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For our 3rd event, I visited the Fowler Museum on campus, and specifically went to the "African Print Fashion Now" exhibit.  I found this exhibit to be super interesting and I was not even aware this existed on our campus.  I have never learned about African fashion, so it was a new topic I got to explore. African dress is characterized with bright colors, bold images, and complex patterns.  This is mainly worn in the countries of west and central Africa, and although the trends vary from country to country, the overall theme remains the same.  This exhibit covered all aspects of African fashion from runway, to youth trends, to local seamstresses. African fashion began to bloom in the twentieth century, and was seen all over the globe as it gained popularity.  The designs are used to depict issues such as identity, displacement, and hybridity, while combining art and fashion.  The cloth worn by the women are seen as her measure of wealth and taste, so a lot of time and ef

This week we studied space and art, and as Vesna said, it combines all the lessons into a final one.  It was amazing to see how art the combination of space and art has been so influential.  Space has always been an area of uncertainty for humanity, which then ignites curiosity.  For those who are not astronauts and able to physically explore space's surface, art is another way to join the movement. One way art has influenced space is through the Leonardo Space Art Project, a group of individuals who are working together to investigate and promote the cultural dimensions of space activities.  One exhibition is done by B. E. Johnson, where he creates paintings encompassing space. He considers himself a "method painter" and completely immerses himself in the culture he is creating.  His goal is to inspire the next generations to explore space, which is a way the art world is helping expand the space world. Another huge way that the art world has explored space is throug