Thursday, October 14, 2010

American Folk Art Museum



The American Folk Art Museum field trip was a blast!!!!!
We would like to thank Rachel and Jennifer who provided us with a group tour and shared valuable information about the artworks.

Thank you to Ms. Boulamaali for organizing this field trip and to our escorts Ms. Trottman, Ms. Lucas and Ms. Stanzick :)

Lets reflect on what we learned for sure.

Saturday, October 2, 2010

Airbrush alert !!!!!

Airbrush alert: UK wants to keep fashion ads real

Before After

Fashion Editor Ms. Sylvia Hui from Staten Island Advance wrote a very interesting article about how fashion ads airbrush women in magazines to make them look thinner. Fashion students & teachers I would like to hear your opinions about this. Feel free to post a comment.

Click on the following link to read the article:

http://www.silive.com/newsflash/index.ssf/story/airbrush-alert-uk-wants-to-keep-fashion/af46ae85d63d40b0885d15248158f964

Sept. 20, 2010,

Associated Press