5/1/20 Introduction to Art

Today's Class- We have 3 remaining meetings on our semester schedule, over the next 8 days.  Some of you are all caught up on the work we are doing, some not so much.  But we press on. With only 3 meetings left, we have to begin our final project, the major 3D project for this class.  More on that below.  This is the last new thing we are doing this semester.

How to make this up- All the information and details for this last project can be found on a posting dedicated just to it, which I posted last night, but can also be linked to right here. Back on April 9th I sent out 4 randomly generated phrases to each student on the roster, with students being instructed to choose one phrase for the mixed media collage piece from 4/17/20.  You now need to choose a second phrase to be the subject of this last piece of art. The last two phrases, do whatever you want with them; we won't need them for this class, but this way everyone had some to choose from for this project.  

This is a found object assemblage, which means you can use any material you can get your hands on to make it, any process you like, as long as you address one of the phrases I sent you.  The resulting piece must be three dimensional, so something that occupies space. After that, we are wide open.  

Homework- This major 3D assemblage sculpture is our last assignment of the semester, and is due on May 8, 2020.  Normally everyone would be presenting their piece to the class on our last day, but that can't happen now, so you'll just have to send me a photograph of your final piece.  In the email, include the phrase you are adapting for your piece, and share anything about the materials or process that you can.  I will reply with the grade for this particular project.  These are the factors I will consider in grading it: being three dimensional,  use of the chosen topic, creative use of materials, and how it works as art. You can turn it in any time before the due date, but I must have it by the end of the day on May 8, 2020.  It's worth 20% of the whole semester grade so you want to get it in.

That is also the last day to submit the final version of your museum or research paper.  Several of you have done it already, but most haven't yet.  It's another 20% of your grade, so worth doing.

The semester portfolio is also due by then, another 25% of your final grade.  Since I can't check those in person, that will also have to be submitted by email.  This is generally the stuff we did in class, plus ungraded exercises through the semester. Information about this was posted to the blog early in the week. 

For next class 5/5/20- Hope you had no special plans for Cinco de Mayo, because Kean has decided that next Tuesday is really Friday.  The academic calendar on the website will verify all this. Nothing will be due that day, and we won't be starting anything new.  If we were still having classroom meetings, it would be a day you could turn in back projects, and have some space to work on your final project.  In our distance learning lifestyle, it's just another Tuesday, but I will be online all day to answer any immediate questions, although you can send them any other day during the week as well.