Summer School Registration is May 9th and Classes begin the 10th.
Make sure to stop by the financial aid office and check on your eligibility.
Make sure to stop by the financial aid office and check on your eligibility.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
March is Women's History Month- Profile on Sheila E.
Sheila E. was born Sheila Escovedo and the daughter of Latin Jazz percussionist Pete Escovdo. Her uncle Coke Escovedo started the famous Latin band Aztec and was a member of Santana. A child prodigy she played the violin at five years and received a music scholarship. Her heart lay with playing percussion as her father, Pete, did and she learned to play the drums and percussion by watching and listening to her father.She proved to be a force to be reckoned with on the drums and toured with her father. Early in her career she performed with Billy Cobham, noted and talented percussionist, who Sheila toured with.
As a percussionist she had performed with Diana Ross, Marvin Gay, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Nicks, and George Duke to name a few. Her reputation was fast growing as a lethal drummer and versatile percussionist with steady studio work. As a female she encountered many challenges and stereotypes playing an instrument associated mainly with men. Her strong will and creativity allowed her to move past mundane perceptions and fast forward to the highest professional standards. Proud of her Mexican , Creole and African heritage she blends all cultures within her music.
The American and global population was introduced to the public when Prince, who followed her career, encouraged her to pursue a solo career. Until her meteoric rise there had not been a female drummer who played, sang, composed music and fronted her own band. Karen Carpenter, of the Carpenters, was a drummer but moved to singing. Sheila Escovedo shortened her last name to the initial E. and Sheila E. was born bringing her Latin tinged infusion to funk and rock music.
She is most well known for "The Glamorous Life" which charted at #7 on the Pop Charts and #1 on the Dance Charts, " A Love Bizarre" a duet with Prince , charting at #11 on the Pop Charts and #1 on the Dance Charts. She released "Hold Me " a ballad which charted #3 shocking many with her ability to sing and deliver a ballad.
She has since moved into music production as the musical director of the Latin Grammy Awards and was nominated for Grammy for music production in 2010 for the Inaugural Hispanic Music Program. Proving that looks alone do not secure longevity she parlayed her talent into a career. Her philanthropic endeavors have generated Arts programs for children with her organization Elevated Hope Foundation.
A woman on the move and who continues to grow Sheila E. is one of the women who can play with the boys and still lead the pack!
As a percussionist she had performed with Diana Ross, Marvin Gay, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Nicks, and George Duke to name a few. Her reputation was fast growing as a lethal drummer and versatile percussionist with steady studio work. As a female she encountered many challenges and stereotypes playing an instrument associated mainly with men. Her strong will and creativity allowed her to move past mundane perceptions and fast forward to the highest professional standards. Proud of her Mexican , Creole and African heritage she blends all cultures within her music.
The American and global population was introduced to the public when Prince, who followed her career, encouraged her to pursue a solo career. Until her meteoric rise there had not been a female drummer who played, sang, composed music and fronted her own band. Karen Carpenter, of the Carpenters, was a drummer but moved to singing. Sheila Escovedo shortened her last name to the initial E. and Sheila E. was born bringing her Latin tinged infusion to funk and rock music.
She is most well known for "The Glamorous Life" which charted at #7 on the Pop Charts and #1 on the Dance Charts, " A Love Bizarre" a duet with Prince , charting at #11 on the Pop Charts and #1 on the Dance Charts. She released "Hold Me " a ballad which charted #3 shocking many with her ability to sing and deliver a ballad.
She has since moved into music production as the musical director of the Latin Grammy Awards and was nominated for Grammy for music production in 2010 for the Inaugural Hispanic Music Program. Proving that looks alone do not secure longevity she parlayed her talent into a career. Her philanthropic endeavors have generated Arts programs for children with her organization Elevated Hope Foundation.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Student Council Mixer Survey Results by J.Wesley Beeks -Education Committee Coordinator
On February the 10th the student council presented a mixer for the community. The following student council officers were present: President, Vice President, Printer, Educational Committee Coordinator, Recreations Coordinator, Co-Editor, Treasurer. Absent with foreknowledge was the Secretary and without notification was the Editor. This event took place in the first floor conference room. The Financial Aid Department was also a participant as well with brochures alerting students to the upcoming changes and new criteria for the 2011-2012 year.
