Hi There! The purpose of this portfolio is mainly to complete a requirement for my Art and Gender  250 course at the University of Oregon. It is also to compile all my work together that I have done in this class so far. I hope that this portfolio will help fellow students get another perspective on what they have learned in this class. I also hope that other students at the University of Oregon get a chance to see my portfolio and hopefully encourage them to take this class. This has been a great class so far as I have learned a lot.

For the overall course there are 4 main objectives that we hope to achieve:

• Consider culturally based versus universally based theories of art

•Examine the political, regional, economic, technological, religious, ethnic, gender and generational influences that shape conceptions of art

• Consider gender, race, and ethnicity in relation to representation in art

• Examine contemporary and historical cross-cultural examples of art

Below is the Table of Contents. It will take you to each subpage of this portfolio. In each unit subpage I cover the Units’ objectives, an artifact that helps show that I have met the objectives, as well as a reflection on that artifact. At the bottom of the Table of Contents you will also see a Bibliography Page to view all of the references I used throughout this portfolio.

Table of Contents:

Portfolio’s Main Page
Unit 2: The Nature of Human Values
Unit 3: What is Art for?
Unit 4: Is Food Art?
Unit 5: The Art of Personal Adornment
Unit 6: The Aesthetics of Horror
Unit 7: Creative Spirituality
Unit 8: Art, Technology, and Games
Unit 9: Remixing Culture
Bibliography