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Journal Prompt #1: Who Makes Art?
The breadth of the definition of "art" is communication. It is to be interpreted the way the
artist wants it to be interpreted, and the meaning that results from the incorporation of the
materials, processes, and forms, as well as the concepts and feelings created in viewers, may all
be attributed to the artist's intentions. Art is a form of expression. Art is whatever artists make it.
Art surrounds us in various shapes and forms. Art has developed in so many diverse ways, and it
has the capacity to produce people's varying emotions. We can see some type of art everywhere
we turn, and if we actually spend time to appreciate it and connect with our feelings, we can
make the world a better place for everyone. Art may be a powerful tool to help individuals deal
with difficult feelings that they can't talk about in other ways. It is a true example of expressing a
feeling of love in The Kiss, a sculpture by Auguste Rodin. This sculpture makes you feel
wonderful since it makes you believe that these two people are in love and can't get enough of
one other. Art impacts us on an emotional level — joy, rage, laughter, tears – and I believe it is.
Ability differs from person to person. Willingness to work hard, self-motivation, and
exploration of new techniques are all critical if you wish to make an impact in your field. Art or
music lovers will say that the artist must be talented when they see a good work of art or music.
Our findings are supported by the end outcome, which is the artwork itself. We tend to lose sight
of the road and the process we went through in order to arrive at our destination. No one is good
at everything. Even if you know more, there will always be someone who knows less. What
makes our art community so fertile a repository of knowledge and inspiration is that it allows
artists of all styles and disciplines to interact and learn from one another. We provide each other
with encouragement and assistance to get better in our craft. I have friends whose work I admire,
and whenever I visit their studios, I get excited and drool. On reflection, it humbles me, and as I
leave, I realize how much I have still to learn.
A artist's work is influenced by the culture in which they live by providing them with a
social context in opposition to why their work may be identified. Art is inseparable from the
culture in which it is produced, and artworks reflect the prevailing beliefs and values of the
society in which they were made. A commanding and democratic manner of exchanging,
shaping, and expressing human ideals is provided by art and culture. A set of behaviors enables
us to learn about ourselves and see how we think about and use different forms of
communication.
Journal Prompt #2: Art21
1. Artist most concerned with the process of making the work.

Alejandro Almanza Pereda
Alejandro Almanza Pereda was infatuated with John Carpenter's cult classic "Escape from New
York" while he was growing up in Mexico, since Manhattan had been turned into a prison and
the hero had to help save the United States President from a bomb that was set to go off in a
matter of hours. Almanza Pereda channeled his frenzied energy into his new endeavor instead of
agonizing over his approaching departure. He created tableaux that resemble Dutch still life
paintings, except with the pieces being underwater and turned upside down. The artist scatters
items he collected at Hunter College University then walks throughout Chinatown in search of
new trinkets. His fascination with undersea exploration, ocean life, and Jacques Cousteau began
as early as he can remember.
2. Artist most concerned with creativity in the idea for their art or the work itself.
Nick Hallett
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company has enlisted Nick Hallett as a collaborator since 2014.
He took all three evenings of the Analogy Trilogy, A Letter to My Nephew, and
Fishkill/Movements 1-45 into consideration while computing his scores. He was awarded the
2017 Bessie Award for Best Revival for Variations on Themes from Lost & Found: Scenes from
a Life and Other Works by John Bernd, with Ishmael Houston-Jones and Miguel Gutierrez. In
2010, he created an opera called Whispering Pines with the artist Shana Moulton, and they
received a Creative Capital grant to adapt it on the internet.
3. Artist most concerned with materials
Christian Marclay
He was born in San Rafael, California, in 1955, and raised in Geneva, Switzerland. For more
than thirty years, Marclay has used several mediums, including sculpture, film, performance,
collage, and music, to investigate the link between visual and auditory. Swiss American visual
artist and composer who used all of the media, from music to video to performance to create
work that spanned various disciplines. A large portion of his art did not simply explore sound
and image connections in a conceptual way, but rather investigated sound and image
relationships through deconstructing recorded media and objects related with it.
4. The artist who surprised you the most?
Josephine Halvorson
Josephine Halvorson was born in 1981 in Brewster, Massachusetts, and before to this, she lived
and worked in New York City. Halvorson only allows herself to work on a painting for one day
before she moves on to the next one. A Massachusetts-based American modern painter, sculptor,
and print maker. For the most part, she is known for her paintings that depict everyday life and
nature from real-life events. She bends facts and fictions.
5. List the artists you viewed.
Alejandro Almanza Pereda
Nick Hallett
Christian Marclay
Josephine Halvorson
Robert Mangold
Journal Prompt #3: Social Art vs. Creative Art
When people collaborate in a social project or endeavor, they are giving up their ideas to help
society communicate a particular concept that differs from an individual creative project.
These kinds of activities are significant because they reveal the thoughts, feelings, and opinions
of the people in our society.
In fact, what's actually happening on our planet is that nobody is ever considering the action in
question to be either a social or creative endeavor, because ideas and viewpoints are all that there
is.
It is important to note that the difference between a social activity project or work and a singular
creative act is that in a social activity project or work, people can come up together and give up
their ideas in order to try to express to society a certain theme as opposed to a singular creative
act, which only consists of one person attempting to express their point to society.
While a traditional artist uses their artistic skills to communicate their point of view on the
world, a social artist uses their skills to assist promote and better the lives of those in their
community. As a result, the primary goal of a social artist is to make society a better place while
also assisting others in discovering their own forms of creative expression.

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1. Artist most concerned with the process of making the work.

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