The student council proposed this mixer to outreach to students and attempt to connect them to services and activities. Each colloquium is mandated to elect an student council representative from their colloquium. In total at the Manhattan campus there are 38 elected student council representatives. It has been observed through awareness that the decline of student willingness to receive and respond has been documented in sparse attendance at student council meetings. Less than ten percent attend and participate. We will attempt the examine the roots of the phenomena which has continued as a trend for over the last two decades. Using critical thought and creative thinking to accumulate data and streamline the source from which correlations can be determined.
The opportunity the student council offers on an organizational and characterization of values can be immeasurable in professional and personal dynamics. The construct of the student council by its premise is to select leaders to attribute their talents and intellect, augmenting the prowess of the individual past pedestrian to inventive strategies. The student council is an institution within an institution that can predetermine the integration of alumni sponsorship and loyalty. Thus the sanctity of solidarity, benevolence and integration cannot be overlooked in its benefit to the academic community.
For students who lack professional experience the opportunity for building and creating fundamental skills is a prerequisite for a moderately successful career. Social etiquette is often overlooked with disastrous consequences for student who have not been exposed to or motivated to learn the art of conversation and acute listening. Students must have a full command of how to translate, interpret and extrapolate information gained from networking opportunities whether with peers, faculty, or community and global leaders. The foundation of applying those principles in real life concrete situations will catch some off guard but not those who have mastered the affective skills. The student council is actually a network of present and future leaders that one should be self motivated to analyze the elements, relationships and principles of local , national and global events. Collaborating to create diverse communications to benefit the infrastructure of the academic community the student if afforded a fortuitous opportunity to execute plans and employ abstract ideologies that will permeate into their professional expertise. Finally using internal and external variables the student council presents the student with a plethora of interpersonal dynamics to construct transitional paradigms that can de-escalate potential crisis in personal and professional relations. In effect judgments become more precise bestowing the student with the confidence to ascend in all endeavors.
A survey was done as part of the outreach to recruit students to join the student council.
52% of the students surveyed knew who their student council representative was. 48% of the students did not know who their student council representative was.
From the survey 30% of the students in the survey stated they would join the student council. 59% stated that they would not join the student council and 11% responded maybe.
In order to assess student’s needs and interest the survey asked identified four activities that are presently in motion. The first of which is the newsletter production, recreations, events and educational activities. The student council has newsletter in production and a blog created to outreach to students using social media and network technology. The results were as follows:
• Newsletter at 19%
• Recreations at 19%
• Events at 32%
• Educational Activities at 30%
Students were asked to list activities they would like to see at the school other than what was listed. The responses were varied with many duplicate responses for a talent show, tutors for the modules, fashion show and poetry events. The following are the responses generated:
1. A sports team or group
2. More academic support/Preparation for Graduate school
3. Tutors for the modules
4. Fashion Show
5. Poetry Events
6. Weekend Activities
7. Book Club
8. Parents Support Group
9. On site childcare services
10. Photography
11. Talent shows
12. Sorority/Fraternity
13. Yearbook
14. More diverse academic classes to choose from
15. More professional career trainings
16. More Educational activities for field and career
17. Events for children
18. Sports/Fitness Activities
19. Social dances
20. Additional tutoring time for evening students
From the data collected it will be the primary directive to ascertain the reasons why some students declined to join. I created the survey to measure the range and responses of students to get further insight and specifics on their needs and desires. Some known contributing factors include child care issues, employment schedules, and academic challenges. The institution offers day and night classes and with their own prospective variables. This outreach is the first one and will continue at regular intervals to capture a larger student population. It should be noted that faculty interaction also played an important role as well. With faculty support it will feed into the student’s accountability for those elected as student council representatives but have not participated.
