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Art and Society this Spring has been an insightful and refreshing experience. I especially appreciated how lessons progressed – starting off with learning how to describe and talk about art properly and then ending, ultimately, with creating our own 3D art. And in between, it was neat to be introduced to the concept of accidental art and different kinds of self-portraits. Doing the accidental art assignment has allowed me to look at New York City with a creative lens and has given me a newly found appreciation for what would usually be regarded as functional/everyday objects and places. Furthermore, this creative lens has let me conclude that art is indeed everywhere and I am lucky enough to be in a city where folks’ creativity extends from their careers to their clothes.

Moreover, being exposed to various types of self-portraits truly widened my ideas about art. Deriving inspiration from examples of non-traditional self-portraits in class, I was able to channel my creative juices and produce my own non-traditional self-portrait that I was quite proud of because of how perfectly I captured the specific part of my identity that I was trying to convey.

In addition to the crisp outlook that Art and Society has helped me hone, it was also a divine experience to be part of a class that incorporated museum trips. This class was absolutely a breath of fresh air from past college classes I’ve taken that were very lecture-driven. 

All in all, this class has definitely helped in developing my creative perspective and for that I am grateful.