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WELCOME TO SECOND SEMESTER! Some NEW faces, and SOME we’ve seen before! You are ALL welcome! Let’s make some AWESOME ART together!

What is Art? Anges Martin “Art is the concrete representation of our most subtle feelings.” Art In America (p.124, 1996)

I can… choose solutions to problems and describe the impact of my choices on myself and others.

We are going to look at Daily and Weekly Studio Habits as a formative and perhaps summative assessment. How one works in the studio has a huge affect on how they make their art and you are going to be aware and knowledgeable of your studio choices.

Artist Habits of Mind

More for you to explore here: https://www.artcorelearning.org/studio-habits-of-mind

Our classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below. To make things easier for me… I have simplified the website so that it is better for the day to day in the classroom. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links SHOULD take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

6th Grade: One Point Perspective

Link to lesson plans HERE!

7th Grade: Paper Mache and FUNCTIONAL ART

Link to lesson plans HERE!

8th Grade 2D Design: Photoshop and FIRE

Many ways to create the illusion of fire… Dig deeper than what I am going to share in studio.

Link to lesson plans HERE!

8th Grade Sculpture: Claymation – Let’s Make a MOVIE

Link to lesson plans HERE!

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ARTISTS – This is our LAST WEEK together… What Can We Accomplish In 2 Days? Monday – It’s all about TEACHERS and Encore Classes!

MONDAY!

“Being able to work cleverly with your hands is a form of intelligence in itself, and one that’s often overlooked and disregarded.”

Florian Gatsby, Potter, By My Hands: A Potter’s Apprenticeship

https://www.floriangadsby.com/book

LAUNCH: What is your favorite cup / mug to drink out of? What are two things about it that make it special to you or make it your favorite? Write these out on your sticky notes and then take 23.325 seconds to turn and share your thoughts with your neighbor.

Today we are working on HAND BUILDING Cups, Mugs, or Trees.

You will also get some demonstration AND hands on the WHEEL if you are so inclined.

HERE is our assignment for the day! You EACH will have a copy of this for your own reference… if you were a student of ours you would have it in Google Classroom. Let’s get started!

CLOSING: What is one part of the process that you felt very comfortable and / or confident with in the making of your clay work? Why?

Tuesday – Friday: We are going to CLEAN OUR LOCKERS and TAKE HOME ALL OUR WORK. Some will stay with me for an art show coming up so… be OK with that please.

I can choose solutions to problems and describe the impact of my choices on myself and others.

The classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below… we are simplifying the website so that it is better for the day to day in the classroom. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links SHOULD take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

6th Grade: Assessment and Photography this week!

https://www.treehugger.com/tips-for-better-macro-photography-on-your-phone-4868419

Link to lesson plans HERE!

7th Grade: Photoshop and Inspirational Posters

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/58441894

Link to lesson plans HERE!

8th Grade 2D Design: Rotoscoping I Think I’ll Leave This Post As It Is…

Link to lesson plans HERE!

8th Grade Sculpture: Claymation

Link to lesson plans HERE!

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SO MUCH TO DO and so little time to do it… Let’s Make Art!

I can use different styles of communication to express thoughts and ideas, negotiate conflicts, and resolve disagreements.

“All art is quite useless.” — Oscar Wilde: Art isn’t utilitarian, and if it is, perhaps it isn’t art. Art serves a non-practical role in our lives, but that does not mean that it is not vital or necessary. One’s individual identity and our collective identity as a culture have no clear serviceability, but they are critical to our ability to function as a society. Kit White © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kit White

The classes begin in Google Classroom AND from the lesson plans below… we are simplifying the website so that it is better for the day to day in the classroom. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links SHOULD take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

6th Grade: Assessment and Photography this week!

https://images.app.goo.gl/kcbH4TvdWSgYvHos9

Link to lesson plans HERE!

7th Grade: Photoshop and Inspirational Posters

https://www.art.com/products/p27435715658-sa-i7151072/quiet-moments.htm?upi=F6H7P80&sOrigID=1945

Link to lesson plans HERE!

8th Grade 2D Design: Rotoscoping

Link to lesson plans HERE!

8th Grade Sculpture: Claymation

Link to lesson plans HERE!

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WELCOME BACK and HAPPY NEW YEAR! The break was SO NEEDED and now we are in the final throws of the semester. Let’s finish up with ENERGY!

Assessment is HUGE this week: I can listen to and respond appropriately when receiving constructive feedback from others.

“There are three responses to a piece of design – yes, no, and WOW! Wow is the one to aim for.” Milton Glaser

The classes begin in Google Classroom and from the lesson plans below… we are simplifying the website so that it is better for the day to day in the classroom. PLEASE feel free to visit the day to day and see what we are working on in the studio. The links SHOULD take you to the Table of Contents… find the current week to see what we are doing.

6th Grade: Assessment and Photography this week!

Link to lesson plans HERE!

7th Grade: Photography Editing and Assembling the slides to print.

Link to lesson plans HERE!

8th Grade 2D Design: Digital Art and Photoshop – Assembling the slideshow and Assessment of the artwork.

Link to lesson plans HERE!