This presents a unique opportunity to provide a wide array of services for students from intervention to academic support. The student council is an important resource for mediation, education, leadership development , and networking development integral for individual and community integration. The recommendations are to continue with future mixers which provides an opportunity for recruitment and retention. In addition the development , implementation and execution of activities is necessary for student retention. The students have expressed a desire for more and continued activities. There is a great benefit for fiscal support for these measure that correlate directly to moral, performance and attendance. The potential 11% that responded maybe are crucial to the longevity of recruitment. The positive benefit is outreaching to 30% of students who indicated they want to join the student council and be active participants.
We look forward to creating and directing events and programs that will leave a positive imprint on the community with the school’s fiscal and administrative support.
Los Indios Fortuna- We Celebrate the Native American in Art
The Taino, Cherokee, Apache, Iroquois, Seminole and all nations we give honor and thanks to. With each step we move further towards the continued evolution of the human spirit.
J. Wesley Beeks
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Lynch...Here and Now a play by Michaelangelo Davis and co written by Laurinho Walch
When the song “ Strange Fruit “ plays with Billie Holiday’s haunting resonance, one is taken to the deep south with the apparitions of dangling bodies from sycamore trees a lullaby of those lynched because their skin was too dark. The play Lynch …Here and Now directed and written by playwright and composer Michaelangelo Davis and co- written by Laurinho Walch takes one into the pathos of lynching, profiling and the rebirth of self identity. This limited run at the Black Box Theater in New York City, a Mecca of ethnicities forging ahead in spite of polarities and disparities , became a platform for this tale to be told.
Willie Lynch is conjured up to discern if he really was a slave owner in the early 1700’s who came to the colony of Virginia in 1712 to share his methods for controlling Black slaves. Portrayed as a gothic, macabre and mentally unstable man by Michaelangelo Davis his cryptic dissertation of strategically controlling the African slaves flows forward with contorted desperation and gleeful madness. From this point the anthology of Lynch’s madness continues in a series of characters chronologically parlayed to institute his separatist and divisive tactics on the descendents of African slaves. An elderly woman enters the stage plodding with the elasticity of dead wood to plead with Willie Lynch and his wife to work in peace. She is contemptuous of the lynching of her husband and the selling of her children by Lynch but sings with praises for a better day. Witty and sarcastic the interplay of the old and young slave as they each discussed the merits of their position to end with the irony of an empty inheritance. The audience was kept from drifting into slumber with compositions from Michalelangelo infused with driving rhythms, syncopated rifts and old fashioned stomping grooves.
The multitude of characters ranged from eccentric, androgynous, ridiculous, pathological, amorous to the sublime. One character dressed in 60’s garb rolls out with the admonishments of vampires but that the really dangerous ones are the ones who suck energy as opposed to blood! Physically demonstrative and acrobatic this character screams for one to beware! Poignant and dynamic was the man who lost his job with his pregnant woman telling him he must leave before Lynch Corporation approaches. Diminished and distraught he confronts his woman with rage and angst as she reels back with sadness, fear, and survival to request that he leave the home. It would be unfair to infer what happens next as your interpretation will lead you to your own conclusions and contemporary definitions of relationships. The ensemble cast went beyond mediocre to mastery to bring the words to life and present entertainment, education and history exciting to capture the attention of the techno generation without one cell phone going off during the show!
The showcase of relationships explore the sexuality and boundaries of individuals and personal sacrifices. The image and stereotypes of African- American men are exposed in their interaction with society and towards one another. A daunting subject to deal with much less display but is done with charisma, energy and love. The bounty of female empowerment is expressed without hesitancy and distinguished celebration. The message is received with the audience dancing at the freedom of celebration of a past to the acceptance of the power to change the present and inspire the future. I do mean dancing as the audience ended the show with a gleeful call and response dancing standing up leaving with an inspired feeling that one change their condition.
