Objectives:
- Learn about public funding for the Arts.
- Examine public art’s role in capturing history and place-making.
- Explore the relationship of cultural values to civic dialogue, beautification and identity.
Artifact:
Reflection:
This was one of the few times that I actually made my own piece of artwork instead of just simple writing about them. I remade the Runquist mural called the Development of the Sciences. In the end this was a very rewarding assignment because I had to engage my creativity and come up with an idea that could convey the same message but not be the same as the original mural. If I were to name my piece I would have named it Science: Progress Through Time not development of the sciences. Because I feel that my picture is more descriptive of the progress and not just the documentation of scientific development.
I took the same time periods as the Rundquists did and found new pictures of what they meant to science and society. I would say that their version is much more artistic, but mine is much more descriptive. Much like what Lawrence Lessig talked about in his Ted Talk about remixing, the remixes usually have a different approach with a similar initial purpose. My version has the same initial purpose but they end up with very different outcomes.
Future:
This was very important for viewing my style of creativity. I focus less on the “artistic” ability of the creation but more on the purpose. Knowing more about myself is important because I can spend more time minimizing my weaknesses and maximizing my strengths. In this case I realized that one of my strengths is to stress the purpose while I can work on the way it is presented from a artistic standpoint.