Community Engaged Art
After working with Freedom House, I have realized the importance of promoting non-profit organizations. As a design major, I realized how difficult it is to bring art to a facility that has such a wide variety of needs. Freedom House needed much more than promotional material—they needed art on the walls to make their home
When I visited Freedom House I think the part that hit me was that these people didn’t choose to be in this position, and it was due to circumstances that were out of their control. The things life throws our way can just take us off the path we intended to follow. Being homeless was
This semester my intermediate printmaking class volunteered at Freedom House, a shelter that provides homeless families with shelter, food, and care. When touring, we recognized that Freedom House needed help with adding some art to their shared spaces and rooms. I believe that the introduction of art to this space would make it feel more
Over the semester, I didn’t really find that working with Freedom House, a local homeless shelter, necessarily changed the work that I made for the final project. However, I have a collection of finished images and sketches on my computer, so I searched around for what I thought would be best to give to Freedom
My experience working with the Freedom House thus far has been overall positive. It really made me think about the role that art and design can play in everyday spaces. I enjoyed being able to dovetail serving the Freedom House with making art because it showed me firsthand how art should be accessible to everybody.
My time working with Freedom House has really made me think about the important purposes art can serve outside of a gallery. As a design major, I am constantly aware of how important it is for promotional content to be done by a professional. I am also involved with volunteer work for non-profit organizations outside
For the fourth “visit” for Freedom House, I worked on screenprinting my prints for the final project. I have been able to get a lot done up until now, even being able to print over spring break to get ahead. I had a lot of fun bringing along a friend of mine to assist me
Description To finish Art 330 on a strong note, I plan on having essentially three different prints to give to Freedom House, either to give to the residents there or for their gallery of hope. The first two prints will be a screenprinted collage I made of Joseph Kittinger skydiving from the stratosphere combined with
Before my third visit to the Freedom House, I wanted to have a few ideas in my head of some projects I might want to pursue. I was hoping this trip would help me to determine what direction I wanted to go in. I wrote out a few ideas in my sketchbook and was excited
For my third visit to Freedom House, we did a little bit of both hands-on and planning work. After we did some cleaning in the dining room and bathrooms, we met with Lydia to discuss upcoming possibilities for Freedom House and their Gallery of Hope. We figured out that they wanted to create a new