If you want to see a play go to Broadway but if you want an experience that infuses talent, storytelling, dancing, and music then you have to see the play Lynch….Here and Now.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Does it really Matter who is on the Masthead? by J.Wesley Beeks
College is a testing ground of synthesizing values and the process of their disintegration and accumulation. One crosses the threshold with expectations of enlightenment and the possibility of mass Fortuna. The process of college is akin to the journey and the content learned becomes the template for expanding a landscape of opportunities.
Entering a campus requires a sacrifice not unlike the Romans who did so to Nike, the Goddess of Victory. The sacrifice can be a conscious litany of resolves and with time illuminates the actual sacrifices that must be made. College at its simplest level is an opportunity to network, create and fashion your unique place for yourself in the grand scheme of life. The bounty is set at a sliding scale dependent upon motivation, investigation, diligence, curiosity, and aptitude.
A college degree is posted on a resume perched as a masthead beckoning one to consider the appropriation of proficient skill level. Some institutions are lauded with ivy laurels, others enriched with generous generational philanthropic donors. Sprinkled about are those that defy matrimonial and patrimonial shackles and a few that deign themselves as progeny of contemporary design in constant motion. Yet a special anomaly exist that continues to thrive on the undercurrent of social phenomena from the reserves of vigilance and actualization. African-American universities and colleges hold this prestige as a social and intellectual phenomena in the western hemisphere that survived past pondering naysayer’s and political thwarts. From this a “brain trust “ was documented and developed that integrated all strata’s of society and generations. The influence of this creation was the fuel for other population segments to begin to conceptualize that they could create a template of education for their own.
Boricua College holds the distinction of the first accredited post secondary institution founded by Puerto Ricans who were incensed by divisive and separatist issues of nationality, state hood and the failure of a system to embrace their own. This same spirit was preceded by the historical contributions of African Americans educators, strategists and politicians. Each group holds the mirror of hypocrisy and disenfranchisement in their psychological, sociological, and economic history but it is not held captive by it.
The myths of entitlement and social familiarity are no longer viable or realistic grounds to stand upon for African Americans and Hispanics. Civil rights laws and Affirmative Action were tools to pry open opportunities to enter the race but not the guarantee of equal access to education and training to win the race. Therein lies the detracting element of denominator. “ We will let you compete but you have to first qualify!” It is the dedication to craftsmanship that allows one to shave off the denigration of sloth and the tattered illusions of entitlement.
In a lifetime there are pivotal and defining moments that last past our recollections that seep into one’s character and pours into wisdom. Financially the cost of a home, a wedding, children, automobiles are landmarks in our lifetime. The cost of a college degree is a premier investment in one’s self regardless of who is footing the bill whether it is your parents, scholarship, grants, fellowships or for some of us ourselves. This cost should not be taken lightly and the application of it can provide future opportunities for those who are visionaries in sight. I state this to illustrate the tenacity one must have in determining if this long term goal is applicable for you. If you seek the path of riches and wealth, there are other ways to get there. If one is willing to appreciate the long term goals of an education and develop the integrity of values that facilitate transformation then one can appreciate education. The most important values one receives are derived from how one’s parents or primary care givers extend their own lives, culture and cognitive development to their offspring.
For African- Americans and Hispanics especially, there is disparity in the continual development of inheritances. The inheritance does not have a monetary value but rather intrinsic values that propel one past lucre. This is not determined by race, but by class. One must change the focus of remaining consumers to copyright the intellectual properties manifested on a daily basis and take hold. Technology is a tool and unfortunately many will live thread bare to keep in tune with the most current applications and services but have no clue how or the motivation, to create them. I found it appalling that some students can download a song or go on Face-book but cannot be bothered , or don’t know how to locate a blog or research sites for grants. Yet these are the same pedantic students who are not able to compete in the job market. Unprepared and unmotivated, these students maintain a false sense of entitlement and furthermore no appreciation for the history and achievements of their families.
