Author: fjkorb

Husband, Dad, Artist and Educator. I love making art, talking art, seeing art, and running.
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Past #MidWeek #Wednesday! YEAH! #Studio Time and #Practice.

Here are the top 10 lessons learned from Sara’s Blakely’s journey from fax machine saleswoman to entrepreneurial superstar:

5)      Hire people you like and trust (even if they don’t know a great deal about what you need them to do).  Sara hired a head of Product Development and a PR director who had been friends and supporters from the beginning.  Neither knew anything about the functional areas they were hired to oversee, but Sara trusted they’d be fabulous at their new roles, and they were.

6)      You don’t have to go in order. Sara’s passionate commitment to her new Spanx product was so fierce, she just tackled each task in the development and marketing journey as they came up, not necessarily in the best order for a smooth launch.  She landed a Neiman Marcus deal involving placement of the product in seven stores, before figuring out how to mass produce “crotches” for the product. The Oprah show called to do a feature on her in a staff meeting in her “offices” before she had an office or a staff.  She winged it, and it all went well.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2012/05/23/10-lessons-i-learned-from-sara-blakely-that-you-wont-hear-in-business-school/#b7b88b174429

Drawing: MUSIC and ART!

Yellow Red Blue – 1925 Kandinsky: http://www.wassily-kandinsky.org/images/gallery/Yellow-Red-Blue.jpg

Goals:

  • 7.2Ac: Evaluate the effectiveness of an image or images to influence ideas, feelings, and behaviors of specific audiences.
  • Reflect on YESTERDAY before you begin today! What are your OVERALL IDEAS that you hope to communicate? Write out the OVERALL FEELING of your song and how your SKETCHES are demonstrating that overall feeling.

Reflection:Biggest struggle / success for today? Write it out and the WHY! 

Studio Art 360: Sculpture – WRAP IT UP!

Lots of GREAT images – not all that different from OURS – Except they are by Sol LeWitt. http://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/T/T07/T07144_10.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.2P: Explain how traditional and non-traditional materials may impact human health and the environment and demonstrate safe handling of materials, tools, and equipment.
  • As you have been constructing your sculpture, what has been the 1 biggest success you have felt throughout the process? 

Reflection: What is ONE thing you can use that Artist Habit of Mind to do to help you further develop your skills? PAGE 30.

AP Studio Art: 

Picasso’s Guernica! What are you doing to CHANGE THE WORLD with your art? http://www.museoreinasofia.es/sites/default/files/styles/foto_horizontal_wide/public/obras/DE00050_0.jpg?itok=wxSeOtKR

Goals:

  • 1.1 Ad: Visualize and hypothesize to generate plans for ideas and directions for creating art and design that can affect social change.
  • Talk to your classmates about the IMPORTANT TOPICS you have in your head and how that can become part of the larger body of your works. Write out 3 ideas you HEARD FORM OTHERS.

Reflection: Well… what are 3 things you came up with that you might use in the ideas of your works?

Advanced Drawing: 50 Sheets of Paper!

Jim Dine and PAPER! Lots of PAPER! https://mhsartgallerymac.wikispaces.com/file/view/green4-28-2.jpg/372376472/753×716/green4-28-2.jpg

Goals:

  •  4.2Ad: Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.
  • What is ONE THING you need to ask about your work? What is ONE THING you are PLEASED with in the design / planning / making of your art?

Reflection: What did you take away from today’s Mid-Crit? How will you put that into practice for this MAJOR project? 

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#Tuesday and #WORK on #ART

Here are the top 10 lessons learned from Sara’s Blakely’s journey from fax machine saleswoman to entrepreneurial superstar:

3)      Don’t share your fragile idea with the world too soon.  Sara kept her idea of making a fabulous new undergarment for women under wraps for an entire year while working on developing the prototype.  Only after she was 100% committed to it and ready to launch, did she sit her friends down and explain her new direction.  Sara explains that ideas are vulnerable, fragile things.  Wait until you’re completely read to move forward before you share it with people. Meaning well, they’ll shoot it down, offering all the reasons why it won’t work.  But when they do,  you’ll be ready to deal with it.

