Last Thursday, I wanted to do something different during club hours and when I read about the extra credit I decided to go and explore some of the different kinds of art offered in the Weissman school of art here at Baruch. I thought that this opportunity would help me learn more about arts in Baruch because I want to minor in arts but still can’t decide what kind of art.

The art session that I went to was called “virtual Sculpture gallery: Explore the environment design sculptures created by students in art” with professor Joshua Whitehead. I went expecting to walk around a room and see some actual sculpture made by students but instead, these sculptures were made and programmed on the computer. At that moment it hit me that technology now is used in every field of study even in the field where you have to be creative like art. After going to that session, I figured out that people can be creative even with the use of technology. I found the whole session very interesting; I exercised a new form of art I have never came across before.  I learned more about the art classes in Baruch and all the interesting projects they do. Professor Whitehead showed us work from his class made by the student.

Some of the work that students worked on in class is shown in the pictures above. These are buildings the students drew and then turned them into a 3D model. The other thing they had in the session was a VR simulation where you put on a headset and you see and even stand on the building that the students designed because they were designed as 3D models. This session made me realize that there are a lot of things about art I still need to learn. What I liked most about this session is that it was a more hands-on experience. The controllers they gave us, we hold one in each hand made me feel like I’m playing video games and that I was physically in the game. This experience inspired me to explore even more of the art classes provided at Baruch and minor in what interests me the most