GoodBye Emelin Diaz

I choose to do "Good Bye" because i say good bye every 9 month's. I'm currently in a long distance relationship. Its hard for me to say good bye to him to the fact  i wont see him for long time. He currently lives in mexico i go when i have vacations from school. I try to spend as much of time i can. This project remained me of him because i have to say goodbye to him and it hurts a lot. So i just wrote words that mean a lot in our relationship.

LTLYM "Say goodbye" - Jonathan M

The feelings that I encountered  while creating my "Learning to Love You More" assignment are really uncontrollable. This assignment consisted of pulling out images and words from a magazine to explain to who or what you have to say goodbye to. I choose to say goodbye to a person that meant the world to me, a person that I never thought would leave my side. The images explain all feelings that I encounter while thinking about her. But at the end it just goes to show that not always will you have a happy ending, but at a certain point you must say goodbye to the person that you love the most.  

LTLYM-Say Goodbye-Karina Nicole Arciga

I did the Learn to Love You More assignment. It was "Say Goodbye". Here I did this based on things that have hurt me in the past such as my first love and things that I just need to say goodbye to an get rid of. The writing in the background is all real letters from Oscar. It was a hard thing to do because I actually physically had to let them go. When I was doing my project I was remembering all the things that I went through with him and it kind of made me sad but then it was just a relief because he hurt me and its good that I'm saying goodbye. The girl is me yelling because I asked my mom and she said I yell a lot so that's something I need to say goodbye to for my better.

LTLYM - Jennifer Martinez - Say Goodbye

           I did the Goodbye assignment. I put all the stuff and people I don't need anymore. At some point all of that was important.I decided to do tombstones because I think that's a good way to show your letting go of something/someone. In my head I thought about what I thought was more important and that's when I got the idea to show importance by making the tombstones deep in the ground. I want the world to understand that I am ready to let go of everything on my paper. Most of that stuff is hard to let go but its something that has to be done. That's why I put the "Goodbye" in the middle. While I was doing this, I felt happy to finally be able to say goodbye to everything that was keeping me from moving on.

Ltlym Juan Ramirez

I did the ltlym I did the say good bye im saying good bye to all the thing I dont like, I did this because I do really want those thing to go away and to say goodbye I have to say bye to bitter and to judge people by the way they look I want people to see that you can also say bye to things but mostly to the things I still do and bad things I do. I want to forget about everything on my poster because I think that it would be for the better and make me into a better person and move forward. Its hard to say goodbye to certain things but in the end it would be for the best.

LTLYM:Ramon Zaragoza

My art work called LTLYM is about me saying goodbye to things I loved. But I have to say bye to soccer because when I was little I loved it. Now i have to say goodbye to it and move on with my life. I noticed that I'm not going to be build for it anymore so i decided to work on my body. I want people to notice that even when you say bye to such a passion for something you loved you can still move on with your life even without it.

LTLYM: Johnathan Yanez - Make a Replica of Your Bed

The name of my assignment is Make replica of your bed. I did my bed with different materials. I made a replica of what my bed would look like every day in my life. I want people to know that I'm very clean and organized with all my stuff. Most people are messy and disorganized but I would like them to know that I'm not like them. I keep my room clean because my mom is strict and that's how she expects me to have my room but I have become very used to having it clean, that it feels whenever to not have it that way.

LTLYM- Gabriela Medina - Advice to Yourself

My LTLYM assignment I chose was to give myself advice. This assignment felt really personal to me because I had to pretty much go deep into my life and think up all of the things I have done or wish I should have done. I'd like for people to know some things about me and probably see if they can relate. Life comes with a lot of moments that you are or aren't proud of. I really hope people enjoying learning new things about me because I'm not a very open person but they can at least know that I did/do something weird things in my life. 

LTLYM - Samantha Rodriguez and Mario Ortiz - "HER"

This video is for the #32 assignment, re-enact a sad scene from a movie that made you cry.

In order to preserve the quality of the video, we have provided a link to it on you tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL1zeHzkr4s

LTLYM - Emelin Diaz

LTLYM - Erik Rojas

The assignment was # 16 its about making a paper replica of your bed. I thought about making my base for the bed and then adding the mattress on top of it. I added some close because I always have my bed made but, for some reason their is always close on it. I added two pillows and a cover blanket. I also added a rug on the floor because I thought it would be nice but, a lot of people think that its the floor. I want the world to know that I am an organized person but, not all the time. I sometimes I get really lazy so I'll just put the close on top of the bed and then fix them later. 