4)      Don’t take no for an answer. Sara reached out to slews of manufacturers and lawyers to help her patent her idea and create a successful prototype.  In every conversation she had with potential manufacturers, she was asked three questions: 1) Who are you? 2) Who are you with? 3) and Who is backing you?  When the answers to these three questions remained, “Sara Blakely,” no one wanted to take a chance on her, until one manufacturer called her back and said “OK.”  Why? Because he had gone home and told his daughters about the idea, and they said, “It’s brilliant!”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2012/05/23/10-lessons-i-learned-from-sara-blakely-that-you-wont-hear-in-business-school/#b7b88b174429

Drawing: MUSIC and ART!

Kandinsky MOTIF – What is it? http://www.wassilykandinsky.net/images/works/370.jpg

Goals:

  • 7.2Ac: Evaluate the effectiveness of an image or images to influence ideas, feelings, and behaviors of specific audiences.
  • As this develops, how are your ideas and Kandinsky’s similar and how are they different? What might you take away from this experience? How can you share that idea with the world?

Reflection: As this work develops, how are your ideas and Kandinsky’s similar and how are they different? WRITE this out from the beginning of the hour. Has it Changed? 

Studio Art 360: Sculpture

Coke Bottles – TODAY! http://www.scottzagar.com/arthistory/images_gallery/766_coke_t.jpg

Goals:

  • 10.1P: Document the process of developing ideas from early stages to fully elaborated ideas.
  • Page back through your first weeks of the sketchbooks and take a look at what  you have done so far. What are three things you are struggling with when it comes to drawing? What are three things you see as strengths in your skills?

Reflection: What three things can you do / are you going to do to to enhance your sketchbook drawing for next week’s grade?

AP Studio Art: 

Picasso’s Planning Stages – Guernica! http://juddtully.net/wp-content/uploads/picasso_sb_2.jpg

Goals:

  • 3.1Ad: Reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art or design considering relevant traditional and contemporary criteria as well as personal artistic vision.
  • What has this LAST batch of images helped you LEARN as an artist?

Reflection: We’re going to create one more SOLID SET of CONCENTRATION BEGINNING NEXT WEEK. Think about the FIRST works you created and the LAST work we are wrapping up this week. WHERE have you TRULY GROWN in the development of your work

Advanced Drawing: 50 Sheets of Paper!

Fred Stonehouse The Taste of Failure: https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/fred-stonehouse-the-taste-of-failure.jpg
Fred Stonehouse The Taste of Failure: https://artwithkorb.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/fred-stonehouse-the-taste-of-failure.jpg

Goals:

  •   2.2Ad: Demonstrate understanding of the importance of balancing freedom and responsibility in the use of images, materials, tools, and equipment in the creation and circulation of creative work.
  • What are TWO THINGS that you have successfully done to develop this and begin to solve this very challenging PERSONAL JOURNEY?

Reflection: How has THE PROJECT art students want really helped you grow as an artist?

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Here are the top 10 lessons learned from Sara’s Blakely’s journey from fax machine saleswoman to entrepreneurial superstar:

1)      Fail Big – Sara’s beloved father followed Wayne Dyer’s guidance in teaching his children the power of failing big.  Each day, her father would ask – “So, what did you fail at today.” And if there were no failures, Dad would be disappointed.  Focusing on failing big allowed Sara to understand that failure is not an outcome, but involves a lack of trying — not stretching yourself far enough out of your comfort zone and attempting to be more than you were the day before.   Failing big was a good thing.

2)      Visualize it – Sara is a big fan of “visualizing” your big goal, in specific, concrete ways.  She saw herself clearly on the Oprah TV show 15 years before it happened.  She simply knew it would happen.  She’d see in her mind’s eye sitting on the couch with Oprah having an exciting conversation, and wondered, “What are we talking about?”  The rest was just “filling in the blanks” to get there.

Drawing: MUSIC and ART!

