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ART + DESIGN “Design is not added value; design is value.”

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mirla g martinez Art and Design are a constant interaction in my work. The aesthetic in both my work as well as in my student’s work is the result of a commitment to research in each project. Students are aware that without a substantial and cohesive foundation of a concept, any work of art or design may result in a “visually useless thing” without content and formality.

One of the primary criteria in work is the insertion of theoretical support for projects elaborated in class and in my personal work. Bibliography related to color theory such as: Art and Visual Perception

by Rudolph Arnheim, or Color Theory by Johannes Itten are resources I utilize in my everyday practice.

My background includes a strong art foundation due to my education in Cuba where I studied at the art academy and the Univesity of Design. A very rigoruous selection process is conducted to be accepted in school; this, plus broad areas of study in fine art and design created in myself and my work, something very wide in terms of thought and media. My experience as an artist and designer since 1994, when I graduated from the University of Design in La Habana, Cuba, allowd me to interact with students from the most diverse backgournds and disciplines.What influences and informs my work and teaching philosophy found its basis in professors, contemporary readings, and films, but also in my background as a student and a professional in a foreigner country as Cuba is.

Art and Design are integral parts of my passion as a designer and as an artist.

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ASSIGNMENTS DRAWING

DESIGN FOUNDATIONS

ILLUSTRATION DIGITAL MEDIA GRAPHIC DESIGN COMMUNICATION DESIGN

ART APPRECIATION

TYPOGRAPHY

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DESIGN FOUNDATIONS art-1334

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principles of design. axial symmetry, hidding symmetry and radial symmetry. design should include basic geometrical forms and non-chrom color as black, white, and an intermediate grey.

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DESIGN FOUNDATIONS art-1334

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principles of design; spatial organization. includes using a grid as a basic form of organization. it explorers figure -ground and closure.

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DESIGN FOUNDATIONS art-1334

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color wheel; grey scale; monochromatic triangle to explore the relation between color; the relation of an individual color with white, black, and grey. students work with pigments in tempera or acrylic.

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DRAWING art-1311 mirla g martinez

drawing I explores the relation between forms utilizing object as model. countour line drawings to explore the relation between positive and negative spaces in the composition; contrast utilizing ink on paper.

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DRAWING art-1311

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chiaroscuro as a technique to explore 3D objects and surrounding space.

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