Boys Ultimate Beats Carroll

The SLA boys Ultimate team beat long-time rival Archbishop Carroll 15-12 on Thursday in a tough game where Carroll gave the Rockets all they could handle. Carroll came out playing it's classic zone defense against SLA, and the Rockets struggled early, falling behind 4-1. However, junior Nate Little led the team back with three straight goals scored to tie the score at 4-4. SLA looked like they were preparing to take over the game, scoring repeatedly to take the half 8-5. 

But Carroll proved to be too tough to dismiss, as they whittled away the Rocket lead as the second half wore on, pulling to within one goal at 12-11 and again at 13-12. But SLA put on one final push and scored the last two goals to clinch the win at 15-12, with Kobe Nabried, Nate Little and Jori Gerveni scoring the final goals.

The team looks to build on its win at the Radnor Invitational Tournament this Sunday. Go Rockets! 

Finney & Simon No Hit Franklin Towne, Defense is Perfect in 7-0 Win

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Two seasons ago the Rockets were the first unranked team in City history to reach the Final Four in the Public League Playoffs. Politics and a solid Franklin Towne squad were the only things standing in the way of their undefeated Cinderella run to a City Title as a C-Division team. Towne went on to win it all in '15 and made it back to the Final Four in '16. But judging by the Rockets' performance today, '17 will have a different type of storybook ending. 

While the Rockets manufactured runs throughout, smacking 12 singles to score 7 runs in 3 big innings, it was all about defense and pitching today. Leon Finney in his first official start of the season, struggled with a very tight strike zone, but Avi Cantor had his back throwing out two runners in the first, effectively changing the complexion of the game before it even started. 

6 innings later Finney reached the maximum 100 pitches and still hadn't surrendered a single hit. Ben Simon came in to strike out 3 of the 5 batters he faced, and the defense was perfect to secure the second no-hitter in team history. Finney & Simon combined to strike out 8, and the Rockets' bats did the rest with Tony Brown leading the charge, going 2-5 with 3RBIs.

Jason Greene continued his hot streak going 3-4 and scoring 2 runs. Lukas Supovitz-Aznar went 2-3 with an RBI single, and Ben Simon and Arsenio Gomez both chipped in a run each with back-to-back RBI singles in the 5th. Leo Cassel-Siskind made some smooth plays at 1st, including a beautiful backhanded snare of a shot down the line, and the rest found their way to his outstretched glove any time Towne put the ball in play. 

While still early, this was quite a statement to make, especially with the defending Champions-Olney Charter- up next. But the Rockets aren't intimidated. A no-hitter and having outscored their opponents 35-9 in their first 4 games might have something to do with that.

Up Next: SLA @ Olney- Tues, 4/4 (1st Pitch, 305pm) 



Q3 Artist Statement

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I think that during this quarter my pieces were out of my comfort zone a little bit. The first bike drawing was the hardest assignment for me because I usually do abstract work instead of drawing actual objects. I think these pieces over all were really challenging but it was worth all of the effort. I really enjoyed the mandala piece the most. I learned how to make one  while ago and it was a great experience to make another one. I also like the eye drawing because the eye is something I use quite often in my drawings. 

Quarter 3 Blog Post, Majarucon

In this quarter, I created a total of five artworks. The first one being the bike drawing. Before I began the bike drawing process I looked at a real life bicycle and a bicycle online to refresh my memory as to what a bike looks like. After that, I took a big poster and began drawing the bike on the plain white poster board using a regular number 2 pencil. The second artwork was the optical illusion. In this artwork, I had to create my own optical illusion using spheres or circles then after the drawing I colored it in. The third artwork was the shading forms. I had to follow the directions in a pdf where I drew a circle, a cube, and a rectangle. Then, I had to shade in these objects using differents shades for each object. The fourth artwork that I did was the eye drawing where I had to draw my eye from observation so, I looked at myself in the mirror and started sketching my own eye to the paper. I only used a regular number 2 pencil and did not color this in. Lastly, the fifth artwork for this quarter was the Mandala Art where I had to just draw a mandala on a piece of paper and create my own design then I used different colors to fill in different sections of the mandala. 

The Self Preservation Mindset

This essay took two weeks longer than expected. I was extremely behind on all of the checkpoints and I struggled with this essay's topic. The worst part was coming up with a question and finding out how to expand it. After all of that, I am relatively pleased with the outcome, but It would have better for me and my grade to have finished it earlier.  



When humans feel threatened, it is  instinctive to strive for survival by any means necessary. “At the deepest – some would say most primitive – level of brain function, each human being is incontestably driven to preserve his own life. There may be three rarely engaged exceptions to this rule: to absorb a danger in order to preserve the life of a loved one, to end one’s own suffering as in old age or terminal disease, or to escape from some apparently overpowering force or problem or situation that seems to render continued life intolerable. Aside from those rare occurrences, continuing to stay alive is our prime directive.” Along with individuals, this mindset is apparent in forms of government. The level of complication for maintaining the overall safety of an entire system of people versus a singular being is extreme. From this I have derived the argument of how far should a community act in the same mindset as an individual.

In a speech titled ‘Self-Preservation the First Law of National as well as Individual Nature’, the speaker believes that a community should always act as one being. “It is, that the preservation of the country is more important than that of any Constitution that was, or is, or ever will be. We have grown accustomed to speak of the Constitution as if, instead of being a human work, it were a divine revelation, like the Bible, or something more than the Bible; as if, in short, the people were made for the Constitution, and not the Constitution for the people.” He mentions the god-like status of our Constitution, and how people forget that the men of our past created it. In the event of a national emergency can we not also create a functioning society that benefits the people of now? The benefit of working together as a nation is creating a series of systems that suits the majority of the population. On the other hand, those who do not fit into the main group excluded from the same privileges, purposely or otherwise.