What are you going to be planning? https://kojieun.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/drw_kandinsky.jpg

Goals:

  • 7.2Ac: Evaluate the effectiveness of an image or images to influence ideas, feelings, and behaviors of specific audiences.
  • Reflect on Friday before you begin today! What are the two different MOTIFS that Kandinsky talked about? What about the three different STYLES? Don’t remember? That’s ok… they were challenging… talk about this with your neighbors – what was it about the use of shapes that helped define the MOTIF?

Reflection: Describe 3 things you found as SUCCESSES for today! DESCRIBE – NOT LIST!

Studio Art 360: Sculpture.

Professional Artist Sol Le Witt – Sculpture: http://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/work/T/T01/T01865_10.jpg

Goals:

  • 7.1P: Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.
  • First 5 minutes of class. Set out your GOALS PAGE and the STICKY NOTE I gave you. Walk to the next set of desks would sit in at your desk… and then make a REAL COMMENT on the sculpture (or part of the sculpture) that is there. What are 2 things that are working as an interesting and compelling VISUAL IMAGE? What is ONE SUGGESTION you would offer to help make it a more successful image / sculpture? Repeat TWO MORE TIMES at TWO MORE SETS OF DESKS.

Reflection: Last 3 minutes…Read your classmates comments – write a BRIEF response to their comments.

Don’t forget your can of drink for tomorrow!

AP Studio Art: 

Concentrate on your body of work.  http://www.theloop.com.au/app/serve/view_file/L21udC9zaXRlX2RhdGEvcHJvamVjdHMvaW1hZ2VzLzM4MDIxNi1sLmpwZywxNDE0NjEzNzEwLGltYWdlL2pwZw

Goals:

  • 3.1Ad: Reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art or design considering relevant traditional and contemporary criteria as well as personal artistic vision.
  • What makes these NEW and INNOVATIVE? Give yourself a 3 bullet point list for the works.

Reflection: You have been working ON YOUR OWN with NEW CONCENTRATION works – how have you felp these works have demonstrated your sense of GROWTH? THIS WEEK – ASSIGNMENT – YOU will address your two questions about the concentration AND make sure that BY MONDAY your website is up to speed with 1) Questions Answered with NEW works in mind and 2) Images are uploaded – Art and Fear images AND the Outsider Art Images. Lots to do – Edit and Make Professional!

Advanced Drawing: 50 Sheets of Paper!

James Rosenquist: F-111 Lets Explore… http://www.blogdoluxo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/16Painel-F-111-de-James-Rosenquist-em-exposi%C3%A7%C3%A3o-no-MoMA.jpg

Goals:

  •  6. Reflect: Learning to think and talk with others about an aspect of one’s work or working process, and learning to judge one’s own work and working process and the work of others.
  • What have you been CHALLENGED with when it comes to this NEW APPROACH / CHALLENGE to a DRAWING? Two Comments.

Reflection: What have you LEARNED about the process of coming up with your OWN IDEAS for making art? Go ahead and list three things that talk about the challenges (or freedoms) February 24 – Mid Crit, March 7 – FINAL CRIT.

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#Friday #ReadyForTheWeekend? #Work in the #ArtStudio

10 Things CREATIVE people do – Have you ever wondered why some people are more creative than others? Did you ever wish that you had more of that particular gene? The good news is that research shows that happiness and creativity are not only related, they can be developed. Here are 10 ways to jumpstart your creativity, starting now:

9. Learn Something New: By taking a class outside your typical area of interest, you can have a wider range of ideas to draw from and interconnect. Researchshows that connecting in new ways is the basis for all creative thought.

10. Know Your Strengths and Passions: Get to know what makes your heart soar, what makes you feel most alive and energized, and use it as fuel for the creative process.

By nourishing your creative side, you’ll bring happiness not only to yourself but to those around you. You’ll also know what you had inside yourself all along. What do you do to tap into your creativity?

– Randy Taran

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randy-taran/-creative-people_b_5281571.html

Drawing: MUSIC and ART!

Kandinsky in Milwaukee (MAM): https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5287/13570248174_0cb6714488_z.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
  • Of the shapes we are began with yesterday (Circle, Square, Triangle), which one is STRONG and why? Which shape describes a passive quality? Why? 

Reflection: How do you feel you might be able to use the ideas of color and shape to communicate your ideas from your song? Give 3 examples of how a shape, angle, color might offer emotion.

