week 15 reflection blog

Week 15 Reflection Blog Before I decided on an exhibit to critique I reviewed the following exhibits: “Emotions” by Nicole Annalora, “Faces of Art” by Katherine L Mooar, and “Art in the New Age” by Kathy Rondinelli. I ultimately chose the exhibit “Art of Ice Hockey” by Ryan Malinowski. I chose this exhibit because I used to play ice hockey, my brother still plays hockey and I am a fan of ice hockey in any way shape and form. I felt this would fulfill the requirement of having knowledge of a subject before you start a critique. The biggest challenge in completing this project was staying focused on being objective and analyzing the work. When I had concerns I referred to the notes I took while watching the video, The Critics Stories from Inside Pages. I really did not like judging my peers. I feel that they are in the same boat as I am. We are all learning and we are not experts. I would like to know what my peers said about my exhibit. I put lot of thought into it and would like to know how it was received. The next question is on a scale of 1-10 how would I rate my article and why? I would give myself a 9.5. Why? Number one is no one is perfect. Also I spent a lot of time viewing other exhibits finding one I could connect with. When I found the exhibit I did not just glance through it. I went through it numerous times over several days taking notes and studying the exhibit. I did not want to be unfamiliar or uninformed. I cannot say that this was my favorite project. I did like being able to view other exhibits and seeing the different topics my peers decided to focus on and how they were executed. That was the enjoyable part of this project. Writing the critique was the unfavorable part.