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Alexis Banaszak edited the blog post Introspectiveness Through Community in the group American Studies: 4 years, 11 months ago
On the very first day of INTD 288, I was highly considering dropping it. When my classmates passed around artwork and we were forced to work with one another to try and interpret an artist that I was unfamiliar […]
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Alexis Banaszak wrote a new blog post Social Sustainability Through Art, Life, and Literature in the group American Studies: 5 years ago
Blog Post Written by:
Alexis Banaszak, Kazon Robinson, Madison Jackson, Mary Rutigliano, Joo Hee Park, Melisha-Li Gatlin, Devin Hogan, and Cindy Castillo
Sustainability is a definition that is not fully set […]
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Alexis Banaszak wrote a new blog post Empowerment Through Dance in the group American Studies: 5 years ago
Before walking into class I knew nothing about Dr. Mark Broomfield and what he teaches. All I knew was to wear comfortable clothes to move around in. Therefore, when I walked into class on April 1st, 2019, I was […]
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Alexis Banaszak wrote a new blog post Community Through Artistic Collaboration in the group American Studies: 5 years ago
Before attending class on March 29th, 2019 I was excited. I knew that during class we were going to paint. Therefore, when Garth Freeman first began the lecture with other artists I was intrigued. Before taking […]
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Alexis Banaszak wrote a new blog post A Closer Look at Goya’s “The Third of May” in the group American Studies: 5 years, 1 month ago
During the Teaching Assistants’ lecture on March 11, 2019, they mentioned a painting titled The Third of May by a Spaniard named Francisco Goya created in 1808. In my last blog post, I mentioned how the TA’s con […]
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Alexis Banaszak wrote a new blog post Connecting the Dots in the group American Studies: 5 years, 1 month ago
When the Teaching Assistants led the class on March 11, 2019, I did not know what to expect. When they began with a Human Clay exercise I was confused and felt out of my comfort zone. This activity required three […]
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Alexis Banaszak edited the blog post The Multiplicity of Division in the group American Studies: 5 years, 1 month ago
When I heard that Professor Lytton Smith was returning to our class to give a second lecture, I was apprehensive. I remember he was the first guest lecturer for our class and that was the day I felt the most lost […]
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Alexis Banaszak edited the blog post Dissonance of Song and Society in the group American Studies: 5 years, 1 month ago
Still unfamiliar with every aspect of the buildings on our campus, I did not know that we had an art gallery in Brodie Hall until my class attended a lecture by the art gallery director, Cynthia Hawkins-Owen. […]
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Alexis Banaszak edited the blog post The Perplexing Dove in the group American Studies: 5 years, 1 month ago
Despite not having a guest lecturer come into class on February 18th, 2019, I called the lecture “Tools and Ingredients” in my notes. Professor McCoy wanted us to meet with a group of students to discover what we […]
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Alexis Banaszak edited the blog post Confusion to New Set of Tools in the group American Studies: 5 years, 2 months ago
Before walking into class February 11th, 2019, I did not know what to expect with our special guest lecturer Dan DeZarn. However, when I sat down, he said he used to be a sculpting professor at SUNY Geneseo. The […]
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Alexis Banaszak wrote a new blog post From Apprehension to Eagerness in the group American Studies: 5 years, 2 months ago
When I first walked into our classroom, I was intimidated. I know nothing about art, but here I am in a class called the Art of Steve Prince. As the class began my feelings did not improve. Instead, it intensified […]
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Alexis Banaszak wrote a new blog post Diverging Thoughts in the group American Studies: 5 years, 2 months ago
How does it feel to be separated from your own race? While reading the introduction of Walking Raddy: The Baby Dolls of New Orleans, it briefly mentions “the brown paper bag” test. This test was conducted in ord […]
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Alexis Banaszak joined the group American Studies 5 years, 2 months ago
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Alexis Banaszak became a registered member 5 years, 2 months ago