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Image of me in front of the start of the Exhibition             For the extra credit assignment, I went to the Fowler to see the exhibition called African-Print Fashion Now! This exhibition looks at African print cloth that is known for its “colorful, boldly designed, manufactured cotton textiles” (Fowler). These textiles are shown in a traditional fashion where the exhibition tells the story of these textiles throughout history in both African and around the world. The history of the African print cloth coming to Africa started during the colonial era in Indonesia where the Dutch and the English saw an opportunity to mass produce this fabric and bring it back to their home countries. On the way back from Indonesia, the boats would have to stop in West Africa causing the West African people to see these fabrics and take an interest in it. The Dutch and English material failed in Indonesia making them bring the design to Africa instead knowing that it would be successful there and

For this week’s topic, I found that both art and space have big influences on each other because they involve both human intelligence and creativity. Space is a concept that an everyday human has only been able to visualize since the first Apollo missions that were able to take photographs of space. This form of art is important to society because according to the International Association of Astronomical Artist, images of space bring “a new sense of our world as an island in empty space and promoted ideas of the essential unity of Humanity” (VAAA). Similarly, space is important to art because it has given us an idea what the world is like outside of our small bubble of earth. Art comes from these photographs because it shows the true beauty of space and also helps scientist to understand space without having to go into space (Jones).  The Horsehead Nebula, a vast cloud of dust and gas. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/jun/12/why-most-important-art-today-made-in