The Arts in NYC 2021 Portfolio
This website contains a collection of my work completed this semester. It contains assignments completed for class, as well as my own final photography project.
https://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/artsinnyc21sr/
What is Art?
This cute short video is a short video, animates a trip to the new york met. Two girls discuss the meaning behind two famous art pieces; “A pair of shoes” by Van Gough and “A girl with red balloons” by Banksy. The two girls discuss what features make Good art and bad art. In the end, they come to a conclusion. watch the video to find out what they decided.
Kayleen Mercedes – Celebrating Caribbean Life Exhibition
This is an art exhibition featuring 10 images of paintings by Caribbean artists depicting the beauty of everyday Caribbean life and people.
How Sculptures Are Worth A Thousand Words
Amid the Harlem Renaissance, Black artists like Augusta Savage were at the forefront of promoting change, as their art was a platform that empowered the Black community.
My Mask
This is my mask project. I decided to take a less obvious route and choose something that has more meaning to me personally.
Music of the Holocaust
By viewing the Holocaust through a musical timeline, we can only begin to scratch the surface of what life was really like for those who had to live through it.
The Effect of Water Pollution on Waterfowl Abundance in Sheepshead Bay & Jamaica Bay
Have you wondered how throwing that plastic bottle in the bay affects species other than fish? How about our winged counterparts? Find out how water pollution affects waterfowl abundance here!
Ballet Through Time
Swan Lake, La Bayadere, Sleeping Beauty… these are just some of the beautiful, famous ballet productions. Come and learn how ballet has evolved, and has produced wonderful works, such as these, for us to enjoy today!
We All Eat
The convergence of capitalism and food distribution leaves racial minorities and low-income Americans to search helplessly for food and often still come to eat what will end up killing them.
Harlem Festival Evening of Music
The Harlem Festival is a yearly festival in Harlem that celebrates the African diaspora with food, music, art, and dance. We choreographed the soundtrack for this year’s Harlem Festival which includes historically black music genres from blues to jazz to RnB to soul to hip-hop hitting the past and lighting it up with a dab of the modern-day world. We would like to share that with you in hopes that your heart shares in the revelations and feels the pain of the African diaspora to garner peace and bring us out of these turbulent times spearheaded by racist republicans and condoning democrats.