LTLYM/Marcus Haskins

#48 Making the saddest song.

My Sad Song

[Hook]

RIP JOJO

All he ever did was ride his bike

Take road trips downtown

Go to the beach, maybe fly a kite

But one day, in all his might

He decided to change the route…

You know, go see some new sights

Enjoy some new clout

Except this time he pedaled thru the night

Which was not smart

But it didn’t really matter

He was acting hard like wood bark

He put the food on the platter

Like a remy whacker

& got tied up

So they caught him lackin

Pistol whacked him

Then his mama found him shot up

And began jumping round and round

Booty clappin

With no butt

   Reflection: 

                    What did I do it about: I did it about this kid named Joseph Coleman, also known as Lil Jojo who stayed on the southside of Chicago who got shot one day by this man called D.Rose (not Derrick Rose) in the summer of 2012 while riding his bike. I want the word to understand that I want to live forever young and I will not be riding my bike like that by myself.

LTLYM - "La Cama", by Moises Perez

On the Learning to Love You More website, this is project number 16, which was to create a physical replica of what your bed looks like.

It's a little hard to tell from this perspective, but my bed is normally very messy. I very rarely take the time to fix it, or make it, like I imagine most people would do. Instead of focusing on the aesthetics of it and making it look presentable (it would never matter, no one goes into my room anyway), I focus on the sole purpose of a bed, which is to sleep in and be comfortable. This explains why my blanket has a completely mismatched color scheme relative to my bed; the blanket is just too comfortable to not use it! Functionality is more important to me than physical appearance. 

-Moises

LTLYM- Cindy' crib.

#16 Make a paper replica of your bed.
In order to do this I have to take a picture of my bed so I can remember how it looks like. I used different materials to make it look as realistic as possible. At first, I wasn't going to make it look exactly like my bed but I thought it would be interesting to show that side of me.While doing this assignment it made me realize that I am still a little kid inside.No matter how old I am will always love Pooh Bear!

LTLYM- Rebeca delaTorre

#16: Make a paper replica of your bed.
           
           This is what my bed looks like on most weekdays. I usually wake up very early and I like to take my time to get ready. You would think that since I'm up pretty early, that I would have time to make my bed. Ironically, I don't. When I say I take my time, I mean it. Time begins running out before I have to leave the house, so I just leave my pajamas and folders from school on my bed.On weekends, I usually don't have to be up as early, so I actually make my bed. I want the world to understand that my messy bed does not define my personality. I am usually on top of all of my other responsibilities. I do what I have to do when it comes to anything and everything else. My bed is only that way because its not at the top of my priority list for a normal day.

LTLYM/Mariela Guzman

#16 Make a paper replica of your bed

Something i realized while making my artwork was that I spend most of my time in bed. My bed is where I rest and go to sleep, preparing for another morning, a completely new day. My bed is where I fall asleep and drift away into the world of dreams. My bed and my room is a place where I can be completely alone and have some peace after a long day. Now I am self-aware of how important my bed is and even if it's something ordinary, to me it's a luxury.

Learning to Love You More (LTLYM)

This is a very special project.

Inspired by the art action website of Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher, we in the GA class did some of the assignments given on the site.
http://www.learningtoloveyoumore.com/hello/index.php

Our purpose was to explore introspection, connections, and relationships within the context of a simple art action.

Students chose from an abbreviated list of the LTLYM assignments on the website:

¡#70 Say Goodbye

¡#63 Make an encouraging banner

¡#54 Draw the News

¡#56 Make a portrait of your friend’s desires

¡#53 Give advice to yourself in the past

¡#48 Make the saddest song, write and/or perform

¡#32 Draw/paint or act out a scene from a movie that made you or someone cry

¡#33 Braid someone else’s hair

¡#23 Recreate this snapshot

¡#16 Make a paper replica of your bed

¡#5 Recreate an object from someone’s past

¡#37 Write down and draw or act out a recent argument

Students created drawings, text art, paintings, collages, sculptures, performances, poems, songs, and videos.

Some collaborated and some worked alone. All students shared their "art actions" with each other, and we are working on displaying the work outside of the class. There will be photos posted as that happens.

This project was the subject of a Pecha Kucha presentation for the National Art Education Association National Convention in San Diego (March 31, 2014) and also for the MCA Chicago Curriculum Slam (happening soon).

I am very proud of the Guerrilla Art students and their thoughtful, beautiful work. Please share!!!