War requires our best and brightest to fight those we deem a threat, and to gain the highest percentage of possible survival. We use whatever is at our disposal to guarantee our safety and the continuation of our existence. A New York Times writer, Michael V. Hayden, published an article on the advantages and disadvantages of using drones in warfare. He mentions ‘the greater good’ as a way of gaining more by sacrificing a smaller percentage of the assets. “Throughout the campaign, civilian casualties were a constant concern. In one strike, the grandson of the target was sleeping near him on a cot outside. The Hellfire missiles were directed so that their energy and fragments splayed away from him and toward his grandfather. They did, but not enough. The target was hard to locate and people were risking their lives to find him. The United States took the shot. A child died, and we deeply regret that he did. But his grandfather had a garage full of dangerous chemicals, and he intended to use them, perhaps on Americans.” In this situation the grandson of the target was the sacrifice. He had no knowledge of this and no choice in the matter. This child’s life was deemed disposable in the face of a possible terrorist attack. He was killed a drone with a pilot hundreds of thousands of miles away, because a country felt that the possible threat to their own citizens was worth more. While the writer claims regret, the entire situation is a prime example of what lengths a government will go to when using an individual mindset. Even the smallest country’s government has more power than the average person. This is how wars are instigated.

There is a clear moral dilemma with war. The government pushes for the greater good, the survival of a community. They argue for this greater good, and justify it with patriotism and acts of bravery. The fact of the matter is that not everyone is given any say whilst they are chosen as an offering. We reward those who chose to sacrifice themselves to promote a positive response and desensitize the idea. These people cannot appreciate a medal when they are dead. The people in power do not represent the entire community. They do not hold the experience of the soldiers or even the targets. They are not fighting viciously for a chance of survival, detached from the mundane world, living in a state of constant hell. They don’t stare at the sky, and watch their inevitable death streak down towards them. We don’t come back scarred and broken, or rotting in a long wooden box, chests weighted down by shining scrap that blinds the civilians from the horrific truth of war.



Bibliography

"Gov. Seymour's Speech--Self-Preservation the First Law of National as well as Individual Nature." The New York Times. The New York Times, 09 July 1863. Web. 19 Mar. 2017. The overall theme of self-preservation and humanity in terms of survival instincts.


Hayden, Michael V. "To Keep America Safe, Embrace Drone Warfare." The New York Times. The New York Times, 19 Feb. 2016. Web. 19 Mar. 2017. This article discusses the benefits and sacrifices drones create in a war setting.


Gnagey, Thomas (Tommy). "Two Faces of the Human Self-Preservation Instinct." Two Faces of the Human s. N.p., 02 Jan. 2013. Web. 19 Mar. 2017. The exploration of human's primitive drive for self-preservation and the comparisons and contrasts in relation to the idea of war.

Na'eem Artist statement

For my quarter 3 art, I wanted to explore the powers of shading and mimicking. I first started off by drawing a bike. I haven't rode a bike in years so this was challenging. After going through the hard stages, I added my own twist on the bike's design. My next assignment was the optical ollisiun assignment where I did an eye. I learned a lot about shading. Then, I had the shading form assignment where my shading skills were put to the test with shading three different shapes. Right after that, I had an eye drawing. I tried my hardest to draw my own eye. The last assignment was my favorite. We had to draw an mandala. I did the ying yang sign and tried to add these cool colors and designs. I really enjoyed the turn out of all the assignments.

Survival Base on Environment

Reflection
With my 4th adavnced essay I wanted to focus on gangs.  I wrote about how with all the violence and conflict going on in the world, kids pay attention and get involved in gangs.  This essay was a lomg process for me.  It took a lot of editing and people looking over my work.  I am proud of this essay and I think it is my strongest essay of the year.



In today’s world violence is portrayed as something humans become accustomed become accustomed to overtime. We see violence in all different mediums; social media, tv, music, and even as we walk out our front doors.  Violence is made out to seem like something we can’t escape.  As much as people hate to acknowledge it, It's inescapable.  At times it appears that people are excited to be involved rather than to stay away. Whether they physically involve themselves, record it, comment about it, its catches the attention of many. With all the negativity spreading around the globe, the youth of the world sees what is going on and they tend to get involved as well. At a young age children are like sponges, they tend to soak up everything around them; good and bad. Therefore a child’s environment is crucial to his/her growth. They haven’t quite developed discernment skills. Therefore sometimes they do things in the moment for temporary enjoyment forgetting their are long term effects. For example, kids who come from broken homes, and struggle in school tend to have have a higher risks of joining a gang. Coming from broken homes deprives children of real love and unity, which forces some to fill the void with whatever and whoever Young kids see gang members receiving respect  from people that are around them and they see the fear they can instill in others. Kids admire this and try to emulate it . They want to be like them and possess  the power and respect that they have. Eventually young ones find a way to get involved, either becoming a member or trying to build their status amongst their peers.


Most youths who are involved with gangs get exposed to drugs and alcohol at a young age.  Overtime what was once curiosity is turned  into a habit.he abuse of drugs and alcohol in many low income communities is common.  It is a coping mechanism and for some kids a way to gain popularity. Getting involved in drugs and alcohol doesn’t  necessarily have to mean that they consume them. Gang members tend to start to sell drug to make a profit and create connections. Selling drugs can lead to criminal offenses, which in the end makes life a whole lot harder.  


There is also the instances where kids or teenagers are not in a gang but he/she was exposed to a gang by just living in the area. Now this person most likely will not be able to travel through rival gang neighborhoods without conflict. Just because someone lives where a gang is from, they are automatically guilty by association and affiliated with whatever gang is in their community. Knowing them becomes a protection or even worse a danger Other gangs could see them and assume that they are way more heavily involved than what it appears to be. Someone who knows someone involved in a gang always can be put in risky situations. For example, they could get in their car one day for a ride, but mistakenly be shot because that gang member was a target.


