Creativity, Activity, and Service (CAS)

 Izabella Curtis  IB Student  Making a bed for my cat! I went to the store and saw this really cool cat bed, however, it was like 40 dollars and I thought "I can totally make this on my own" A few hours on youtube and starting over about a dozen times I finally. made the bed! The only issue... it was too small! back to the drawing board and now it's perfect! 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 persuing and being present during the beginning stages of new projects.

 Izabella Curtis  IB Student  Learning how to Crochet! I wanted to take my skill level to the next level, I heard knitting was extremely difficult so crocheting seemed less complicated! I was wrong, I was in the process of making a cardigan it does take a large amount of time, and dedication. It's a very difficult task with a lot of different elements to complete it! I identified this with learning outcome 4 because of the amount of time and planning this has taken me to make stuff for my friends and family! 

 Izabella Curtis  IB Student  Finger Knitting a Blanket Finger knitting is something I used to do a lot as a young girl. It has always been extremely nostalgic for me, It requires a lot of time and dedication to doing this project. Lots of youtube and making sure the placement is consistent and easily distributed. Learning outcome 4 is one of my faviioret's because it talks about having dedication and showing commitment to projects. 

Izabella Curtis IB Student  New Hobby: Indoor Gardening! while being in school and not really getting the opportunity to go out and be a part of the community due to COVID-19. I wanted to bring more natural life into my environment. Indoor plants and growing new things have become really amazing hobbies. It takes a lot of time and energy to get to the point I am at. Learning Outcome 4 talks about commitment and dedication to an activity in which plants are a lot of energy and commitment. 

 Izabella Curtis  IB Student  Painting! While being in quarantine I developed kind of a coping strategy for this crazy world, I have been painting and using my creative talents to form a kind of escapism. By learning new techniques, developing a better understanding of color theory, and using new supplies to create different and unique work. I have identified these new strategies with Learning Outcome 2, in this outcome I feel like I have developed new skills and applied them to the greater good. Specifically for my mental health and creating something out of this crazy that is our world today 

Izabella Curtis Ib Student 2021 Exit Through The Gift Shop Documentary (?) Banksy I watched this documentary about street artist, and it was based around the famous British street artist Banksy but then it somehow became about this guy named Terri who was filming the documentary... It was really cool and funny but like I am not really sure how it switched to be about this documenter. He wasn't even a professional filmmaker! He was just some guy with a camera! Learning Outcome 2, Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process. Watching Exit Through the Gift Shop is learning outcome 2 because my challenges were actually watching this movie and trying not to laugh and the new skill I learned was more about Banksy and Mr. Brainwash (Terri) He later becomes one of the most famous street artist in America.

Izabella Curtis IB Student 2021 Calamari in Ramen This past christmas I got a ipad pro, so I am starting to tinker with digital art. I had a dream that I was eating ramen and when I looked down I saw this little octopus/ squid guy hanging out in my bowl eating my ramen! So, naturally I decided to draw this and instead of choosing an easier media that I actually know a little about I chose digital art. This is learning outcome 1 which is Identifying own strengths and areas for growth. This is outcome 1 because I learned that layer when drawing digital art is very very important and I have never worked with digital art but I did a pretty good job! My process!

Izabella Curtis Ib Student Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry Documentary I watched the “Not Sorry” documentary located on Netflix. It was about the famous political Chinese artist Ai Weiwei and it was about his story and his art process, one of my favorite pieces he has made is called “Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn” (1995), it is a series of 3 pictures of Ai Weiwei dropping a Han Dynasty urn. Anyway this is learning outcome 1, Identify own strengths and develop areas of growth. This is learning outcome 1 because art history is one of my strengths and watching this documentary taught me about this really cool new artist I never knew about. Super cool documentary 10/10 would recommend you to watch it.  Never Sorry Documentary  “Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn” 1995