The opportunity to close the gap on high dropout rates can be greatly lowered at a smaller college with fewer students. In fact the colloquium has the potential to unearth the leadership and talents of students with active participation. Learning the art of interpersonal and group communication is a powerful tool. The learning contract to my experience has had little value except for engaging those students without vision or motivation. I have attended a larger institution in which the class size was proportionally larger and have experienced the smaller class size as well. The benefit of the small class size allows the student to communicate more freely but does not diminish their lack of motivation or preparedness. It can magnify the affect placing the student in the vicinity of accountability with no shields to hide behind. The intimacy of an individualized class offers the student infinite possibilities to explore and challenge themselves. One’s intellectual prowess and strategic planning, coupled with logic has the potential to become a paramount force in the intellectual competencies.
There is no magic formula in this measure. The taxonomy of Bloom and the affective skills have the innate ability to segregate cognitive skill sets that are limited only by the student’s dedication to the process. Piaget refers to cognition in the general population on the pre-operational level with associations with primitive or folklore based thinking. Piaget states that most people will not reach the formal thinking as they may be only concerned with survival and happy in complacency. The possibility of formal thinking can be opened by use of the affective skills only if the student is willing, able and committed to the value. In regards to the learning contract, its value is based on the acceptance of a value from the student. As with all systems there are criteria and if one is challenged with logic, elements of sound, communication and low motivation there is no magic spell to get it. If the student is deficient in areas of but not limited to, language, logic, philosophy, critical and creative thinking then it is their personal responsibility to get prepared and this can be done in tandem with academic support not charity! This is an opportunity to go past pre-operational thinking and master formal thinking. Hispanics and African Americans have the cultural, linguistic, social and cognitive lineage to assimilate this with preparedness and willingness to receive and respond.
Does it really matter whose name is on the masthead? Yes it does! Your name conveys ownership and relays a standard of competency that speaks before, during and after you leave. The legacy has been defined by your work and commitment to a value and that is worth placing your name at the masthead in which the family and community can all share.
Entering a campus requires a sacrifice not unlike the Romans who did so to Nike, the Goddess of Victory. The sacrifice can be a conscious litany of resolves and with time illuminates the actual sacrifices that must be made. College at its simplest level is an opportunity to network, create and fashion your unique place for yourself in the grand scheme of life. The bounty is set at a sliding scale dependent upon motivation, investigation, diligence, curiosity, and aptitude.
A college degree is posted on a resume perched as a masthead beckoning one to consider the appropriation of proficient skill level. Some institutions are lauded with ivy laurels, others enriched with generous generational philanthropic donors. Sprinkled about are those that defy matrimonial and patrimonial shackles and a few that deign themselves as progeny of contemporary design in constant motion. Yet a special anomaly exist that continues to thrive on the undercurrent of social phenomena from the reserves of vigilance and actualization. African-American universities and colleges hold this prestige as a social and intellectual phenomena in the western hemisphere that survived past pondering naysayer’s and political thwarts. From this a “brain trust “ was documented and developed that integrated all strata’s of society and generations. The influence of this creation was the fuel for other population segments to begin to conceptualize that they could create a template of education for their own.
Boricua College holds the distinction of the first accredited post secondary institution founded by Puerto Ricans who were incensed by divisive and separatist issues of nationality, state hood and the failure of a system to embrace their own. This same spirit was preceded by the historical contributions of African Americans educators, strategists and politicians. Each group holds the mirror of hypocrisy and disenfranchisement in their psychological, sociological, and economic history but it is not held captive by it.
The myths of entitlement and social familiarity are no longer viable or realistic grounds to stand upon for African Americans and Hispanics. Civil rights laws and Affirmative Action were tools to pry open opportunities to enter the race but not the guarantee of equal access to education and training to win the race. Therein lies the detracting element of denominator. “ We will let you compete but you have to first qualify!” It is the dedication to craftsmanship that allows one to shave off the denigration of sloth and the tattered illusions of entitlement.