With all the violence and conflicting issues going on in the world today some think that kids are not watching and listening when actually that is all that they’re doing. Instead of beating the youth’s ears with problems and allowing them to continue,  we should be broadcasting how to fix them.When people are young we tend to follow after the popular things. So, if kids are around violence, and hear about conflict then they are more likely to get involved in it. We want to shift the focus and make ways to fix the problems more popular. In conclusion, acknowledging the negatives and trying to create positivity in communities where youths have nothing but the streets will promote visible progress.


http://oureverydaylife.com/gangs-impact-teenagers-3840.html

http://www.washington.edu/news/2014/03/13/negative-effects-of-joining-a-gang-last-long-after-gang-membership-ends/



Q3 Benchmark Theater Love By: Lauryn Lewis

Soy Lauryn Lewis y me crié en ¨Uptown¨. He vivido aquí la mayor parte de mi vida. Esta comunidad me ha enseñado muchas cosas. He ganado una familia así como aprendido que no llamar a la familia. Mi barrio ha sido parte de la familia desde hace más de 50 años. Ha sido seguro y peligroso vivir en mi comunidad. Usted no sabrá las luchas de vivir aquí hasta que usted viva aquí usted mismo. Recomiendo que la gente se quede en mi comunidad porque será una gran lección. Si usted quiere visitar mi comunidad está en la parte del noroeste de philadelphia.

Yo pintaría mi mural en la calle de mi casa. Por la calle de mi casa hay un centro de recreación. Este es un buen lugar porque mucha gente lo verá. Animará a la gente de mi comunidad a hacer mejor. Elevará el estado de ánimo triste de algunas personas. Puede inspirar a otras personas a hacer sus propias formas de arte. Ojalá pudiera ser visto por alguien que podría darlo a conocer a nivel nacional. Quiero que este mural impacte el mundo entero y se destaque. En este lugar creo que puede alcanzar tanta importancia y honor.

Los diferentes elementos de mi proyecto serían las diferentes formas de arte. Mostrarían lo que los diferentes tipos de arte y Filadelfia. Actuación y la música es una gran parte de la técnica y Filadelfia. El tema está apoyando el arte, Filadelfia y ayudar a mostrar el apoyo a los muchos artistas. Estoy tratando de comunicar la importancia de hacer las cosas positivas. Tantas personas quedan atrapados en las calles y empezar a hacer cosas malas porque no tienen nada que ver. Esta es la voluntad de ayudar a la gente de la calle y hacen más seguro Filadelfia.

Mi obra de arte muestra una buena idea. Muestra un buen ejemplo de comunidad y trabajo duro. Estoy orgulloso del diseño porque muestra la creatividad del teatro. La razón detrás de ningunos colores es que la comunidad del ht puede llenarlos adentro en sus los propios. Les dará la oportunidad de participar en el proyecto por su cuenta.


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Mural KGK

Kimberly Gucciardi-Kriegh


Hola, yo soy Kimberly Gucciardi-Kriegh. Tengo dieciséis años. Nací en Wallingford PA, mi familia y yo vivimos por un año. Mi familia y yo mudo a Roxborough en el verano de 2002. Fui a la escuela de Green Woods Charter, combinamos el lugar tres veces. Me gusta que es una zona segura, tiene  poco  delito, algunos de mis amigos. Viven allí y tengo que tener una casa unifamiliar y patio para mi perro. No me gusta que no hay mucho que hacer en Roxborough, y es un poco lejos de SLA. No cambiaría donde vivo. Sé que quieren hacer algunos nuevos edificios y algunas personas odian esa idea y algunos les gustan.

Yo quiero mi mural en esta pared porque está abierto al público y todo el mundo verlo. Voy a usar colores rosado, púrpura, azul, amarillo y rojo. Esto no está lejos de mi escuela vieja. Todos los estudiantes, padres y maestros lo van a ver. Su mensaje simbolizan y representan lo que Roxborough es hoy la historia de hoy.

El tema de mi mural ser "las cosas que piensas cuando piensas en Roxborough".Ver todas las ubicaciones claves y calles como, Ridge Ave, Andorra, Huston, Parque Gorgas, Roxborough High School, Saul, la biblioteca, El Nuevo Objetivo, Sala 21 donde muchos niños juegan el béisbol y el fútbol americano y mucho más. Mi mural va a tener un mapa de las cosas que la gente piensa cuando piensan en Roxborough y lo dibujan representa una comunidad. Esto es para mostrar lo que está pasando en Roxborough en este momento. Mi mural también ser tener una tortuga en ella porque el símbolo de Roxborough es una tortuga, que lo tienen en los basureros, murales y pegatinas de coches.

Mi mural se puede llamar arte público porque está en un lugar disponible para que disponible para siempre. También es algo que la comunidad entera puede relacionarse y entender. Mi mural muestra con precisión lo que es la comunidad de Roxborough en 2017. Las generaciones futuras pueden mirar este mural y conocer la historia de su ciudad.


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Rockets Roll in Opener, Beat Washington 12-2

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An 8-run 7th inning last week, which blew open a close pre-season game with GFS, proved the Rocket's offense could strike at any moment. On Monday, Washington, who won it all just three seasons ago, got their fair share as the Rockets kicked off the season with an Opening Day 12-2 win in 5 innings. SLA's long-awaited arrival to A-Division Baseball was a statement that all the hype of the past two seasons was as legit as it comes.


