When things get challenging, I feel like running away. When we were introduced to an art history research project, this was where I said ‘maybe joining VAM was not for me’. But, I persevered through and I’m proud of myself for not giving up when I felt like it. This project was for us to learn about art, the movements and the artists that came before us and the influence it has had on the following movements and the art of now. This project is to remind people of the art academy about where art comes from and how we are always being influenced by the art that happened in the past. The topic I chose was Post-Impressionism, and I focused primarily on Vincent Van Gogh. He’s a huge inspiration for me, and looking at his art and life is always so interesting and this was one of my favourite parts, looking into the actual art of the movement.
I was mesmerized and impressed by every one of my colleague’s infographics and their speech. Whether it was the movement I was interested in, the presentation and speech, or the design of the graphics, everyone was so fascinating to look at. One of my friends did Dada-ism, and I really liked the end result of their infographics and vectors and their speech held my attention. Another one of my colleagues did Baroque and Rococo, and their vectors looked absolutely stunning, and it tied in so perfectly with the infographic and the movement. The speech for Medieval art had me reeled in, and I was laughing with the humour added. I learned about Medieval art all while having a laugh and I loved it. The last one I’ll talk about is one that my peer from VAM 20 did, a video and slideshow on animation and I was so entranced by the video. The editing skills were amazing, but not only that, it informed me about animation so well. Now, usually, you are either your best friend or worst enemy, but I think it’s possible for you to be both. You can both understand all your strengths and compliment yourself, but you can also understand your weaknesses and critique yourself. One thing that I’m proud of myself for is the layout and design of my infographic. I was most nervous about that, wondering if it would live up to the standard my teacher has or the idea I had in my head. But the end product, like most of my works, did surprise me and I liked it better than I thought I would. However, when it came to the actual research part, I struggled on that the most. I don’t like researching. I prefer others teaching me and helping me through the research, that’s how I learn better, so doing research was slow and painful for me. I couldn’t wait for my research to be done and to finally get into the actual design and applying the research into my artwork. Despite this, I am still proud of myself for persevering. Something I think I would do differently is the amount of information I put into my infographic; I would put in more. I would also do my vectors differently because although I prefer simple things, sometimes simple drawings aren't enough, especially if I'm trying to showcase a specified art movement or style. Writing the speech was really fun for me because I like speeches and I like presenting, despite how nervous it makes me. Using MLA citations was new and challenging, but I'm glad I was able to learn about it and it was definitely not as difficult as I thought it would be. Presenting, however, I wish I had shown off my infographic more instead of focusing solely on the speech, but it's better not to beat myself up and focus on things I've could've done but didn't. I'm still grateful I was proud of my speech. All in all, this was a new, fun, and challenging experience that made me do a lot of things outside my comfort zone. I'm happy I was able to have such an amazing opportunity to learn more about both art and myself through this academy. I look forward to my next creations in V.A.M.
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