Category Archives: What Is Art and Does It Matter?

Since I have a bachelor’s degree in Art History, I just have to agree that being aware of artists and artistic movements is essential to us as visual media students.  In my opinion, art is a form of expression pertaining … Continue reading →

The book, “Why Is That Art?” covered a lot of ground and, at times, could be very difficult to get through, however; I think the information it covered is very important for any visual media student.  So much of the … Continue reading →

Regardless of a person’s area of study, it is important for him/her to know about influential professionals and the work they have contributed to the field. As visual media students it is definitely important for us to be aware of … Continue reading →

“Why do we even need to learn about this?” “Are we ever going to make stuff on the computer?” “I just wanna do hood-rat s*** with my friends!” These are all real quotes that I have heard iMedia students say … Continue reading →

I think it is very important that we, as visual media students, are aware of artists, artistic movements, and art in general. A wise man once told us that the only difference between art and design is that one has … Continue reading →

As an undergrad I took a couple classes with J McMerty. One thing he always used to tell us was that we needed to have “favorites”.  Want to be a writer? Who’s your favorite writer? Want to be a director? … Continue reading →