Even before Senior Lukas Supovitz-Aznar took the mound the Rocket's offense had a 3-run lead, the last 2 courtesy of a bases-loaded single by Aznar to help himself out. By the 3rd inning it was already 8-0 Rockets, as Avi Cantor, hitting Lead-Off smacked a 2-Run Double to rack up his 2nd and 3rd RBIs of the game. When all was said and done, Junior Tony Brown went 4-4 with 2 Runs scored, Aznar also went 4-4 with 4 RBIs and Senior Jason Greene continued the hot bat, going 2-2, reaching on an error and scoring 3 Runs to cap a 12-2 mercy-rule win. All of that was plenty to back up a complete game 6K, 2BB, 1 ER performance over 5 innings for Supovitz-Aznar. 


Eight years ago it was said, "if we keep fighting together and just believe in one another this team will play in A-Division one day." At the time the Rockets still hadn't won a single game (0-8), and couldn't seem to get past the 3rd inning against D-Division teams. They won that 9th game 25-10, as well as the rest of their inaugural season. They've been fighting and believing ever since. And back-to-back undefeated seasons, two consecutive Division Titles, deep runs in the City playoffs and a 12-2 win on Opening Day sure gives them plenty reason to believe!


Final Box Score

         1 2 3 4 5 6 7   R    H  E

SLA  3 1 4 0 4        12  15  1

Wash 0 0 1 0 1         2    6  4


WP- Lukas Supovitz-Aznar 

5IP, 6K, 2BB, 6H, 2R, 1ER


Batting

Avi Cantor- 2-4, 2B, 2R, 3RBI

Tony Brown- 4-4, 2R, 1RBI

Lukas Supovitz-Aznar- 4-4, 2B, 1R, 4RBI

Jason Greene- 2-2, ROE, 3R


Next Up: SLA (1-0) @Franklin Towne (Thurs, 3/30 1st Pitch, 305pm)


 
 

Q3 Artists Statement

The first piece that we did for Quarter 3 was a bike drawing. There was a bike in the room that we had to look at for making our drawing realistic. This drawing was a learning experience on how to draw things to the T and making sure that everything is proportional. This took 4 class periods 2 and a half hours to draw and outline and an hour and a half to color the bike.

The second piece that we did for Quarter 3 was Optical Illusions. For this assignment, we had to use the shading and measurements to almost trick the eyes. This was really cool to learn so you can make it look like the object is actually on the paper. This took 2 classes and 2 hours to do. One hour to draw the shapes and measure them out. And the other hour was to shape them and make them have dimension.

The third piece that we did for Quarter 3 was shading forms. We had to draw 3 shapes on a page. This was teaching us how to use just our pencils. The shading makes such a difference, whether if you’re pressing down hard or barely touching the paper with the pencil. This took 2 class periods to do. I class to draw the big square and the other class period to draw the three other shapes.

The fourth piece that we did for Quarter 3 was an eye drawing. This was more on the realistic side and this was very good for us if we ever wanted to enhance facial features. This took 2 class periods. 1 hour to draw the outline and the other hour to add details like the lighting inside of the eye and the tiny little hairs in the eyebrow.

The last piece for Quarter 3 was a Mandala. This was a freestyle and creative art piece. This was teaching us to fill up the page add designs everywhere so there is a lot to look at and most importantly to make sure your color stands out.

All of these drawings taught me something different but with this, I can combine all of these strategies and techniques to create something awesome.

E2 U4 "Beauty Within"

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Voy a contar la historia de la parte de mi mural va a estar en Filadelfia. Sudoeste Filadelfia  es la parte sur de Está al oeste del río de Schuylkill. El límite norte está conformado por varios barrios. Como, Baltimore Avenue, Cobbs Creek y 49th street. Esta parte de Filadelfia estuvo conformada por inmigrantes irlandeses antes de la migración de americanos africanos. Ahora el porcentaje es de 76.2 por ciento de los negros viven a lo largo del sudoeste Philadelphia.

Mi nombre es Dayanna Hughes. Yo han querido dibujar y crear desde que era joven. Por esta razón era inicialmente entusiasmado con este proyecto. Soy del sudoeste de Philadelphia, por lo que estoy interesado en hacer un mural de aquí. El propósito del mural tendría un mensaje especial a la gente en el barrio.

Voy a pintar mi mural en una pared que está fuera de mi casa, es una gran muralla verde ahora mismo. Sería una pieza central para la gente alrededor de él, principalmente porque hay una parada de autobús y parada de carro literalmente cruzando la calle en ambas direcciones. La pared está situada en 56 y Baltimore Avenue, es propiedad de un Church.There de África occidental son una buena cantidad de personas mayores de mi barrio, por lo que pensaría que es vandalismo.

Las imágenes simboliza que usted debe amar la piel estás en. Principalmente debido a anuncios en el área de mostrar que la belleza europea es el único tipo de belleza. Como un niño, viendo estos anuncios haría sentir que no era lo suficientemente bueno. Esperemos que si las niñas de la comunidad que ven esto, se sentirá suficientemente empoderadas para sentirse bella. Ver a una chica que se parece a usted es ser alabada le hace sentir bien. Quiero que la chica de la foto se sienta para representar a las mujeres negras como un todo.

Arte público puede ser cualquier cosa de una pequeña palabra, o una pieza de arte grande. Me siento como si lo puede ser cualquier cosa, siempre que tenga significado para usted. Arte público me tiene valores de la comunidad y te hace cuestionar cosas como tus creencias. Es cómo vemos el mundo. Me siento como si mi mural tiene. Es un buen mensaje detrás de él, y tiene un mensaje que todos los miembros de la comunidad de acuerdo a.