In a lifetime there are pivotal and defining moments that last past our recollections that seep into one’s character and pours into wisdom. Financially the cost of a home, a wedding, children, automobiles are landmarks in our lifetime. The cost of a college degree is a premier investment in one’s self regardless of who is footing the bill whether it is your parents, scholarship, grants, fellowships or for some of us ourselves. This cost should not be taken lightly and the application of it can provide future opportunities for those who are visionaries in sight. I state this to illustrate the tenacity one must have in determining if this long term goal is applicable for you. If you seek the path of riches and wealth, there are other ways to get there. If one is willing to appreciate the long term goals of an education and develop the integrity of values that facilitate transformation then one can appreciate education. The most important values one receives are derived from how one’s parents or primary care givers extend their own lives, culture and cognitive development to their offspring.
For African- Americans and Hispanics especially, there is disparity in the continual development of inheritances. The inheritance does not have a monetary value but rather intrinsic values that propel one past lucre. This is not determined by race, but by class. One must change the focus of remaining consumers to copyright the intellectual properties manifested on a daily basis and take hold. Technology is a tool and unfortunately many will live thread bare to keep in tune with the most current applications and services but have no clue how or the motivation, to create them. I found it appalling that some students can download a song or go on Face-book but cannot be bothered , or don’t know how to locate a blog or research sites for grants. Yet these are the same pedantic students who are not able to compete in the job market. Unprepared and unmotivated, these students maintain a false sense of entitlement and furthermore no appreciation for the history and achievements of their families.
The opportunity to close the gap on high dropout rates can be greatly lowered at a smaller college with fewer students. In fact the colloquium has the potential to unearth the leadership and talents of students with active participation. Learning the art of interpersonal and group communication is a powerful tool. The learning contract to my experience has had little value except for engaging those students without vision or motivation. I have attended a larger institution in which the class size was proportionally larger and have experienced the smaller class size as well. The benefit of the small class size allows the student to communicate more freely but does not diminish their lack of motivation or preparedness. It can magnify the affect placing the student in the vicinity of accountability with no shields to hide behind. The intimacy of an individualized class offers the student infinite possibilities to explore and challenge themselves. One’s intellectual prowess and strategic planning, coupled with logic has the potential to become a paramount force in the intellectual competencies.
There is no magic formula in this measure. The taxonomy of Bloom and the affective skills have the innate ability to segregate cognitive skill sets that are limited only by the student’s dedication to the process. Piaget refers to cognition in the general population on the pre-operational level with associations with primitive or folklore based thinking. Piaget states that most people will not reach the formal thinking as they may be only concerned with survival and happy in complacency. The possibility of formal thinking can be opened by use of the affective skills only if the student is willing, able and committed to the value. In regards to the learning contract, its value is based on the acceptance of a value from the student. As with all systems there are criteria and if one is challenged with logic, elements of sound, communication and low motivation there is no magic spell to get it. If the student is deficient in areas of but not limited to, language, logic, philosophy, critical and creative thinking then it is their personal responsibility to get prepared and this can be done in tandem with academic support not charity! This is an opportunity to go past pre-operational thinking and master formal thinking. Hispanics and African Americans have the cultural, linguistic, social and cognitive lineage to assimilate this with preparedness and willingness to receive and respond.
Does it really matter whose name is on the masthead? Yes it does! Your name conveys ownership and relays a standard of competency that speaks before, during and after you leave. The legacy has been defined by your work and commitment to a value and that is worth placing your name at the masthead in which the family and community can all share.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Carletta Joy Walker- Artist Profile
Carletta Joy Walker
Text and Photography By: J. Wesley Beeks
We celebrate the diversity of the Boricua College staff with a profile on Carletta Joy Walker an artist, creator, intellectual moderator , poet, and surveyor of cultural, experiential, and theoretical studies. Graciously sharing her artistic installations the Boricua College community was invited to take an elaborate journey inside her visual perspectives of the world at large.