8th Grade Sculpture: Assessment and Presenting of the work.

Link to lesson plans HERE!

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#Making #Art as the #Week #Ends – #Thursday in the #Studio

“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good…” Ira Glass

Drawing: Tomorrow – MID CRIT – What do you have to show?

2.1Ac: Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form.

What skills do you want to demonstrate as we prepare for the mid-crit for tomorrow.

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Fred Bell : https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wSxmce88u2Y/WBP1-gWb0zI/AAAAAAAAEVk/KarrZZchi-InsTs3WASwutM7pEEs91KBgCPcB/s1600/IMG_1288.JPG

Take a look at the FIRST portion of the back of the rubric and fill out the EXECUTION portion of it.

Studio Art 360: The GRID and your CANVAS

3.1P: Apply relevant criteria from traditional and contemporary cultural contexts to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for works of art and design in progress.

What challenges did you have in the finding of SHAPE in the portrait? Talk for 2.67 minutes to your table about the process.

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Alex Katz’s Ted Barrigan. Portrait: https://assets.paddle8.com/media/editorial/entry/1452526259-alex-katz-ted-berrigan.jpeg

How have you begun to transfer the images to the canvas? Success? Not as much? Why? Explain.

AP Studio Art: Concentration – Mid Crit on Monday? Sketchbook Looks on Friday.

Research and Information Fluency – Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.

What problems are you having with the BLOG / WordPress program – uploading? Writing? Maneuvering around the site?

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Sam Francis in the studio – Look at ALL THE WORKS! http://www.samfrancis.com/images/samfrancis/Portraits/Zoom/sam_francis_untitled_1992cf.jpg

What do you need to do in order to have ALL your work (made so far this year) photographed, edited, and uploaded to the website?

 

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February 16, 2013 – Saturday – ABC’s of Art 2013

The Newest ABC of the Arts: E – H
By: Frank Korb
January 2013

Frank Korb

Frank Korb

In 2002 and again in 2007, John Tusa of The Guardian wrote the ABC’s of what was facing the world of the arts and how to deal with them. Inspired by his ABC’s, these are my 26 thoughts on the importance of support of the arts in school systems and communities across the country / world.

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E is for Education – The lessons and skills learned in the making of art are enhanced through the lessons and skills developed through the exhibition of art as the artist keeps the goals of presentation, conversation, and appreciation in mind as the work is created.

F is for Fine Art – The final product (but for the artist not the most important part of the art – that would be process) that the hard and dedicated work an artist strives to produce and be recognized for.

G is for Goals – It is all about setting them, working towards them, and then reflecting upon them as they are completed (or not completed). The presentation and conversation allows for the “wall” to be the Goal for the learning and a place for reflecting upon the ideas of whether or not those goals were accomplished in the process. What is it that we hope to learn from the process of making art? Is is only about the manipulation of a medium on a ground? Is it only about the plasticity of a clay or metal? Is it just the digital images put into the computer and reproduced through the printer? NO! The objectives are larger than the simple “art making” and revolve around History, Aesthetics, and Art Criticism.

H is for Holistic – It starts with concepts to practice, then practice to presentation, presentation to conversation, conversation to appreciation. The appreciation on a gallery wall is the final space that artists work long and hard to achieve recognition (one more step would be to the hands and walls of the arts patron – but that is another story).

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NEXT WEEK: I, J, K, AND L.

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Frank

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February 9, 2013 – Saturday? The NEWEST ABS’s of Art

The Newest ABC of the Arts
By: Frank Korb
January 2013

Frank Korb
Frank Korb

In 2002 and again in 2007, John Tusa of The Guardian wrote the ABC’s of what was facing the world of the arts and how to deal with them. Inspired by his ABC’s, these are my 26 thoughts on the importance of support of the arts in school systems and communities across the country / world.

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A is for Assessment – One’s self and the evaluation of others needs for evaluation and assessment of hard and dedicated work is essential in a well rounded and successful art education. With a focus on the learning of technique and terms as well as a space that allows for REAL exhibition – knowing that the work will earn a space on the white wall of the gallery – gives more credence to the learning and assessment of that learning.

B is for Business – The operations of what it takes to be an artist and to deal with a gallery (space) becomes a needed aspect of courses  taught and give the students an understanding (or at least exposure) to the marketing, hanging, organizing, business end of being a professional artist. When the first show is up, opened, appreciated and critiques, and finally taken down, the learning of the hard work of being an artist in the truest sense of the job, is finally understood.

C is for Collaboration – Working with individuals from the arts community, gaining ideas and insights from professionals, and developing ideas together are skills and tools that are often looked for in professionals entering the working world. the gallery space would give students, faculty, and the community these opportunities to work together to reinforce the importance of the Arts in our growing community and culture.

D is for Development – Art making, speaking, and critiquing skills are abilities that are important aspects of the student’s education that need to be honed and developed. Art in the schools and community, and a space to share those artworks and skills allow for skills to be developed and delivered in an honorable and respectable way, thus  allowing for artistic pride in one’s work to be reinforced.

NEXT WEEK: E, F, G, and H.

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Frank