Welcome To The Homepage of
WEEK 01: JANUARY 13 - JANUARY 19, 2025
Summary of the content on this page for Week 01 of ART 135:
1) Introduction
2) Pictures of my family
3) My career goals including videos of songs written for students at Alma and Clare High School, as well as Sacred Heart Academy 2024 Graduates
4) Upcoming father-son trip to Central America
1) Introduction
2) Pictures of my family
3) My career goals including videos of songs written for students at Alma and Clare High School, as well as Sacred Heart Academy 2024 Graduates
4) Upcoming father-son trip to Central America
introduction
My name is Dennis and I'm excited to learn about Adobe Illustrator this semester as an ART 135 student at Mid Michigan College. I'm 50 years old and my wife and I celebrated 20 years of marriage last August; during this time we've been raising four sons. This class is going to help me to learn more about creating graphic design-related content for my professional and personal aspirations. I want to share some specific information about my family and my career/personal life goals, especially in terms of how they relate to the graphic design degree I'm pursuing at Mid.
pictures of my family
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS EVE, 2024 IN MT. PLEASANT, MICHIGAN
MY WIFE, TERESA, AND I ON JANUARY 04, 2025 NEXT TO THE ST. CLAIR RIVER IN MARINE CITY, MICHIGAN
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OUR SON, DAVID, AND I ON JANUARY 04, 2025 ACROSS FROM THE ST. CLAIR RIVER IN MARINE CITY, MICHIGAN
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I TOOK OUR YOUNGEST SON, DAVID, ON A TRAIN FOR HIS FIRST TIME TO CELEBRATE HIS 7TH BIRTHDAY ON AUGUST 22, 2024
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MY CAREER GOALS
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My career goals transcend both secular and religious contexts and ART 135 will equip me to create and market products and services related to my passion for using gifts, talents & finances to make a difference in the world while providing for my family. NOTE: when I was 9 years old, on Friday, June 24, 1983, in the afternoon, I was hit by a car while crossing the street and nearly killed. This traumatic experience changed everything for me; united with my good and bad choices throughout my adolescence, God helped me to see how precious the gift of life is and I strive to live with such a purpose which seeks the well being of others as Jesus of Nazareth taught.
Currently, I am developing a property maintenance business in mid Michigan which focuses on lawn care, landscaping, hauling yard waste & snow removal. I need to develop a logo and other graphics related to advertising and for printing on company shirts and so on. NOTE: I love the feeling of taking an area of earth, such as a customer's yard, and transforming it from something overgrown and boring, to something meticulously maintained and aesthetically pleasing. Furthermore, my attitude about business in society is that relationships come first and money will come as you build healthy professional friendships with customers and others.
Additionally, I have been developing products and services with a desire to succeed as an education entrepreneur (a.k.a. edupreneur). Since approximately 2009 I've been slowly developing businesses which can help children academically and in regard to developing good character and citizenship. This semester, and calendar year, I'm striving to specifically create content for early elementary school students which will connect core skills (reading, writing, math, social studies, science) with music, geography and general real-world knowledge in order to help them thrive in their educational experiences. I hope that ART 135 will help me with some of the artistic aspects of creating such marketable resources.
Finally, there is so much more I could say, but will simply share resources in the following sections:
1) A promotional resource created last semester during ART 210
2) Three songs I've written for students in mid Michigan for the school assembly business I've been developing where motivating students toward excellence is the goal!
Currently, I am developing a property maintenance business in mid Michigan which focuses on lawn care, landscaping, hauling yard waste & snow removal. I need to develop a logo and other graphics related to advertising and for printing on company shirts and so on. NOTE: I love the feeling of taking an area of earth, such as a customer's yard, and transforming it from something overgrown and boring, to something meticulously maintained and aesthetically pleasing. Furthermore, my attitude about business in society is that relationships come first and money will come as you build healthy professional friendships with customers and others.
Additionally, I have been developing products and services with a desire to succeed as an education entrepreneur (a.k.a. edupreneur). Since approximately 2009 I've been slowly developing businesses which can help children academically and in regard to developing good character and citizenship. This semester, and calendar year, I'm striving to specifically create content for early elementary school students which will connect core skills (reading, writing, math, social studies, science) with music, geography and general real-world knowledge in order to help them thrive in their educational experiences. I hope that ART 135 will help me with some of the artistic aspects of creating such marketable resources.
Finally, there is so much more I could say, but will simply share resources in the following sections:
1) A promotional resource created last semester during ART 210
2) Three songs I've written for students in mid Michigan for the school assembly business I've been developing where motivating students toward excellence is the goal!
an advertisement from art 210 for a business which i'm still developing
videos of songs i produced with others for students at
alma high school, clare high school & Sacred heart academy
upcoming father-son trip to central america this semester
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ABOVE IS OUR OLDEST SON, DENNIS III, WITH ME IN MASATEPE, NICARAGUA ON DECEMBER 27, 2022. WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO CAPITAL CITY TO FLY BACK TO THE UNITED STATES EARLY THE NEXT MORNING.
SIMILARLY, OUR SON GABRIEL IS A SENIOR THIS YEAR AS HIS BROTHER WAS IN 2022; WE PLAN TO TRAVEL THIS MARCH TO EL SALVADOR TO VISIT WITH A FAMILY WHO HAS A MINISTRY TO CHILDREN AND/OR PARENTS WITH AIDS AND POSSIBLY CANCER. THE GOAL IS TO DEVELOP AUTHENTIC FRIENDSHIPS AS WE SHARE MUSIC AND PERSONAL TESTIMONY IN ORDER TO BRING INSPIRATION TO EACH PERSON. THIS TRIP WILL EXPOSE DEEP RURAL POVERTY BUT I WANT OUR SON TO APPRECIATE WHAT WE HAVE IN AMERICA AS WELL AS THE FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE WHICH SO MUCH OF THE LATINO CULTURE HAS IN THE MIDST OF GREAT MATERIAL NEED |
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Company Established & Website First Created: 2009
Redesigned with New Business Plan: Fall 2018
New Custom Theme: December 22, 2021
Dennis' ART 135 Page Created: January 17, 2025
Last Modified: January 18, 2025
Redesigned with New Business Plan: Fall 2018
New Custom Theme: December 22, 2021
Dennis' ART 135 Page Created: January 17, 2025
Last Modified: January 18, 2025