What is your position at Boricua College? What makes Boricua College unique from other institutions of higher learning?
My “position” is one of seer, contributing to illuminating and honoring the mission of Boricua College and its founders. I work in the Manhattan Library and maintain the Instructional Modules Library.
How do you see library science changing with technology and electronic media?
I see Library Science in the role of facilitating order in this vast new expanse of information made available as a result of technology. Also, integrating and co-relating the cataloguing systems made for maintaining order in physical buildings and spaces to the evolving types of electronic publications existing in virtual realities.
How did you develop your artistic perspective?
It is more that my artistic perspective developed me: an acute awareness of the elements comprising my internal and external sight and sense wanting expression.
Did you incorporate the Taxonomy of Bloom in the creation of your art and the placement of it in the gallery?
No, not in a conscious way since my art existed and started being expressed long before I had an intellectual awareness of the Bloom Taxonomy
You work is being featured at the Gallery in the school can you describe the elements in your art work and it was received by the students and faculty.
The physical elements are paper, leads, fabric, oil pastel, paint, ink, wood, canvas, computer, thread, glue and then there are things used which help create the art but are not seen in the finished piece, i.e. scissors or a brush. The elements of sight, sound, touch, taste, smell and sense are in my art work. The work often, perhaps most often begins, is initiated by a feeling in concert with—with a sight, a sound, a sense of something wanting expression. The art is a manifestation, perhaps sometimes a translation of a feeling or a vision.
The reception: what I saw was engagement with the “elements” and their composition that made them my particular artistic expression and engagement with the tone, spirit and informational substance--form and content engagement. It was very moving seeing, hearing and feeling the various responses.
Name three individuals in that have inspired you from their works in Black History and how contemporary society can learn from them.
Fredrick Douglas, Fannie Lou Hammer, Aesop with directness, simplicity, nuance, spirit illumination in concert with action.
Name three individuals that have impacted Hispanic History.
Arturo Schomberg, Frieda Kahlo, Pedro Pietri with directness, simplicity, nuance spirit illumination in concert with action.
What is the correlation between art, technology, and education?
Art manifests inside technology and education; in it most beautiful functioning technology and education are art forms. Art thinking facilitates the learning of the various disciplines contained in Education and Technology.
What role does the Arts play in the continuity of community and global development?
Art is elixir, art carries cultural story that contributes to words written and not written. Art unites, creates individuality and community. Art helps heal microscopic splits and wounds as well as macroscopic explosions and devastations.
What are some of the elements you incorporate in your art.?
Animals, orbs, bikes, cars, beings, geometric shapes, motion, color, spirit, story…
Would you describe your artistic style as unorthodox?
In the creative atmosphere very little is unorthodox. There is balance, harmony, color and tone sensibility form evolved out of creative soup content: content being shaped by material substance… iAmArtIsTheUnity.
What are some of the advantages a graduate of Boricua College may have over traditional academic systems?
Boricua College graduates have been encouraged to value their thought in relationship to existing bodies of knowledge and information. The educational method encourages and supports thorough intellectual understanding in the context of a necessary and evolved cultural, physical, spiritual mores. This is a tremendous asset because Boricua College endeavors to graduate whole/humanistic human beings.
Who are three artist that we should know of and their relevance.
I’m not big on “shoulds”… my thinking about artists to know, hmm. Know oneself, ones own art expression, which, in my way of thinking will open one to the unity of the art one is in the midst of. Next, look at the different art that arises from and is integrated into the cultures of different geographical areas and historical periods, learn the named and unnamed artists.
When did you know that you were an artist?
I fully claimed being an artist when it felt safe, when I was able to separate being that from some of the prevailing baggage like poverty and insanity.