Final Project Q3

This quarter, we have done a few drawings. Each drawing introduced a new technique into our arsenal. For the most part, I like how most of my drawings turned out. I learned a lot in doing these drawings, such as using the human perception to your advantage. This skill is going to be very vital in any drawing because then, you can direct people's eyes to a specific point in your drawing to emphasize that point.
For the first drawing, we had to draw a bike. This was probably the most difficult for me and the outcome of it was okay, it wasn't great. It took me about 4 hours to draw it, however, I should have spent more time because it doesn't look like it was done in 4 hours, it looks like it was done in 1 hour. This drawing helped me sharpen my skill for precision and precision is very important in any work of art.
For the second drawing, we drew optical illusions. It took me about 2 hours. I particularly liked this project because it was fun drawing illusions and messing with my viewers eyes. I don't think I was successful at it, but regardless, it was still a learning experience. I'm sure if I keep on drawing illusions, I'll get better at it.
The third drawing, we practiced shading forms. This took me 2 hours to do. I already had experience in shading through being self-taught, but I still learned from this project. When I shade, I usually do it freehand, but I never learned how to plan my shading like the .pdf document on the assignment tells you to do. So, I added a new technique into my artist arsenal.
The fourth drawing, we drew eyes. I also really liked this project too. I spent 2 hours on this project. This was a lot of fun because I love drawing eyes, they are so unique and interesting to study. You could get lost in looking in people's eyes. I tried to recreate that to the best of my ability, and I think I did good. I could've added a lot more detail to the pupil of the eyes. Nevertheless, I really liked doing this project.
Our final project, was drawing a mandala. For this one, I decided to bend the rules a little bit. Instead of using geometric shapes, I used  cartoon pictures of me, honey buns, cinnamon sticks, peppermint candy, and a strange blue flower. I didn't want to follow the geometric shape rule, so I decided to be a little bit different and use these unlikely elements for a mandala. I learned a lot about symmetry in this project. I really liked my final product because compared to everyone else's, mine looked completely different. It gives me a sense of style. This was probably my favorite project of the quarter. I learned so much about drawing this quarter and I look forward to learning a lot more in the next quarter.

Artist Statement Q3

This quarter I think maybe have been the easiest of all the other other quarters. I feel like I am definitely trying harder than I was before and it's showing in my work. For the first assignment which was the bike drawing, I think it was the hardest simply because it was the largest. It was really hard for me to get every part of the bike on the paper and capture all the little but important details of the bike. For the optical illusions I was confused as to how to make an illusion at first but when I got it they both didn't turn out how I expected but I tried and I suppose that´s all that really matters.  For the shading forms I attempted to make it look like the examples given to us with the shading. I redid it twice because I kept messing up on it, I just had to realize I had to make it my own and that I couldn´t keep trying to follow the examples. My eye drawing might be the piece from this quarter I´m proudest of. I took a lot of time on it to get a lot of detail and make it look as realistic as possible. I think what I ended up with was better than I expected it to be and I love it so much. My favorite piece from the entire quarter on the other hand would have to be the mandala drawing. I had so much fun using all the bright colors and patterns to make it. I liked that we got to make it our own and it was fun seeing everyone do something different with theirs. Overall I think this quarter I improved on trying in art. I think I am comfortable now with doing things in this class, I no longer look at the assignments as impossible to do I just do them now. I´m really excited to see what happens with the rest of school year and look forward to getting better in my artwork. 

E2U4 "Unity of Violent Peace" en Cobbs Creek - Benjamin Seing

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Yo vivo en West Filadelfia. Mi barrio es Cobbs Creek más o menos. La gente es tranquila y amable, pero a veces el barrio es violento también. Yo he vivido en mi barrio por dieciséis años. Cuando pienso en mi barrio, yo imagino respeto, falta de respeto, violencia, falta de lenguaje, y mucha comida. Yo no puedo pienso de mi barrio a causa de mis padres. Mis padres son muy estrictos y no me permiten ir fuera de la casa. El sitio donde vivo es también un restaurante de Chinese Take-Out. Me gusta la gente amable, sin embargo no me gustan los niños malos. Los niños pueden ser clientes malos porque son inmaduros y no son inteligentes. No me gusta mi barrio en general porque yo trabajo pero los clientes no son amables excepto la gente mayor. No puedo hablar con los clientes en general porque necesito trabajar y no hablar. A causa de esto, me es difícil hacer amigos en la escuela. Yo cambiaria mi barrio por la comunidad todos. Necesito más gente amable, más tiempo para hablar con los clientes, y más tiempo para mí mismo. De hecho, la comunidad necesita ser segura. El tema más importante en mi comunidad es la violencia en mi barrio. No hay personas importantes en mi barrio.

La historia de mi barrio es difícil de explicar. No hay mucha información sobre mi barrio. Mi barrio es una comunidad de Afroamericanos. Hay figuras importantes como Will Smith. Tenemos una cultura, de hecho la única cultura que tenemos son las calles en fiesta cuando hay eventos significativos.

El propósito de mi mural es ser un símbolo de la comunidad. Debido a la gente diferente en el barrio, hay muchos problemas en general. El mural es un mensaje para los agentes de la comunidad de Cobbs Creek. Por eso en el mensaje está escrito “Unity of Violent Peace”. Quiero hacer este diseño porque quiero una comunidad amable y tranquila. Quiero una comunidad sin violencia. No voy a incorporar imágenes porque necesito que la gente lea el mensaje. Las imágenes tardan más en darse a entender. Por otro lado, solía graffiti para estilo. Voy a incorporar las palabras “Violent” y “Peace” porque la comunidad tiene los dos.

En fin, quiero mi barrio sea una unión sin violencia y amable con toda la gente. Quiero informar de los problemas en la comunidad de West Philadelphia. En contrario a la pintura y imágenes, las letras son fáciles de leer.

