Due Dates

Due to the assembly and shortened classes...

Monday 5-3-10 the Culture Project needs to be done at the CONCLUSION OF CLASS. Some of you need to work on it over the weekend.

Tuesday 5-4-10 ORAL Presentation (Guidelines to be handed out in class 4-30 and are on the previous blog post)

Oral Component to the Cultural Project

DRAWING CLASS CULTURAL PROJECT

By Monday May 3rd RESEARCH and BRING IN NOTES to prepare for an oral presentation in class.

TOPIC: The role of artists in the culture you are studying.

Where do you start when you look for information? First, consider what an artist does? Artists do more than paint, sculpt and build buildings. They design city plans, they design and make clothing, they create functional objects, decorative objects, or structures. This is just a small list of what an artist does in a society. Find specifics about your culture in particular.

Research to find 10 roles of artists in the culture you are studying and include a VISUAL example of each (for example when you talk to the class share one of the images you drew in your sketch book).

Your information should be organized in a LIST.

Impressionism and LACMA

I typed a reflection based upon your classwork and the upcoming museum visit. The Impressionism Artwork and the reflection are due to me NO LATER THAN class on Friday 4-23-10. The reflection MUST be typed.

DO Look over the reflection questions prior to the museum visit, or else you will have a difficult time completing it. Some of the questions can be completed now, others not until you visit the exhibition.

The document is saved on the class website under KEY DOCUMENTS.

Due Dates

1. Impressionist Color Pencil work ... Monday 4-19-10

We DO have block 1 on Tuesday April 20th...then we leave for the field trip

2. Culture information brought in...computer derived images, color is preferable. DUE in class Monday 4-19-10

Were to look to figure out a culture? My classroom - look at the Art History Books, check out the APAH blog (http://macvayapah.blogspot.com/) the smarthistory link and the art history resources on the web art great links.

Some to choose:
Non-Western: Egypt, Africa, America before the Age of Exploration, Oceania, Australian, India, China, Japan, The Ancient Near East

Western: Greece, Rome, British Isles, European countries, America

Fourth Quarter Starts Tuesday April 13th

Everyone needs to stay on track with the assignments from the fourth quarter so that the year ends on a STRONG note. We will start out with colored pencils...Impressionists work. Make sure you read the information from a previous blog about Impressionism.

A cultures project will be explained this week and start next week. Remember that Ms. Carson leaves her room open for you before school (from 6:30 on), at lunch (except for her lunch duty day) and after school. Take advantage of the extra time if you miss class or need more time to complete an assignment. Creative projects, like reading novels, take a different amount of time for each person...only so much time is allotted in class.

See everyone tomorrow.

Field trip April 20th...NEXT TUESDAY

do not forget to tell your teachers and coaches about the trip!! Arrange to make up work AHEAD of TIME!

Bonus Opportunities

Upcoming:
April 18th Family Drop in Day (Sunday 1-3)
April 21st Teen Art Cafe'(Wednesday at 6)
April 22nd Seldom Seen Salvador Dali's The Three Graces (Thursday 7 pm)
April 24th Art in Context (Saturday 2 pm)
April 28th Guest Lecture Series (Wednesday 7 pm)

Details on earlier blog post (start of semester)

After Break

Please make sure to have your colored pencils...we'll work on an IMPRESSIONIST inspired work...prior to viewing the Renoir exhibit on the 20th of April at LACMA.

Read more about Impressionism at: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/glo/impressionism/