Creativity, Activity, and Service (CAS)

Izabella Curtis Ib Student 2021 Contemporary Arts Museum Houston Garrett Bradley: American Rhapsody Exhibit I got the opportunity to walk over to the Contemporary Art Museum (CAM). Garret Bradley is a local Houston filmmaker. Bradley made 3 films, the first was very long and I felt like the story was like the clipping of other stories but it allowed me to think in-depth about my place in society. while the other two stories surrounded themes of love and the ideology of colorism.  I placed this under Learning Outcome one,  Identify your own strengths and develop areas of growth. In this exhibition, I felt like I learned a lot from all the people and other viewers and developed a lot of growth when researching and understanding this artist. 

 Izabella Curtis  IB Student  Adventures with Muta! I adopted a cat right at the beginning of my second semester in my sophomore year, and since then we have been going on lots of adventures together! I got a backpack and we went on a bike ride! I've identified Learning Outcome 4 which talks about commitment and dedication to an activity in which I have spent time training my cat to be ready to travel and be comfortable with traveling. 

 Izabella Curtis  IB Student  Camping! I got invited to go on a camping trip with some of the Senior Girls at my school! Because our year has been so crazy, it was nice to see some of my friends from school. I drove to the national park with my friend Cricket and immediately got to work! Setting up the tents, making fires, and even cooking our own meals! We also did a lot of activities together and had a great time! I have identified this service as learning outcome 5. This outcome is surrounded by planning and creating something and working together collaboratory! This trip took weeks of planning and organizing to create this enjoyable trip!

 Izabella Curtis  IB Student  MFAH New Contemporary Art Building  Being locked up at home for several months due to the Corona Virus, I cautiously decided that I wanted to meet up with some friends to look at the new building that opened up at the MFAH. I got to see Sierra, Jadyn, and Cricket. I haven't seen them in months! We first walked to a local coffee shop called Black Hole, then walked to the MFAH. The new art museum shows only modern and contemporary art. I have identified this activity with learning outcome 5, those outcome is sharing skills and knowledge I felt like I did this by going with my friends and sharing our thoughts about this very unique and special exhibition. 

 Izabella Curtis IB Student 2021 Roller Skating!     Over the summer I saw my friend Cricket and she was really into rollerskating so I decided to learn how to skate! I found some old skates at a thrift shop and went out in my neighborhood to start learning. I have skinned my knee a few times and my wrist was swollen for a day but it has been a fun learning experience! My friends and my parents have been teaching me how to skate so I would say this is Learning Outcome 5. It has been a hard journey but working collaboratively with my friends and family it has been a fun experience. 

Izabella Curtis In Student 2021 The Menil & Richmond Hall I walked to the Menil collection from my school and the Richmond hall, another collection on the Menil grounds. This collection is very stunning, with many different cultures and styles of art. I personally love Cy Twombly's work which has its own section in the collection. There were two big exhibitions that I felt were very interesting, an Australian artist that used traditional paints and styles and the other by a local artist from Houston that only uses lights/light fixtures. I identified this activity with Learning Outcome 1, I felt that this outcome was best represented because whenever I see new exhibits or experience new collections I feel like I grow as a person and improve on my analysis of art and learning new techniques to becomes more aware of what the art world has to offer

Izabella Curtis Ib Student 2021 The Museum of Fine Arts Houston  Norman Rockwell Exhibit I walked to the museum of fine arts in Houston from my school and got to visit the Norman Rockwell exhibit. That was a really cool exhibition. I really enjoyed seeing his style and how it changed from the war period to his death. You can see an extraordinary evolution when it comes to his work. I spent basically my whole day here and was really fascinated by this show. I have identified this with Learning Outcome Two. This outcome discusses developing new skills and undertaking new challenges. I really identify my experience with this because I really got to understand the development of Norman Rockwell's work and to be a part of a new way of thinking suggested by one of my teachers. To think as a curator and to understand what it means to develop and create a show. 

Izabella Curtis Ib Student 2021 The Museum of Fine Arts Houston  Beatrice Gonzales Exhibit I walked to the Museum of Fine Arts to go see this really cool exhibition. Beatrice Gonzales is an activist in Spain and she has a very interesting color pallet with strong use of orange and a blue/green color. She drew and painted a lot of different things and unique things. She would have these clippings of murder and rape cases have a drawing of the picture and then she would have a silkscreen and maybe even a painting of it. You can really tell that she had a large thought process and really thought about what she was doing. Her whole style switched near the end of her life. She even had a different color pallet. She had a lot of emotions and an interesting eye to each price. It was really cool! Learning Outcome 1, Identify your own strengths and develop areas of growth. I got to walk through this exhibit and analyze a few of her pieces.