Blog #8

What stands out most to you about the overall Icons project? Why?

It stood out to me how all the people in our class had a different icon. We never, as a class, had a problem because a lot of people were doing the same icon or were talking about exactly the same thing. Everyone had their own personal definition of an icon and everyone had different ideas for their own project. This stood out to me because even though we are all similar in some ways we still like way different things and think way differently. Also, we all took the project we were given and took it in different directions.

How do you feel about the experience and your work now that the project is nearly complete?

I felt like this was a pretty good project where I learned a little more about everyone and I even learned a little more about myself and the important people in my life. I felt accomplished when I read my artist statement for the last time and when I picked the final picture to use in my project. It felt good to have written my artist statement and after a long process of drafting and revision finally looking at your paper and feeling accomplished.

What are your thoughts as we get closer to publishing our first book?

I think the book will turn out really good because everyone had very nice, creative and interesting pictures and also very good artist statements. I am excited to see how the book turns out and I am looking forward to looking at my classmates' work.

Blog #7

What were the best elements of the Icons work that you have seen exhibited in the Commons and on the blogs?

The best elements of the Icons work that I have seen exhibited in the 11th grade commons are probably the pictures and use of writing tips in the artist statements. I was impressed as I looked around at the different pictures because most of them were very creative and professional and they really connected with what they were talking about in their artist statement and it connected with their icon or icons. Also, many of them were taken from different angles and had different light and brighteness and some people even had costumes and props in their pictures which made the pictures look very nice and interesting. As I looked through the artist statement I noticed that many people used different writing tips in their writing, for example the "make meaning early" one and also "the loop."

What stood out to you and why?

There were many pictures and artist statements that stood out to me while I looked through people's work but one that really stood out to me and that I really liked was Jazmine Miller's artist statement. Jazmine's artist statement had really good transitions, it had lots of information because she was talking about Rosa Parks so she really talked about who she was and gave us information about her. She also had a good comparison between her grandma and Rosa Parks and how they both connected to her and her life. She had lots of detail and flashbacks and memories. I also liked how she used the concerts, not pancakes writing tip because she started with a memory and she ended really good too and this held up the middle. She also used the make meaning early writing tip and overall I thought it was a really good artist statement.