Studio Art 360: Sculpture.

Goals:

  • .2P: Explain how traditional and non-traditional materials may impact human health and the environment and demonstrate safe handling of materials, tools, and equipment.
  • What can you use from the process we went through YESTERDAY to continue to create a CUBE, CYLINDER, and a pyramid? Do you want to work on ALL of them at the same time or are you going to finish one and then move onto the next?

Reflection: Looking at the sculpture you have begun… what are three things you could be (can do) to enhance the composition, the execution, the message?

AP Studio Art: 

http://treasure.diylol.com/uploads/post/image/507884/resized_dwight-schrute-meme-generator-you-are-doing-a-good-job-false-you-are-doing-a-great-job-7faad4.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.3Ad: Demonstrate in works of art or design how visual and material culture defines, shapes, enhances, inhibits, and/or empowers people’s lives.
  • What is happening in your classmates work that you are truly glad to see happening? Write that out and then take a moment to give them encouragement and support.

Reflection: What’s on your plate for the weekend? What have you got to work on? Website? Artwork? Job? 

Advanced Drawing: 50 Sheets of Paper!

Louis Jovier: http://40.media.tumblr.com/deeb9adc0b6b03ea516d6229b355a556/tumblr_o2d1bs2b2j1s2djs8o1_1280.jpg

Goals:

  •  2.2Ad: Demonstrate understanding of the importance of balancing freedom and responsibility in the use of images, materials, tools, and equipment in the creation and circulation of creative work.
  • Last day this week… What are two things you are planning on doing TODAY to get a good deal of work planned and begun for today?

Reflection: Having has 4 days to get into the process. DESCRIBE ALL THAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED in the past 4 days. As a VIEWER – what progress would we see. 

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#Thursday #REALLY #DidThatJustHappen? #MakeArt

10 Things CREATIVE people do – Have you ever wondered why some people are more creative than others? Did you ever wish that you had more of that particular gene? The good news is that research shows that happiness and creativity are not only related, they can be developed. Here are 10 ways to jumpstart your creativity, starting now:

7. Seek Out Challenging Tasks: Just for fun, challenge yourself with projects that don’t have solutions, like how to make a horse fly (no — we’re not talking unicorns) or build a perfect model of a part of the body. This opens the mind for all types of strategies, which helps generate fresh ideas.

8. Surround Yourself With Interesting People and Things: Spend time with diverse friends, listen to new music, see new exhibitions to broaden your horizons. Having unusual objects around you also helps you develop original ideas.

– Randy Taran

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randy-taran/-creative-people_b_5281571.html

Drawing: MUSIC and ART!

Improvisation #30 (Cannons) Vasily Kandinsky French, born Russia, 1866–1944 Improvisation No. 30 (Cannons), 1913 © 2015 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris

Goals:

  • 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
  • What ideas did you come up with about COLOR and SHAPE in art you are creating? We will have some conversation and learning about the ideas of Wassily Kandinsky today?

Reflection: What NEW ideas do you have about COLOR and Shape in the art you are creating now that we have had some conversation and learning about the ideas of Wassily Kandinsky?

Studio Art 360: Sculpture.

Donald Judd Sculpture: AUDIO HERE! http://www.moma.org/collection_images/resized/130/w500h420/CRI_158130.jpg

Goals:

  • 7.1P: Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.
  • What is ONE things that you might think if you saw a grouping of cylinders, cubes, and pyramids all grouped together?.

Reflection: Last 10 minutes of class. Set out your GOALS PAGE and the CRITIQUE SHEET I gave you. Walk Clockwise and in serpentine fashion (I’ll demonstrate) around the room and take in the work that is in front of you. Like musical chairs, stop when I say stop and make 5 REAL COMMENTS on 5 different classmates work. What is working? What is NOT working? Last 3 minutes… Read your comments – write a BRIEF response to a classmates comments

AP Studio Art: 

What is YOUR big idea? http://big-idea.biz/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Whats-the-big-idea.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.2Ad: Demonstrate understanding of the importance of balancing freedom and responsibility in the use of images, materials, tools, and equipment in the creation and circulation of creative work.
  • How do you see the growth of your work? What are TWO things that you see as STRONG developments as you have moved forward in your CONCENTRATION? How are you DEVELOPING your work? Is it stagnant? Static?

