Category: Goals

Goals for the Day

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#Mistakes and #Art – What can you #Learn? #Photography, #Painting, #Concentration

“Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here. Make. Good. Art.” ~ Neil Gaiman

Studio Art 360 – Last Day to MAKE Photography in the Halls…

UPLOAD YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS INTO YOUR CLASS PERIOD FOLDER. Log-In IS required to upload. Rename the image like this: LastNameHourCompositionalStyle (ie: Korb7Closed)

Dorothea Lang “Couple Seated on Front Porch” http://famous-photographers.com/dorothea-lange/

Goals:

  • NETS: 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.
  • List 3 things you have LEARNED about the process of making photographs since we have begun? One More day in the Hallway – MAKE STRONG and IMPORTANT and STORYTELLING photographs.

Of all the photographs that you have made these past 3 days… what do you feel you need to do to prune / edit / clarify your works?

POP ART GALLERY IMAGES HERE.

Painting – DUE MONDAY of next week! Interested in building a NEW CANVAS? This is the week to do it!

Sean Scully – Where’s he getting his ideas? NYTimes Article HERE!

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What do you feel about the hall space that you have recreated in abstract form? Does this painting / has this painting affected the way you look at the space?

What NEW discovery did you make today about your painting? Did you learn anything about the process of painting? Creating Art?

AP Studio Art – Concentration!

Tonight at MIDNIGHT! CHAPTER 2 in Art and Fear Responses DUE on the BLOG.

Edvard Munch “Vampire” What is SIMILAR to YESTERDAY’s work?

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.
  • As we looked at last week – How is your work GROWING as you move forward with your works – Please use specific works to explain.

How can you see GROWTH in your work? Please explain…

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#Photography, #Concentration, #Artwork, #Mistakes… anything you are interested in?

“Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here. Make. Good. Art.” ~ Neil Gaiman

Make a lot of mistakes!

Studio Art 360 – Let’s Talk Photography and the In’s and Out’s

UPLOAD YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS INTO YOUR CLASS PERIOD FOLDER. Log-In IS required to upload. Rename the image like this: LastNameHourCompositionalStyle (ie: Korb7Closed)

Diane Arbus “Child with Toy Grenade in Hand” BIO HERE.

Goals:

  • NETS: 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.
  • What have you found DIFFICULT about using WUHS as the setting for yout Photographs? Know that it is all about the FRAMING of the Photograph. It doesn’t matter the subject – it is the composition…

What is the STRONGEST of your photographs and WHY? Please explain your comments in ONE SOLID 11 word sentence!

POP ART GALLERY IMAGES HERE.

Painting – DUE MONDAY of next week! Interested in building a NEW CANVAS? This is the week to do it!

Sean Scully – Week 2 – I wanted to keep the idea going… Let’s watch the 8 minute video. Photo by: Micci Cohan

There are NO CERTAINTIES in my work… VIDEO from Sean Scully… we can afford 8 minutes…

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • What have you learned about the use of ACRYLIC PAINTS since you began this artwork? How has this helped you become more successful in the making of your art?
  • NOTE: ALL WEEK – If you want – you can begin to create a NEW CANVAS for the next painting

What do you hear from your classmates about painting that you did not / may not have known or thought about?

AP Studio Art – Concentration!

FRIDAY! CHAPTER 2 in Art and Fear Responses DUE on the BLOG.

What do you see in “Despair” that you may recognize in other Munch works?

Goals:

  • 2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
  • WHAT IS THE CENTRAL IDEA behind your Concentration?

How are you demonstrating the common tie from your first three works to the current three works? Please use specific works to explain…

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#Photo #Friday in the #Art #Studio! Join us in MAKING #Photographs

 “Power will accomplish much, but perseverance more.”  —William Scott Downey

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Studio Art 360 – Let’s Talk Photography and the In’s and Out’s

My Friend #TedOrland and his #Photography… July 4th Camper, Yosemite Valley copyright Ted Orland.

