Portfolio: WORK Compilation by SO YOUN KIM FRSA
Philosophical Optics on the Humanity
International Affairs and Art: Speculation on the Visual Culture
Manifesto
Innovation from Prada: From creativity from her talent and intellect from her academic education
Useful work experience as a rail road worker; deepened understanding of supply chain with Zara’s success and innovation
Same can inside different material: Andy Warhol’s choice of Tomato soup over Caviar and the implications of the art scene after
Redefining the luxury: AMAZON’s quality proven products impressing global audience from customer view
Different drama and aged in two geniuses of Mozart and Beethoven and their two different classical music style
Transcending academic Alvin Toffler: lesson of business from factory worker experience
Art teaching
Art Course – Abstract Painting 2025 WINTER
Instructor: SO YOUN KIM
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Course description: the course is designed to learn abstract expression paintings based on imaginative insights from reading philosophical texts; students are expected to explain the inspirations they get from texts to express themselves into the form of abstract paintings, which comprise of design, color, line and shapes. Everyone regardless of experience level is welcome.
Learning outcome: as a result of taking this course, students will:
- Learn how the principles and elements of design can enhance their current artistic practice
- Understand how reading texts aid in their inspirations and creativity for making paintings of abstract style
- Apply different techniques and mediums to make their paintings more interesting in a freestyle
- Discover their styles at a time
Course format: each class will begin students who bring their own texts in a paper copy and create paintings based on their insights and inspirations in an imaginative way; after paint making, we will have critique and share their experiences and perspectives with descriptions as well as discussion of new techniques learned.
Course schedule:
| Week | Topic | Texts |
| 1 | Focus: read the text and describe it into art | Class given: John Ruskin paragraph 1 |
| 2 | Focus: read the text and imagine of the ideas into art | Class given: John Ruskin paragraph 2 |
| 3 | Focus: read the text and paint the inspirational energy into art | Class given: Roger Fry paragraph 1 |
| 4 | Focus: learn techniques of abstraction | Class given: Roger Fry paragraph 2 |
| 5 | Focus: read the text and think of critique of text into art | Student choice of text 1 |
| 6 | Focus: think of colors in art making text | Student choice of text 2 |
| 7 | Focus: think of lines in art making text | Student choice of text 3 |
| 8 | Focus: think of shapes in art making text | Social science text 1 |
| 9 | Focus: think of textures in art making text | Humanities text 1 |
| 10 | Focus: think of everything in art making text | Final critique |
| Conclusion | Apply everything from the past weeks into art making | Learning experience sharing and summing up |
Selected resources:
John Ruskin text: Selected Writings
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/15200/15200-h/15200-h.htm
Roger Fry text: Vision and Designs
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/54154/54154-h/54154-h.htm
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsch
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1998
Class Evaluation:
Will be sent by email from
Incremental weather:
If the class is cancelled due to weather, it will be posted on the school website; in case of hazardous weather, we may also decide to cancel the class. https://www.artottawa.ca/