Reflection: How many more pieces do you need to get started for this batch of 3 concentration works? How would you DESCRIBE HOW you are DEVELOPING in the process of CREATING your CONCENTRATION?

Advanced Drawing: 50 Sheets of Paper!

Jennifer Bartlett – How MIGHT this be based on OBSERVATION? https://s3.amazonaws.com/files.collageplatform.com.prod/image_cache/600x345_fit/558176bf278e1af86c88ecaf/e18793c7e3a92b23f6abe463082d793a.jpeg

Goals:

  • 7. Stretch & Explore: Learning to reach beyond one’s capacities, to explore playfully without a preconceived plan, and to embrace the opportunity to learn from mistakes.
  • Looking at YESTERDAY… what are 3 things you hope to accomplish with this VERY INDEPENDENT (but subtly guided) drawing? EXPLAIN! 

Reflection: What is working for you in this drawing SO FAR? List 3 things that you see as positive attributes to your drawing today.

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#MidWeek #WorkDay #MakeArt

10 Things CREATIVE people do – Have you ever wondered why some people are more creative than others? Did you ever wish that you had more of that particular gene? The good news is that research shows that happiness and creativity are not only related, they can be developed. Here are 10 ways to jumpstart your creativity, starting now:

5. Happiness Spurs Innovation: Sadness inhibits innovative ideas, causing people to exercise more restraint, but happiness expands creative thinking, fresh associations and new perspectives. Remember to take a break and make time for fun! You’ll come back refreshed.

6. Gratitude Rules: Being grateful for where you’re at and “taking in the good” helps sculpt your brain’s neural pathways to receive more of it. Imagine what you are creating. Like an athlete training for peak performance when you visualize something special, your can embody it even more.

– Randy Taran

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randy-taran/-creative-people_b_5281571.html

Drawing: MUSIC and ART!

Wassily Kandisky – http://web.guggenheim.org/exhibitions/kandinsky/images/several_circles.jpg

Goals:

  • G: 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
  • How are you using geometric shapes in your life? How do you relate meaning to them? What are some shapes that are dominant in your life?

Reflection: What NEW ideas might you have had about COLOR and SHAPE in the art you were creating?

Studio Art 360: Sculpture.

Donald Judd Sculpture: AUDIO HERE! http://www.moma.org/collection_images/resized/130/w500h420/CRI_158130.jpg

Goals:

  • G: 7.1P: Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.
  • What was the most challenging form for you to create? What is ONE things that gave you such a hard time with it?

Reflection: What do you think one might interpret from seeing a sculpture (like the one as an example today) that is MINIMAL?

AP Studio Art: CONCENTRATE!

Where are you on your SOCIAL MEDIA? Website? http://www.vandelaydesign.com/wp-content/uploads/free-social-media-icons.png

Goals:

  • G: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making (Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.)
  • Do you need to update your ONLINE presence? Have you updated your BREADTH site to accommodate your two most recent works?

Reflection: Halfway through the week and MONDAY will be with us soon. I am PROUD of the accomplishments – a lot of alone time. What ONE BIG things worked out for you today?

Advanced Drawing: 50 Sheets of Paper!

Joseph Piccillo – What does a MASTER DRAWING look like to you? http://www.chaseyounggallery.com/Artist_Profiles/Piccillo_extra/JP42009.jpg

Goals:

  • G: 3. Envision: Learning to picture mentally what cannot be directly observed, and imagine possible next steps in making a piece.
  • When you think of a “DRAWING” and the ground it is created on – what first comes to mind? Why do you think this is the case? (Ground is the surface of what you draw upon.)

Reflection: Of all the conversation, materials, messages, and ideas that came to mind… what are your FIRST ideas about how you can MOVE FORWARD? 14 “hours” on this drawing – it will be due in 3 weeks… February 24 – Mid Crit, March 7 – FINAL CRIT.

