{"id":60,"date":"2021-08-27T14:43:50","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T18:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/?p=60"},"modified":"2021-08-27T14:43:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T18:43:50","slug":"as1001-intro-to-amanda-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/lightart-a21\/amsmith\/as1001-intro-to-amanda-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"AS1001: Intro to Amanda Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello! My name is Amanda, but I often go by Mandy. I’m from southern New Hampshire, about an hour away from campus. For me, art is a hobby, a de-stressor, and sometimes a good coping mechanism. As for art in my life goals, I hope to always continue creating and learning about new ways to make art because it’s a much larger world than I realize. My experience with traditional art is stronger than my digital, I took a few drawing and pottery classes in high school and really enjoyed them. I got a few awards for some of my pieces, as well, and it was a fun opportunity to see others enjoy my art on display. I also did theater in high school, but more for the people than the actual theater. I took a digital art class here at WPI and it was pretty fun but mostly when I basically turned the assignment into drawing on a tablet. I also got to take Art in the Makerspace this past year, using the laser cutter to make things. At first I kind of felt like a cheat, I guess for not being the one to physically carve out my designs, but the finished products are always way more than just the laser cut pieces. I gravitate more towards traditional art, but I have insane respect for all these new (and old) technological aspects people are using in their work, like we get to witness this new era as it forms. I have basic knowledge of programming, but not enough currently to do much with it. I know how to solder, and I took the ECE intro course so in theory I have some basic knowledge of circuits and how they work. My lack of knowledge in these areas will only hold me back in the ideas stage of projects, however, as I won’t know what is even possible to create. Once I get excited about the concept of a final product, however, that excitement carries over into whatever steps I need to take or new skills I need to learn to get there. Some artists that I love:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KAZLAND, kazlandart.co.uk <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He makes these amazing abstract paintings with fantastic composition and utilizes depth in a way I find really enticing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heather Hansen, heatherhansen.net<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She’s a performance artist that makes these large black and white charcoal pieces that come out with such a symmetrical and almost geometric look because of the way she uses her entire body in the creation process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ted Chiang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ok hear me out, he’s an author, and I bought two books of his science fiction short stories this summer, but after reading them I would absolutely consider them art. He writes these short stories like they’re fables, but instead of teaching lessons about morals, it touches on some interesting philosophical concepts. If you have seen the movie Arrival<\/em>, it was based off of one of his stories. If I had to make a list of the top 10 greatest people alive right now, he would be on my list no question, so maybe I am just including him because I want to share my joy in his work and I’m a bit biased but I consider his skills with words to be an art. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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