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Event 3

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For this event I attended the Fowler Museum on campus. I would relate this event to the topic “two cultures.” I found it very interesting because it combined race and art together. Walking throughout the museum learning about African American Fashion, Pantsula 4 life and Enduring Splendor. For this event I focused on the two cultures of African American Fashion and art. With these two different cultures combined together it really related back to the first class of our class. African American Fashion Art The designer Lisa Folawiyo from Nigeria creates bright colors, composite patterns in her unique work. Her work African art based on her culture that she sees everyday in her lifestyle. With her African fashion combine with art has expanded her network and thrived all across the globe. Folawiyo combination of African fashion and art has inspired her culture and many others around the world. Myself with Folawiyo's work   Also the artist Sam Vernon combined technology
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Week 9

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In this weeks material we talked about the combination of space and art and how it has influenced our lives. I found this topic to be very interesting because without the advancements of these two topics our history wouldn’t be the same. Heliocentric Model Nicolaus Copernicus who was very smart, studied law, math and also studied astronomy. Copernicus used his mathematical talents to be very detailed in his work, which led to his heliocentric model in 1512. In this model he had the sun in the middle of the solar system but slightly off set. Copernicus work was so influential to astronomers and others that you can see him on Polish money, space, rockets and a crater on the moon. Telescope Later on in the 17 th century another breakout for space and art was the invention of the telescope. This invention started a new era of discoveries and changed the world by expanding the universe. This also relates to nanotechnology and art on how it plays a role in th
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Week 8

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In this weeks material we learned about nanotech and art as it brigs a new world into our eyes, it goes beyond on what we believe art is today. It is on an uprising in the art culture as it brings you over the edge of what art actually is. Nanotechnology is “the branch of technology that deals with dimensions and tolerances of less than 100 nanometers, especially the manipulation of individual atoms and molecules.” Nanoparticles   Discussed in Dr. Gimzewski lecture, Nano particles are being used in applications for technology. Nanoparticles are being used in medicine for therapy to change people’s lives. These Nano particles are targeting certain tumors, drugs and it also offers great benefit for people that have cancer for their chemotherapy where they rejoice the toxicity for the treatment. For example, in 2005 Abraxane marketed cancer Nano drugs that consisted of chemotherapeutic with liposome or protein albumin. Nanotechnology and art have many ideas and possibil
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