E2 U4 Mural

Hola, soy Taylor Green. Vivo en el sudoeste de Filadelfia. Yo vivo aqui por dieciséis años. Me encanta mi comunidad. Es divertido y seguro. Mi comunidad es muy diversa. Personas de todas las edades viven aquí. No es un muy historica, pero hay muchos parques y muchos restaurantes. También no hay arte público o grafiti. Sin embargo, ahí hay vandalismo.

Creo que una buena pared en mi barrio para hacer un mural está en un garaje. Muchos de los garajes son blancos y aburridos y no hay muchas paredes para poner un mural real. Por otro lado, es bueno poner un mural en esta área porque esta área tiene un gran parque y mucha diversidad. Por lo tanto, que va a ser visto por un montón de diferentes personas.
Mi mural no cuenta la historia, debido a que mi comunidad no tiene mucha historia. Quiero que mi mural, representa la comunidad. Yo también quiero, que mi mural tengo un propósito. Un imágen en mi mural es la palabra “Free”. La palabra “Free” se usa para apoderar. Yo también piensa la palabra es subjetivo. A causa de esta, mi mural incluye muchas  imágenes. Estos imágenes son, un corazón, un puño de poder y máscaras de comedia y tragedia.  El corazón representa la libertad de amar. Un puño de poder representa libertad para protestar del gobierno. La tragedia y las máscaras de comedia representan la libertad de expresión. Todas estas cosas son importantes para mi, por eso añadido todas estas cosas.
Para mi, mi mural cumple el papel del arte público porque es como veo el mundo. Mi mural tengo un mensaje importante y representa lo que me importa. No es como Diego Rivera o David Siqueiros, pero se propaga la positividad y un buen mensaje. En fin, mi mural es significativa para la comunidad.
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E2 U4: Mural Proyecto- Lily

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Nací y me crié en el parte noreste de Filadelfia. Honestamente nunca he sentido demasiado conectado a mi comunidad, porque el crimen y la violencia son común. Tendió a alejarse de él por estar en otras partes de la ciudad.Fui a una escuela fuera de mi barrio. Sin embargo,pienso queun mural definitivamente puede embellecer la área y aportar una luz agradable a la comunidad. El barrio en que vivo es  aburrido y lleno de graffiti grosero, especialmente en las áreas donde un montón de chicos jóvenes están. No quisiera futuros hijos crezcan viendo las mismas cosas que hice, por lo que me gustaría tratar de embellecer la zona con un bonito mural.
Por esta razón quiero poner el mural en la pared lateral del centro de recreación en mi barrio. Intento hacer todo el lado del edificio, para los niños cuando caminan en la acera, así como personas en coches en la calle.
Mi mural va a centrarse en los temas de unidad y felicidad. Para representar la unidad y felicidad en mi mural, voy a tenerlo muchos imágenes  abstractos con colores brillantes, así como un collage de palabras asociadas con esos dos temas.
Creo que mi diseño obtiene el mensaje de la felicidad y tiene un montón de buenas palabras que puede inspirar a los niños a incorporar en su comportamiento. Me gusta mi diseño para alguien de mi nivel y creo que puede convertirse en un simple pero agradable, mural de mi barrio.

E2 U4: Mural projecto- Vivian

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Vivo el sur de Filadelfia. Para mi barrio es pacífico y tranquilla. Yo vivo ahi ya que nací. A causa de la gente amable creo que mi barrio es muy bien. Cuando pienso mi barrio, mi imagino mucho gente.Debido a mucho en comida Y la gente agradable mi gusta. Por otro lado no me gusta el aparcamiento. Me gusta la zona de mi casa.Me gusta donde vivo porque tengo un montón de acceso a los recursos. Para mi algo que cambiaría es el ruido de mi vecinos en mi barrio.

Algunos temas importantes de mi comunidad es la unidad y paz. En mi barrio todo el mundo es diferente y mucho eventos significativos todos. Hay mucho festivales, juegos y espectáculos. Algunos festivales son importantes para los católicos en el barrio sino que permiten que todo el mundo a venir y pasar el rato. Y a mí es un símbolo de la comunidad

Yo quiero poner mi mural a una cuadra mi casa. Vivo el sur de Filadelfia. Para mi barrio es pacífico y tranquilla. Yo vivo ahi ya que nací. A causa de la gente amable creo que mi barrio es muy bien. Cuando pienso mi barrio, mi imagino mucho gente. Debido a mucho en comida Y la gente agradable mi gusta. Por otro lado no me gusta el aparcamiento. Me gusta la zona de mi casa.Me gusta donde vivo porque tengo un montón de acceso a los recursos. Hay algunos eventos divertidos a veces. Mucho de miembros de la familia Vive en el sur de filadelfia. Hay mucho de murales y pinturas en mi barrio y yo quiero mi arte en mi barrio. Quiero mi mural cerca de casa donde me siento cómodo.

Para mi mural quiero que ahi un montón de símbolos. Porque cuando pienso en mi barrio pienso en muchas cosas Así que quería símbolos en mi mural. incluir un montón de corazones como símbolo y árbol por que no hay un montón de árboles en mi barrio pero hay algunos que realmente me gusta y creo que eso es algo que en mi barrio que noto. Yo quiero comunicar que mi barrio está lleno de paz, amor y comunidad
En fin yo creo ese puedo más consideración en el diseño del mural pero yo creo eso mi diseño yo tengo ahora es bien para representar mi vecindario. Y puedo ver mi mural en mi barrio porque hay mucho trabajo de arte eso es simple pero tiene un significado fuerte a causa de la unidad de mi barrio. Además el lugar que elegí esta cerca de mi casa y esta en mi barrio en el sur de filadelfia porque es donde crecí por eso quería mi mural aquí. Aunque es difícil poner un mural en mi parte de la ciudad porque es en su mayoria casa voy todavía intento a encontrar un lugar poner.

