I am a Psychology major double minoring in Criminal Justice and Poli Sci. After I graduate I have plans to move to Washington, D.C., and lobby for prison reform and better access and funding towards mental health care in federal prisons. As a Psychology major I have been a part of two research projects, Take Me to Your Happy Place: Evaluation of natural places and measure of well-being in college students of interior Alaska, and Behavioral and health adaptations to excessive light conditions in arctic summers. I was lucky enough to present these posters at the Western Psychological Conference in 2017.
While I have never been much of an artistic person, I do like to think I have a special relationship with art. Although I don’t sculpt, draw or paint I do own my very favorite pieces of art that are a center piece in my home. Some of my favorite artists are Spanish painters Salvador Dali and Francisco Goya, as well as Sandro Botticelli who painted the “Birth of Venus”. While Dali was a surrealist, Goya was a romantic, and Botticelli was a Florentine Renaissance artist. I have attended a few First Fridays to better familiarize myself with Alaskan art, but I have also enjoyed amazing art museums out of the state and out of the U.S.. I was lucky enough to spend a few hours in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum in Scotland and see one of my favorite sculptures, the Harpy Celaeno.
Saturn Devouring his Son – Francisco Goya, 1819-1823
Below is the link I chose for an art-related website. The artwork and prints sold are from a local artist from Anchorage, AK. The artwork on this site does contain explicit nudity.
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Good to hear that you have face to face experiences with the arts. I am always so impressed with the works we have in the Rose Berry section of the Museum of the North. Maybe it is because I know so many of the artists featured there?
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It sounds like you’re very passionate in what you are studying which I believe helps makes it so much more motivating to achieve. Congratulations on presenting your posters at the Western Physiological Conference! I’m sure that made you very excited.
Great Work!
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Your chosen field of study sounds very interesting and I am sure that it will give you an interesting perspective on a lot of the art that we see over the course of the semester.
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Wow! Those are some awesome research projects you’ve done! I admire your passion for change!
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