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#50PagesofPaper #Drawing and #Observation AND #Sculpture

10 Things CREATIVE people do – Have you ever wondered why some people are more creative than others? Did you ever wish that you had more of that particular gene? The good news is that research shows that happiness and creativity are not only related, they can be developed. Here are 10 ways to jumpstart your creativity, starting now:

 

3. Get in the Flow: Focus on the moment rather than the goal. When you are totally immersed in a creative activity, when hours feel like moments, you open to tapping into something bigger than yourself. Let it flow through you.

4. Let Your Senses Come Alive: Notice not only how things look, but how they feel in your hand, how they smell, the sounds surrounding you, even the nuances of taste. Don’t forget to listen to your gut — that’s an important sense too!

– Randy Taran

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randy-taran/-creative-people_b_5281571.html

Drawing: MUSIC and ART!

Reflecting on the ARTS! http://i.huffpost.com/gen/530364/JH.jpg

Goals:

  • 3.1Ac: Engage in constructive critique with peers, then reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art and design in response to personal artistic vision.
  • LAST day with our Crit. What is KEEPING you from COMMENTING if you are NOT commenting – What makes it EASY for you to comment if you Are?

Reflection: Looking BACK on the past 3 days of critique – what are 3 things you took away from the process? We Reflected A LOT! Be READY to DRAW tomorrow!

Studio Art 360: Sculpture.

Tony Smith – Matthew Marks and MoMA: http://www.moma.org/collection_images/resized/128/w500h420/CRI_229128.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.2P: Explain how traditional and non-traditional materials may impact human health and the environment and demonstrate safe handling of materials, tools, and equipment.
  • What can you use from the process we went through YESTERDAY to continue to create a CUBE, CYLINDER, and a pyramid? Do you want to work on ALL of them at the same time or are you going to finish one and then move onto the next?

Reflection: What was the most difficult part of the building today for YOU? How can you use those challenges to develop your skills?

AP Studio Art: CONCENTRATE!

What’s the PROCESS of your ART? http://www.studentartguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/as-art-sketchbook.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.6 create multiple solutions to visual challenges that show understanding in relationships between composition and meaning of artwork.
  • While looking at your studio-mates work, how do  you see the works needing to GROW? Do you see  yours growing?

Reflection: What have you come up with? What materials are you planning on using? How does it fit into your current body of work? 

Advanced Drawing: Critique! PAPER for TOMORROW!

Watching Keith Haring MAKE a painting – different than seeing a finished painting. http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201208/r997208_11061456.jpg

Goals:

  • 3.1Ac: Engage in constructive critique with peers, then reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art and design in response to personal artistic vision.
  • One day and a WEEKEND away from the Crit – REVIEW YOUR GOALS from last Thursday and Write out 1 thing that you found beneficial from taking a step back and TALKING about your art.

Reflection: Looking BACK on the past 3 days of critique – what are 3 things you took away from the process? We Reflected A LOT! Be READY to think about making art tomorrow! This is going to be YOUR DRAWING! What can you bring in? A BOOK you can destroy, paper you might want to work on that is different than DRAWING paper (phone book, OLD dictionary, falling apart other book that is NOT important to the family, letterhead from a hotel, notepaper with text on it, old math notes, what ELSE can you think of? 50 sheets!)

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#Monday and #Critiques and #Sculpture and #Minimalism

10 Things CREATIVE people do – Have you ever wondered why some people are more creative than others? Did you ever wish that you had more of that particular gene? The good news is that research shows that happiness and creativity are not only related, they can be developed. Here are 10 ways to jumpstart your creativity, starting now:

1. Listen In: Listen to your intuition and capture your new ideas. Whether from your morning shower, nighttime dreams, when running, in the car, or in nature, keep an idea notebook and jot it down.

2. Mind Your Mindset: When you start something new, you can either choose to put yourself down and succumb to the inner critic (fixed mindset) or enjoy the process of creation (growth mindset).

– Randy Taran

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/randy-taran/-creative-people_b_5281571.html

Drawing: MUSIC and ART!

