This upcoming Thursday (December 9th, 2021) my class is taking a trip to the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. This trip was, in part, provoked by my own interest in art and the KAWS exhibit, which I saw months ago when researching artwork in Atlanta. Personally, I have never been to the High Museum of Art, so I’m pretty excited (and you should be, too, since I’ll probably have more blogs about the museum itself as well as the events that we’ll attend afterwards)!
Last week, I went to art class and found a note left by Mr. Richardson. In the note, he explained that he was talking about the trip with Mr Brewer, and they began to discuss some exhibits they were excited to see. He mentioned that Mr Brewer was most excited for an exhibition containing photography from the south from the past couple of decades. This inspired him to urge us with a new art assignment.
Each of us was told to write a poem about our own view of the South, based off of our experiences living in the south (with many of us having lived in the south our entire lives). After we wrote our poems, we traded them randomly.
I ended up with Mary’s poem. Her poem represented her view of the south with a blended culture. She wrote about her childhood, boiled peanuts, and listening to music from Julieta Venegas. I tried my best to illustrate her poem.
After we finished our drawings, we showed each other what we created. Neither one of us exactly got it right. After this, I got to look at some of my other classmate’s poems.
The whole experience was a bit eye-opening as I got to see how everyone in my class had different experiences and views of the south, despite seeming so similar?
I also got to work on my artistic ability, which is always a plus.
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