals of Redesign:

As Brianna and I begin to diagram and define our redesign objectives, we take a look at other museums that are similar to the Guggenheim with certain differences. The Greenland National Gallery of Art is circular is form, but unlike the Guggenheim, it uses layers that extend below the ground level to maximize the available space. The levels are connected with a continuous ramp system that is similar to the linear gallery effect that is also in the Guggenheim. By studying the ways that the two museums create a system of linear galleries, we can decide if the upward continuation of levels is more effective than the downward descend or vice versa. We are hoping to create a redesign idea that plays on a communal feeling while preserving a sense of mystery as one proceeds through the space.