REFLECT on ART – Roy Lichtenstein did. http://www.theuntappedsource.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1b4fcfb5-550×317.jpg

Goals:

  • 3.1Ac: Engage in constructive critique with peers, then reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art and design in response to personal artistic vision.
  • One day and a WEEKEND away from the Crit – REVIEW YOUR GOALS from last Thursday and Write out 1 thing that you found beneficial from taking a step back and TALKING about your art.

Reflection: WRITE CRITIQUE and BE DONE! We Reflected A LOT!

Studio Art 360: Sculpture.

Tony Smith and his MINIMALIST SCULPTURE. http://prod-images.exhibit-e.com/www_matthewmarks_com/22487_02_PREVIEW2.jpg Matthew Marks Gallery.

Goals:

  • 10.1P: Document the process of developing ideas from early stages to fully elaborated ideas.
  • What is one thing that is the SAME about using SHAPE in an artwork and using FORM in an artwork? What is one thing that is DIFFERENT? Write this out and then SHARE this idea with your studio mates at your table.

Reflection: How much of your letter did you get done? One shape? Two shapes? Gluing / Taping sides?

AP Studio Art: Who Got VOTED OFF?

What are YOU talking about – all I hear is CHIRP CHIRP CHIRP! http://blog-imgs-50.fc2.com/a/f/g/afg2/The-critique-Group.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.2Ad: Demonstrate understanding of the importance of balancing freedom and responsibility in the use of images, materials, tools, and equipment in the creation and circulation of creative work.
  • Get together for 10 minutes and talk with one another about the ideas of your concentration work. We have been away from it for about 4+ weeks and you might be a bit rusty regarding what it is all about. While you talk with one another – write out the thoughts you come up with regarding your ideas and the progress of the artworks. 

Reflection: As you look back on the bast 2.5 quarters of work, what are 3 of your biggest impressions from your studio-mate’s works?

Advanced Drawing: Critique! PAPER for TOMORROW!

Keith Haring and his ONLOOKERS – Perhaps CRITIQUING the work? http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/03/23/arts/23HARING_SPAN/23HARING-blog480.jpg

Goals:

  • 3.1Ac: Engage in constructive critique with peers, then reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art and design in response to personal artistic vision.
  • One day and a WEEKEND away from the Crit – REVIEW YOUR GOALS from last Thursday and Write out 1 thing that you found beneficial from taking a step back and TALKING about your art.

Reflection: WRITE CRITIQUE and BE DONE! We Reflected A LOT!

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#WorkdayFriday without #Frank (#Mr.Korb)

What has Jerry Saltz got to say to Art Students today?

9. Don’t worry about getting enough sleep. Worry about your work.

10. Be delusional. It’s okay to tell yourself you’re a genius sometimes.

Pep Assembly Schedule
1st 7:25 – 8:05
2nd 8:10 – 8:50
3rd 8:55 – 9:30
4th 9:35 – 10:15
6th 10:20 – 11:00
5A 11:05 – 11:35
5B 11:35 – 12:05
5C 12:05 – 12:35
7th 12:40 – 1:20
8th1:25 – 2:00
Assembly 2:05 – 2:46

Drawing: MUSIC BREAK!

booooooom_kandinsky_04
Kandinsky inspired by MUSIC! You Too! http://www.booooooom.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/booooooom_kandinsky_04.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.2Ac: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design.
  • What feelings do you get from specific pieces of music? Give some examples. Rap / Country / Reggae / ROCK and ROLL (i.e.: When I listen to country music, the shapes that flow through my mind are…)

  • Know that Mary Heebsh is going to be helping you out today with the music and ideas. She’s able to answer a lot of your questions about this project and the larger ideas behind it. That said, don’t worry too much about it. As long as you are trying, you are succeeding. This is a GREAT project that can affect your art making experience for years. RELAX and ENJOY!

Reflection: Looking back on your drawings from today, what shapes, lines, forms did you draw out and find? What ideas came to mind as you listened to the very different music?

Studio Art 360: Sculpture and SAFETY

Richard Serra – NOT Tony Smith… http://www.moma.org/collection_images/resized/091/w500h420/CRI_63091.jpg

Goals:

  • 7.1P: Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.
  • As a NON-ART person, what are 2 things one might think about a sculpture made up of cubes, cylinders, or pyramids? NON ART APPROACH? 