Goals:

  • 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • What stories could you tell using a camera that documents your present-day life? What could you do to make an everyday “boring” part of the day interesting and inviting?
  • Photograph the EVERYDAY part of school – candid – opening lockers, taking a drink, how can you make it interesting?

What did you do with the camera to make the BORING interesting?

POP ART GALLERY IMAGES HERE.

Painting – Mid Crit TODAY! FINAL Crit. Wednesday – Friday of NEXT WEEK!

Sean Scully busy at work… just like us…

There are NO CERTAINTIES in my work… VIDEO from Sean Scully… we can afford 8 minutes…

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • Last day of the week… What did you take from yesterday’s critique… How do you see the ideas you heard from the critique into moving you forward with creating a unified artwork?

Did today / this week move you toward a successful week of work? Do you feel that taking work home this weekend will be a good idea?

AP Studio Art – Concentration – 3 new works – PLAN and DEVELOP! Investigate!

MONDAY – CHAPTER 2 in Art and Fear Responses DUE on the BLOG.

LAST 10 minutes… CRIT ONE ANOTHER!

Michael Berryhill – It has the feeling of the Pieta: Michael Berryhill: http://www.brooklynrail.org/2014/05/art/whats-more-real8232a-dead-tree-or-a-drawing-of-a-dead-treemichael-berryhill-with-nathlie-provosty

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.
  • How will your audience be MOVED by the work you are presenting? Remember that one of the CRITERIA is all about creating work that is moving and engaging?

What work are you planning for this weekend? Be specific… What are you going to set time aside for and work on?

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#Wednesday… what happened? #LateOnWednesday

 “Power will accomplish much, but perseverance more.”  —William Scott Downey

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Studio Art 360 – Thank you! Let’s Talk Photography…

William Eggleston (American, b. 1939). Huntsville, Alabama, 1978.

Goals:

  • 7.2P: Analyze how one’s understanding of the world is affected by experiencing visual imagery.
  • Of the images you collected YESTERDAY, what do you think the photographers from National Geographic were trying to explain to the readers that looked at and read about the photograph?

Of all the images you have collected, and all the work you have EVER CREATED, what type of composition do you feel that you have used the most? Why has this been your approach?

POP ART GALLERY IMAGES HERE.

AP Studio Art – Concentration – 3 new works – PLAN and DEVELOP! Investigate!

Michael Berryhill – What does DECADES of studio work do that a year cannot? ARTICLE HERE.

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 IS the central idea behind your work and HOW does what you are doing demonstrate that? N: Continue to work on the concentration. A: WORK – keep thinking about the CHALLENGES you are faced with and WHAT YOU HAVE in front of you

3 things that were successful today… can you talk about them?

Painting – Mid Crit on Thursday – FINAL Crit. Wednesday – Friday of NEXT WEEK!

Sean Scully at work.

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • Second week – MId – week – of the painting. What do you hope to accomplish today so that you are in a good spot for a mid-crit tomorrow?

Looking at your painting today… what DID you accomplish? What are you pleased with and what are you NOT happy with? What will you begin to talk about when it is your turn to present?

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#Photography in the Arts… Let’s make some photographs.

 

1 hour       7:25 – 8:02
2 hour       8:07 –  8:46
3 hour       8:51 – 9:28
4 hour       9:33 – 10:10
Assembly   10:15- 11:10
5A lunch   11:10- 11:40
5B lunch   11:40 – 12:10
5C lunch   12:10 – 12:40
6 hour       12:45 – 1:22
7 hour       1:27 –   2:04
8 hour       2:09 –   2:46

“Power will accomplish much, but perseverance more.”  —William Scott Downey

Radio Lab Story of Perseverence: http://www.radiolab.org/story/runners/ 

Pick it up and CARRY-ON! http://relatingonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/563373_2994181535231_1282963545_3218727_417877125_n1.jpg

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Studio Art 360 – Thank you! Let’s Talk Photography…

Bernd and Hilla Becher (German, established 1959 (partnership); 1931–2007 (Bernd); b. 1934 (Hilla)). Water Towers (Cylindrical), 1978.

Goals:

  • 7.1P: Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.
  • What do you KNOW about Photography? List 3 things that you are CERTAIN about.

