City of Zoo
Dangerous Roots
Today's Class- Tonight we started our second to last project of the semester, a mixed media collage. We also spent some time discussing progress on the behavior changing posters, and looking at more late arriving projects from earlier in the semester.
How to make this up- The project makes use of a few aspects of the early 20th century art movement Dada, specifically the use of collage and of randomly generated art. We looked at a few slides of art from that period, and then students selected words (subject and modifier) from paper bags, the words forming random phrases that became the subject of the collages. You can't begin without your phrase, so either contact me and have me draw one for you, or wait until next week and choose from the bags yourself. Once you have the phrase, create a mixed media collage with a theme based on the phrase. The piece must use collaged elements, painted elements, and drawn (pencil, markers, etc) elements. You may use any of those media in any way you want in the creation of your piece. In grading these, I'll be looking for the use of all three media, addressing the theme, and how you compose the space (use of value, color, balance, etc). Examples from previous semesters can be seen above and below with the chosen theme underneath each one.
Untamable Deluge
Give us the Pragmatic
Tangled Men
Homework- This mixed media collage graded project is due at the beginning of class on April 29, 2013.
The poster to change behavior is due at the beginning of class on April 22, 2013
The museum assignment is due at the beginning of class on April 29, 2013.
Any earlier assignments not yet turned in (symbolic language, symbolic self portrait, synthesis project) should be turned in as soon as possible to receive partial credit.
For next class 4/22/13- We will have a class critique of the Behavior Changing posters, and I'll return items collected tonight for grading. We will also begin discussing what will be the final project of the semester, due the last day of class.