Portrait of a Majd

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Paxton Wentzell

American, born Philadelphia. 2001-Present

Portrait of a Majd 2017

Majd painted in the style of Van Eyck

The Jason Todd Renaissance Revival (Art of The Deal) benchmark collection, 2017

DEBUTING AT SLA@CC

Portrait of a Majd depicts a cardinal of the papal states, Majd Bostani. After student artist Paxton Wentzell couldn’t get his loyal patron to send him a selfie to work off of, Majd decided to help out. As instructed by Teacher Todd, the goal of this portrait was to be inspired by the revolutionary Renaissance virtuoso Jan Van Eyck. Eyck was a 14th and 15th century Flemish and Netherlandish painter living in Bruges. Starting his career as a court painter, he used a gothic style to paint religious works centering around the Virgin Mary. He later dropped his roots and started painting realism with his secular portraits, which were his most sought after works. His techniques can be clearly seen reproduced in the posture of the subject. Majd’s arms and hands are seen dis-proportionally smaller than the rest of the body, as to bring the focus onto his face as well as serving a symbolic meaning to the subject’s profession. Van Eyck would do this with many of his portraits. In Léal Souvenir, he paints the subject holding a piece of paper to show his profession of lawyer. Eyck always painted something that symbolizes spirituality, in Paxton Wentzell’s portrait, as in Eyck’s Portrait of a Carthusian, a red door can be seen directly behind the subject. This is symbolic of the subject’s position of cardinal. The medium, oil painting, was mastered by Van Eyck and student painter, Paxton, took advantage of Eyck’s method of layering to add realistic lighting. In Portrait of a Majd the light is coming from the top left. Student painter, Wentzell, signed the canvas with the same modest message as Van Eyck, ALS IK KAN, or “As Best I Can.” The student artist even went as far as to cut his own frame and paint it the same way Jan Van Eyck would, as the frame was considered an integral part of the work at the time. Paxton painted his frame red to make it a continuation of the piece. Van Eyck would inscribe a pun on his name in greek into the frame This student artist has done the same.

Quarter 3 Artwork

This quarter I had the opportunity to try a couple different mediums. I enjoyed experimenting with new forms of art and I am pretty satisfied with my final products. This quarter, for the last project especially, I started to further think about the meaning behind my choices while doing art and the importance of putting a lot of thought into every aspect.

I used india ink for the first time for the first assignment of the quarter. I enjoyed the initial experimenting and doing the studies. I didn’t enjoy doing such a large painting entirely with ink; I wasn’t able to control the ink very well. My final product feels unbalanced and I wish I spent more time adding details, especially to the left side of the painting. I like the way the tree turned out, especially the detailing on the trunk.

This wasn’t the first time I’ve done printmaking but I did learn a few new things about the medium this quarter. Similarly to the first project, I enjoyed the process of experimenting, especially with mixing colors. I am proud of the designs I made for my prints. I wish I experimented more with the colors. My prints weren’t very even; I had trouble spreading the ink evenly. I enjoyed the process of printing my designs even though I am not entirely satisfied with the final product.

My favorite project of the quarter was the sculpture. My sculpture is centered around the issue of testing cosmetics on animals. I wanted to show the harm that is being done for the sake of beauty so the main element of my project is a bunny covered in pictures cut from makeup ads. The bunny is chained to makeup and is muzzled by a miniature liberty bell. I enjoyed the process of putting the sculpture together and am happy with the final product.

Chloë Epstein Q3 Art Portfolio

I think this has been my favorite quarter so far because we've gotten to experiment with different techniques and art forms. Right from the beginning Mr. Herrera asked us what type of artwork we wanted to do so I felt like we had a lot of creative freedom. I have done both printmaking and sculpture before, but I had never painted a whole piece in paint before so I felt like I learned a lot from that experience. I also got to practice in both ink painting and printmaking because I either had to make multiple copies or had to do a few practice pictures before hand. My favorite piece was my sculpture because I think it turned out really good and creepy looking. I was proud of this piece the most because I had to make it out of what I could find and couldn't buy anything. I also liked that this piece had to have an actual meaning that was political because we hadn't done anything like that before. 

Artist Statement Q3 (Tucker)

This quarter was kind of a short but sweet one. We have done 4-5 drawing this quarter which the overall hours spent on all was 14 hours. I am very happy with the outcome on my drawings. I learned that I need to spend a little more time on my drawings and make sure I edit the picture right before I submit my work. Also, when it comes to my art it can mesmerizing or it can be dull but I try to put everything into my drawing so it usually isn't.
My inspirations for my pieces of art are just to make sure it comes from the heart because if not then what are you drawing for. So, My first assignment was my bike drawing. My bike drawing took 4 hours or 4 one hour classes. We had to draw a bike from looking at one and making sure we had all the possible parts bike have. Also, my drawing isn't the best I could have done but I make up for it in my other assignments. I know for next time to just to make sure I focus more and work harder.
Our next drawing was our shading forms. What we had to do was use value maps and graduated shading to turn a circle, cube, and rectangle into a real three-dimensional form. I didn't understand this assignment fully but I tried my best to do the assignment. This took 2 hours to do in class.
My next drawing is my eye drawing. So, this is my favorite drawing of this quarter. This is a replica of MY eye. I was so excited with the outcome of this because I never would have though I could do this. Everything from the eyebrow to the exact shading of the pupil was just right for me. In the end or final drawing I did color it the color of my eye which is brown. This drawing took 2 hours until submission time. 
My last and final drawing of this quarter is the Mandala drawing. This is my second favorite drawing. This assignment is 4 hours long because there are two parts. I worked really hard to make this look very colorful. I spent a lot of time on little details and I love the turnout. In the end it turned out super well.
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Q3 Art Portfolio

I really enjoyed this quarter considering that there was assignments that I really enjoyed doing. Especially the mandala assignment,I really enjoyed letting my brain flow onto the page and creating a nice mandala. The bike drawing was also a fun and interesting project because it was interesting in creating a bike from scratch which was challenging. Same goes for the eye drawing, optical illusion and shading forms. I had a lot of fun and feel like I have improved alot this quarter.