Reflection: What is ONE things that you, as an ARTIST, might think if you saw a grouping of cylinders, cubes, and pyramids all grouped together.

AP Studio Art: DISPLAY and EXHIBIT – Design THANKS!

Plans for your CONCENTRATION? How are things coming? http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3121/3175394436_db29a51079.jpg?v=0

Goals:

  • 2.6 create multiple solutions to visual challenges that show understanding in relationships between composition and meaning of artwork.
  • What have your previous sketches been over the past months? Are you still thinking about your CONCENTRATION? How have you been planning the NEW ideas out for your work?
  • TODAY YOU ARE HANGING WORKS AND CLEANING YOUR SPACE AND THE LIKE!
    • THANKS! Korb.

  • DO NOT FORGET that your CHAPTER 4 statements are due TONIGHT at midnight. Thanks to ALL who are already done.

Reflection: What have you come up with? What materials are you planning on using? How does it fit into your current body of work

Advanced Drawing: SKETCHBOOK Masterpieces.

Richard Dibenkorn MASTERPIECE – I LOVE THIS ONE! Check MINE out on the chalkboard. https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/82/c3/b8/82c3b86979c9e4a7889907a12c741de8.jpg

Goals:

  • 7.2Ad: Determine the commonalities within a group of artists or visual images attributed to a particular type of art, timeframe, or culture.
  • Today – I am gone. You are going to have an opportunity to work on your BIG BOOK OF MASTERPIECE SKETCHES today. Which drawing from the packet are you focusing on today? Why this one in particular? 

Reflection: What TWO parts of your MASTERPIECE SKETCHBOOK drawing worked out really well for you today? What ONE THING did you struggle with? How much do you have to do before next week on the due date?

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#Thursday in #Studio

What has Jerry Saltz got to say to Art Students today?

7. Don’t define success by money, but by time.

8. Do not let rejection define you.

Drawing: ORAL CRIT!

Let’s put up your work and TALK! http://farm9.static.flickr.com/8182/8044723950_ce4def44f5.jpg

Goals:

  • 3.1Ac: Engage in constructive critique with peers, then reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art and design in response to personal artistic vision.
  • Looking at the still life in front of you, what is the one aspect of it that you are most pleased with? Why are you so pleased with how you handled the materials and composition?
  • Things to think about – back page of your RUBRIC and HERE – Questions to ask when writing about art.

Reflection: What was it that you took away from today’s critique? How did you contribute to the success of the conversation? 

Studio Art 360: Sculpture and SAFETY

Tony Smith at Matthew Marks Gallery Sculpture: https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2625/4144760048_d249078c06_b.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1P: Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan.
  • What was the biggest challenge you found as you began came up with ideas / drawings for a 3D sculpture TUESDAY?

Reflection: What are three things that you feel will be challenging as you develop your drawn ideas into a three dimensional idea.

AP Studio Art: Who is getting VOTED OFF Work of Art 

Work Of Art! http://blogs.artinfo.com/lacmonfire/files/2012/05/Aycock.jpg

Goals:

  • 7.2Ad: Determine the commonalities within a group of artists or visual images attributed to a particular type of art, time frame, or culture.
  • Looking at the work you’ve been creating, what do you need to do in order to not get voted out of the Art Studio? How is your work challenging and innovative?

Reflection: How does this work offer you the opportunity to think outside of the normal “art” supplies and “art” ideas?

Advanced Drawing: Oral Critique TODAY!

Presenting your work: http://art.ua.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/P1140060.JPG.jpeg

Goals:

  • 3.1Ac: Engage in constructive critique with peers, then reflect on, re-engage, revise, and refine works of art and design in response to personal artistic vision.
  • Looking at the still life in front of you, what is the one aspect of it that you are most pleased with? Why are you so pleased with how you handled the materials and composition?: 
  • Things to think about – back page of your RUBRIC and HERE – Questions to ask when writing about art.

Reflection: What was it that you took away from today’s critique? How did you contribute to the success of the conversation?