Which of the compositional approaches do YOU enjoy most? WHY?

POP ART GALLERY IMAGES HERE.

AP Studio Art – Concentration – 3 new works – PLAN and DEVELOP! Investigate!

Common from YESTERDAY’s Image? Michael Berryhill BIO

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 NEW approaches are you adding  to this next 3 works in the series? How are ADDING to the development of the work?

What similarities are you seeing in the work and how does it continue to tie the CONCENTRATION together?  IMAGE: 

Painting – Mid Crit on Thursday – FINAL Crit. Wednesday – Friday of NEXT WEEK!

Sean Scully – What UNIFIES his works?

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • How did the brief demo of using a good amount of acrylic paint help you move forward in a stronger fashion yesterday that how you have approached it in the past? Did it? Maybe you didn’t need the demo. Practice makes better understanding.  N: Painting with 9 NECESSARY techniques.

What CHALLENGES did you face today? How did you go about SOLVING that challenge? TECHNIQUES – Various and UNIFIED!

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#Monday, Monday… Let’s begin anew… or continue strongly!

 “Power will accomplish much, but perseverance more.”  —William Scott Downey

Radio Lab Story of Perseverence: http://www.radiolab.org/story/runners/ 

Pick it up and CARRY-ON! http://relatingonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/563373_2994181535231_1282963545_3218727_417877125_n1.jpg

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Studio Art 360 – Sadly – A day to CLEAN and REORGANIZE! Lockers and room…

I am thirsty for a good cup of MOCHA right now...
I am thirsty for a good cup of MOCHA right now…

ALL PAINTING SUPPLIES NEED TO BE CLEANED – Palettes, Brushes, Desks, ANYTHING THAT NEEDS CLEANING GETS CLEANED! THANKS!

Goals:

  • 6.1P: Analyze and describe the impact that an exhibition or collection has on personal awareness of social, cultural, or political beliefs and understandings.
  • What is one FULL SENTENCE EXPLANATION about how you feel about the look of all your works in the gallery space? What do you think the audience that will visit MIGHT say about the works in the gallery space? (We will take a bit of time to see it when I get back on Tuesday).

What have you learned from OUR class so far that will help you as you move forward with the next unit of photography?

POP ART GALLERY IMAGES HERE: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B89E3WNWaCjUbWdpU09HS0JHSXM&usp=sharing

AP Studio Art – Concentration – 3 new works – PLAN and DEVELOP! Investigate!

Michael Berryhill – Contemporary Artist to watch – Blouin Modern Painters HERE!

Goals:

  • G: 1.2Ad: Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices, following or breaking established conventions, to plan the making of multiple works of art and design based on a theme, idea, or concept.
  • Beginning on the second set of 3 works… what are your plans to carry your ideas  FORWARD? Please list three things you hope to focus on in the next three works. Remember that you need to have a common thread that ties your works together.

What did you accomplish today to help you move your work forward?  These 3 works are DUE the 24th… 

Painting – Mid Crit on Thursday – FINAL Crit. Wednesday – Friday of NEXT WEEK!

Sean Scully – BIO HERE http://www.rte.ie/tv/masterpiece/assets/masterpiece8-Scully-642x671v3.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.3Ac: Redesign an object, system, place, or design in response to contemporary issues.
  • How has taking the recognizable space of the hallway allowed you to create a unified, successful work of art? What are your biggest challenges in the use of an ABSTRACT Art Work?

What did you do today with ACRYLICS that taught you something? What was the learning that happened in your wwork?

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#Friday in the #Art Room!

“In not stating the goal to the students and wording them so they are understandable… it is like a family going on a trip with Dad in the driver’s seat and him not sharing what the destination is or how long the trip is going to take. Dad knows where he’s going, but the rest of the family has no clue.” – Frank Korb

Perseverance got you through it all… Now it is time to look back. https://www.bigquestionsonline.com/sites/default/files/styles/discussion-main/public/essays/templeton-perseverance.jpeg?itok=MHWj4wh-

EXTRA CREDIT SURVEY BELOW!