Advanced Essay #4: William Figueriedo

Intro:
​I decided to write about violence and how it has evolved over the many years that human beings have been around. The reason I wanted to write about this was because I was genuinely curious at how violence reached the state it is today and what caused it. Writing this has been a huge learning experience as I completely see things differently now.

Essay:

From the very first time human beings were introduced into the world, a technique was widely used by everyone. When humans were using rocks and sticks to survive, this technique was extremely common. This technique was so advantageous, that many humans hundreds of years later couldn't part with it. Human beings became smarter and the technique became much more convenient with, shields, arrows, and other weapons. Many years goes by and technology, as well as the brains of human beings, has improved once more, however, so has this popular technique. This technique is now being used with guns, nukes, electronics and words. As the world evolves, so does the technique. It is one  that causes terror, death, and hate. A technique that has followed us since the very beginning of our creation. Violence.

   When we lived in caves, violence was essential to survival. Killing the enemy was the best way to assure that you and your future were safe. Feeding on the carcasses of violent beasts, who were taken down with violence was an important part of living. This strategy is used even today. Some might say that this violence was only there due to the time and the way of living, however, as we fast forward to the future, we can see it as that not being true. As humans began to create groups and become smarter, violence was still utilized, however, instead of it being used against beasts, we turned it against ourselves. We were violent towards one another over food, land, and mindsets. Today as technology grew once more, guns, drones, missiles and the Internet, are used as a violent calamity. Violence has always been the answer - whether it is right or wrong it does not matter.

   Some might say that without violence we can rid the world of evil, however, what these people might not understand is that violence is essential for living life. The world is cruel and it's almost impossible to live without violence, especially when violence has evolved to become one with us. Philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche stated, “I am by nature warlike, to attack is amongst my instinct.” Friedrich Nietzsche uses the word instinct to show that violence is similar to breathing air, walking and blinking our eyes when needed be. This shows that violence has evolved so much to the point that it is within all of us. What once was a simple technique used to get food, turned into a powerful  strategy  capable of wiping the planet. Friedrich Nietzsche also uses the word nature in this statement to show that it is only normal that we feel this way, further strengthening my statements as before.

   As violence is part of us - it evolves along with us, completing us and driving us forward. The world has come to accept violence as a norm. When technology, like the ones we have today, came into being, a new evolution of violence was born. Violence once again evolved, as with this technology you can wipe out a whole country with a push of a button. In the book, “World Wide Warfare” by Marco Roscini, he states, “It is therefore hardly surprising that Cybersecurity has become a general concern of the international community.” We knew that Violence would evolve once again as technology progressed. When Marco Roscini says that it was hardly surprising that violence has now moved towards the technology, it shows you that we are all aware of violence and its path throughout our society. In the quote, Roscini also states that it's a concern of the international community meaning, violence has evolved into a worldwide phenomenon which no territory is excluded from it. Cyber security is something we have created to prevent such violent actions, however, it will never stop the violent attempts.

Violence keeps us alive. It tests our mindset as it it allows our intelligence to grow, however, as our intelligence grows, so does the violent methods our minds can come up with. The growth of our minds depends on the violence that surrounds us, and the evolution of violence depends on the growth of our mindset. These two entities live off of one another meaning, violence will thrive as long as our minds progress.


Bibliography:


Green, John. "War & Human Nature: Crash Course World History 204." YouTube. July 31, 2014. Accessed March 27, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NIgqS47m5k.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NIgqS47m5k



Roscini, Marco. Http://www.mpil.de/files/pdf3/03_roscini_14.pdf.

http://www.mpil.de/files/pdf3/03_roscini_14.pdf


Diversidad

Hola. Mi nombre es Jason. Vivo en Filadelfia del Sur con mi familia. Tengo siempre vivió en Sur de Filadelfia por todas mi vida. Mi barrio es muy tranquil por la mayoría del tiempo, así que no pasa nada en el lugar donde vivo.


Pintaría mi mural en una pared en blanco en Reed Street  y Broad Street, a través de el mural de Mario Lanza. Lo estoy poniendo aquí porque sólamente la pared en blanco que conozco alrededor de mi casa y está al lado de un mural de una persona famosa del Sur de Filadelfia, Mario Lanza. Mi investigación me mostró que Filadelfia del Sur es un lugar muy diverso con muchas personas diferentes. Con muchas familias de Italiano, Irlandesas, Mexicanos, Africanos, Hispanos, Asiáticos, Griegos, y judíos. Es muy diverso.


Mi mural tendrá muchos colores representando la diversidad cultural de las muchas familias que viven en el sur de Filadelfia. Eso será abstracto con algunos patrones. La palabra diversa estará oculto en todos los colores.


El mensaje es  si ves este mural, estás en una comunidad que es muy diversa.  Sur de Filadelfia ha tenido un grande diverse población desde el 1900s y todavía tiene una comunidad diverse hoy. Mi mural  estará lleno colores eso mezclara  y estará abstracto. La variedad de colores representa la variedad de las familias en Filadelfia del Sur.  Este mural es creado para expresar la familia y la diversidad cultural del sur de Filadelfia. Voy a incorporar la palabra diverse porque de eso se trata el mural. Sin embargo, la palabra diverse estará oculto dentro de todos los colores.


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