Arts at Baruch – November 17, 2009 – 2:00pm
Out of all the workshops, I was really looking forward to attend the one based on the “Arts at Baruch.” At first I only expected to find workshops that focused on theater performances but then I found out that Baruch had an art gallery. I found it interesting to become aware of place that I never knew existed. When I walked into the building I noticed that there were many people waiting in line for the tour to start. I thought that maybe they were going to let the students in at exactly 1pm and I arrived there a few minutes early. I wasn’t able to see what was beyond the closed doors and I imagined a wide-open space room with huge paintings that were what they usually portray on television. I was on the line for about thirty to forty minutes. They were letting in groups of twenty at a time. I became very frustrated that by the time it was my groups turn I was expecting some excitement from the art gallery, which made me wait plenty of time. The tour of the art gallery was much shorter than the amount of time I had waited on line. The art was not fascinating at all. I realized that I do not really appreciate art since I thought that the painting I had seen appeared to be splatters of paint thrown onto a canvas. At the beginning I was really drawn to the paintings but as the tour progressed all the paintings appeared to be the same. The tour guide did not make an effort to make the tour exciting and I do not blame her because she had consistently been giving the same tour plenty of times. Overall this workshop was only helpful to inform me of an art gallery in the school. It could have been more exciting and interesting if I was not forced to wait on line for that amount of time.