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Studio Art 360 – Color Schemes and POP Art – WRAP IT UP by FRIDAY!

Let’s KETCHUP with the final mounting of the works and the like. Hang ad critique a show. http://www.ufunk.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Dori-the-Giant-street-art-15.jpg

Goals:

  • 4.1P: Analyze, select, and curate artifacts and/or artworks for presentation and preservation.
  • What did putting a MATT around your still life drawing do for the work? What do you feel the use of the MATT will do for THIS Painting?

How do you feel about the work you have produced in the class? The POP Art was strong for most of you… What can you use here to carry it into NEW works?

AP Studio Art – Let’s get back to it!

What is your concentration about? Savannah Seeger’s is about WHAT?

Goals:

  • 2.1Ad: Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept.
  • What were your thoughts about the first chapter of Art and Fear? I have Facebooked to Ted Orland about the fact that we have begun the process of the BLOG.

What did you accomplish this week that will HELP you into the next three works? how do you continue to ADVANCE in the process of developing your concentration?

Painting – Let’s get back to it!

Texture! What can you do to emphasize the ideas about the techniques? Claude Monet’s Impressionism took care of that! http://www.acting-man.com/blog/media/2014/07/San-Giorgio-Maggiore-by-Twilight-by-Claude-Monet-OSA071.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • Last day of the week… What did you take from yesterday’s presentation… How do you see the ideas you are learning in this (and other art classes) as working into your larger world?

Did you accomplish MORE or LESS than you thought you would during the week? What could you do or DID you do to get to where you are?

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Has this #WeekGoneByFAST? It SURE HAS!

“In not stating the goal to the students and wording them so they are understandable… it is like a family going on a trip with Dad in the driver’s seat and him not sharing what the destination is or how long the trip is going to take. Dad knows where he’s going, but the rest of the family has no clue.” – Frank Korb

EXTRA CREDIT SURVEY BELOW!

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Studio Art 360 – Color Schemes and POP Art – WRAP IT UP by FRIDAY!

Cheez Whiz man… Yum! http://f.fastcompany.net/multisite_files/fastcompany/imagecache/slideshow_large/slideshow/2013/10/3020053-slide-pbp-l6.jpg

Goals:

  • 4.1P: Analyze, select, and curate artifacts and/or artworks for presentation and preservation.
  • What are your initial thoughts of the works you see in front of you? The works are ALL OVER the room – What do you think? Give 3 comments in your answer here. SENTENCES… Talk about the work with a descriptor to the work (what is the image of?).

What did you learn about YOUR work today? What did you learn about the work of your classmates? How would you go and CHANGE something that you did? 

Painting and AP Studio Art – CARTER SCHULTZ from Ai (the Art Institutes)

What school of the arts would you like to go to. Ai is good, and there are others also…

Goals:

  • Know about OPPORTUNITIES in the world for DESIGNERS and ARTISTS – Ai Presentation – Carter Schultz
  • What do you THINK about the prospects of becoming a PROFESSIONAL ARTIST – based on the knowledge that you currently have…

Questions for Carter – HAVE ONE by the end of the presentation. YOU WILL ALL RAISE YOUR HANDS!

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#POPArt and the RESOLUTION of it all. How would the #Griswolds sing about making #art? Hmmm

“In not stating the goal to the students and wording them so they are understandable… it is like a family going on a trip with Dad in the driver’s seat and him not sharing what the destination is or how long the trip is going to take. Dad knows where he’s going, but the rest of the family has no clue.” – Frank Korb

On the ROAD again! Testing is over for today and we’re on the ROAD AGAIN! Let’s Sing a song to CELEBRATE our journey together – our ART journey!

EXTRA CREDIT BELOW!

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Studio Art 360 – Color Schemes and POP Art – WRAP IT UP by WEDNESDAY!

PEANUT BUTTER ALLERGIES? Stay away from THIS art! http://ed_wp-content_v2.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/food_streetart_logos_03.jpg

Goals:

  • G: 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • Today is the 2nd to the LAST day to work in class… what do you need to do to WRAP IT UP?