Text and Photography By: J. Wesley Beeks
We celebrate the diversity of the Boricua College staff with a profile on Carletta Joy Walker an artist, creator, intellectual moderator , poet, and surveyor of cultural, experiential, and theoretical studies. Graciously sharing her artistic installations the Boricua College community was invited to take an elaborate journey inside her visual perspectives of the world at large.
What is your position at Boricua College? What makes Boricua College unique from other institutions of higher learning?
My “position” is one of seer, contributing to illuminating and honoring the mission of Boricua College and its founders. I work in the Manhattan Library and maintain the Instructional Modules Library.
How do you see library science changing with technology and electronic media?
I see Library Science in the role of facilitating order in this vast new expanse of information made available as a result of technology. Also, integrating and co-relating the cataloguing systems made for maintaining order in physical buildings and spaces to the evolving types of electronic publications existing in virtual realities.
How did you develop your artistic perspective?
It is more that my artistic perspective developed me: an acute awareness of the elements comprising my internal and external sight and sense wanting expression.
Did you incorporate the Taxonomy of Bloom in the creation of your art and the placement of it in the gallery?
No, not in a conscious way since my art existed and started being expressed long before I had an intellectual awareness of the Bloom Taxonomy
You work is being featured at the Gallery in the school can you describe the elements in your art work and it was received by the students and faculty.
The physical elements are paper, leads, fabric, oil pastel, paint, ink, wood, canvas, computer, thread, glue and then there are things used which help create the art but are not seen in the finished piece, i.e. scissors or a brush. The elements of sight, sound, touch, taste, smell and sense are in my art work. The work often, perhaps most often begins, is initiated by a feeling in concert with—with a sight, a sound, a sense of something wanting expression. The art is a manifestation, perhaps sometimes a translation of a feeling or a vision.
The reception: what I saw was engagement with the “elements” and their composition that made them my particular artistic expression and engagement with the tone, spirit and informational substance--form and content engagement. It was very moving seeing, hearing and feeling the various responses.
Name three individuals in that have inspired you from their works in Black History and how contemporary society can learn from them.
Fredrick Douglas, Fannie Lou Hammer, Aesop with directness, simplicity, nuance, spirit illumination in concert with action.
Name three individuals that have impacted Hispanic History.
Arturo Schomberg, Frieda Kahlo, Pedro Pietri with directness, simplicity, nuance spirit illumination in concert with action.
What is the correlation between art, technology, and education?
Art manifests inside technology and education; in it most beautiful functioning technology and education are art forms. Art thinking facilitates the learning of the various disciplines contained in Education and Technology.
What role does the Arts play in the continuity of community and global development?
Art is elixir, art carries cultural story that contributes to words written and not written. Art unites, creates individuality and community. Art helps heal microscopic splits and wounds as well as macroscopic explosions and devastations.
What are some of the elements you incorporate in your art.?
Animals, orbs, bikes, cars, beings, geometric shapes, motion, color, spirit, story…
Would you describe your artistic style as unorthodox?
In the creative atmosphere very little is unorthodox. There is balance, harmony, color and tone sensibility form evolved out of creative soup content: content being shaped by material substance… iAmArtIsTheUnity.
What are some of the advantages a graduate of Boricua College may have over traditional academic systems?
Boricua College graduates have been encouraged to value their thought in relationship to existing bodies of knowledge and information. The educational method encourages and supports thorough intellectual understanding in the context of a necessary and evolved cultural, physical, spiritual mores. This is a tremendous asset because Boricua College endeavors to graduate whole/humanistic human beings.
Who are three artist that we should know of and their relevance.
I’m not big on “shoulds”… my thinking about artists to know, hmm. Know oneself, ones own art expression, which, in my way of thinking will open one to the unity of the art one is in the midst of. Next, look at the different art that arises from and is integrated into the cultures of different geographical areas and historical periods, learn the named and unnamed artists.
When did you know that you were an artist?
I fully claimed being an artist when it felt safe, when I was able to separate being that from some of the prevailing baggage like poverty and insanity.
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