What are the 4 color schemes you have used? What do you need to do this evening to FINISH? Are you done?

Painting – Color Schemes and PAINTING of the ABSTRACT Composition!

Color blending in Kasmir Malevich’s Russian works. http://www.shafe.co.uk/crystal/images/lshafe/Malevich_The_Knife_Grinder_1912.jpg

Goals:

  • G:  2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • Third REAL day of painting – What are you looking to accomplish today? Look at your painting FIRST… them answer this question?

Looking at your painting today… what DID you accomplish? What are you pleased with and what are you NOT happy with? 

AP Studio Art – Concentration and CRITIQUE!

Think about the idea of the PORTRAIT! How can you do it in engaging fashion? How can you engage your viewers in all your works? CONCENTRATION HERE!

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.
  • What did you hear others say about the work in front of you YESTERDAY? How did that HELP or HINDER your thoughts about your work or the work of your classmates?

Thinking about the ideas that were spoken about in the CRITS… where do you see yourself going in the next three works? The NEXT 3 works will be due in TWO WEEKS from MONDAY – Monday the 10. What do you have to do in the next 12 school days?

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#MakingArt and #TalkingArt – #MakerMovement – #Critique – and get out and #VOTE!

WHOEVER PUT THE FOREIGN SUBSTANCE IN MY FISH BOWL… PLEASE RETHINK YOUR CHOICES. WHAT WAS THE POINT OF POTENTIALLY HURTING MY FISH. DID SHE MAKE YOU MAD? DID I? IF I DID, TALK TO ME… DON’T HURT MY FISH.

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Are you 18? Have you registered to VOTE today? This may not be social studies, but the right to vote is YOURS and ARTISTS have fought along side of all those who have NOT been able to vote until they were. GET OUT AND REGISTER and then VOTE!
Are you 18? Have you registered to VOTE today? This may not be social studies, but the right to vote is YOURS and ARTISTS have fought along side of all those who have NOT been able to vote until they were. GET OUT AND REGISTER and then VOTE!

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“In not stating the goal to the students and wording them so they are understandable… it is like a family going on a trip with Dad in the driver’s seat and him not sharing what the destination is or how long the trip is going to take. Dad knows where he’s going, but the rest of the family has no clue.” – Frank Korb

Oh NO! What SHALL WE DO? It is all part of the journey! http://cdn.mos.totalfilm.com/images/n/national-lampoons-christmas-vacation-3339-p-1374489086-645-75.jpg

 EXTRA CREDIT BELOW!

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Studio Art 360 – Color Schemes and POP Art – WRAP IT UP by WEDNESDAY!

Mark Rothko Chapel – Let’s take 5 Minutes to visit the ideas once more before we work… THEN WE WORK!
What? Sharpie on the wall… REMEMBER TO NOT PARTICIPATE IN GRAFFITI! http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3684/10111213266_057434c5bd_o.jpg

Goals:

  • 1.2P: Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.
  • What is one thing you would like to know more about when it comes to ACRYLIC PAINTS / PAINTING? N: PAINT and PAINT and PAINT.

What is working? What do you need to do to continue to move forward with your works? It is DUE at the BEGINNING of class on THURSDAY (?). What do you need to do to be DONE… not ALMOST done, but DONE!

Painting – Color Schemes and PAINTING of the ABSTRACT Composition!

How to STAIN a canvas? Helen Frankenthaller could teach us a thing or two… http://www.thebohmerian.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Jewish-American-abstract-expressionist-painter-and-artist-Helen-Frankenthaler-photographed-working-in-her-new-york-studio-by-Austrian-photographer-Ernst-Haas-2.jpg

Goals:

  • 2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.
  • Yesterday was a new start for some of you. What are your concerns about the process of painting with Acrylics?

What CHALLENGES did you face today? How did you go about SOLVING that challenge?

AP Studio Art – Concentration and CRITIQUE!

Cat Vukodinovuch and her concentration HERE!

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.
  • What are you HOPING to take from a CRITIQUE today? What are you hoping to contribute?

What DID you TAKE or GIVE in the process of the crit?