Art Magazine Assignment

Hey ninth graders! Together we are going to create an Art Magazine featuring interviews with some of history´s most famous artist. In pairs, you will research an artist and write interviews (obviously fake, since most of them are dead), design nice layouts and print so we can later put them together. This is part one of our proyect and must be turned in on or before next tuesday, May 1st, and is worth 50 points.

Part two will be to create a conmemorative piece based on their artwork, the kind of things you see in a museum gift shop (coffee mugs, plates, T-shirts, stuff like that—the more original the better). This is due on or before Tuesday, May 8th, and is worth 25 points.

Here is how you will proceed today:

1)   Choose a partner (only one)

2)   Choose your artist from this list, and let me know right away
http://totallyhistory.com/art-history/famous-artists/

3)   Research this artist online and write an “interview” for an Art Review magazine. DON´T JUST ASK QUESTIONS—you must write about their work as well.

You may research artist interviews online for ideas. Here is a good one:

http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2011/04/13/how-to-interview-an-artist/

After you have your interview, email it to me (a.casals@gcnewhorizons.net). Start working on your layout, which will be two 8.5”x11” pages (just like in a magazine). Get images online. When you have finished designing, you must turn printed.

In the next class we will put the layouts together to create the magazine and start working on your museum pieces, unless you bring them from home.

10th grade assignment: Joseph Cornell Boxes

Welcome back! Now that we´ve gotten our creative groove back with the Impossible Product Design project, it´s time to sink our teeth into something more ambitious. The following project you will have 3 or 4 weeks to complete (NOTE: next friday´s teacher training was cancelled so we will be working next week).

This purpose of this assignment is to create a personal cabinet or box. Just as you can’t judge a book by its cover, or a person by their outward appearance the problem that you must solve in creating this cabinet is for the inside and outside of this cabinet to be different. An object of contrasts!

One of the most famous and noted artists who worked with boxes and the concept of placing images inside a shadow type box was Joseph Cornell. Before you delve further into this assignment, you will be viewing work by Cornell and other artists who use boxes and altars as a means of expression.

Design Considerations:

Doors. You will be using a jigsaw. Curved lines work well. Angular cuts are very difficult to do. As you design the door front, think about the size and shape of the doors - can you actually cut them?

Outside Design, Color, Pattern, etc. What your completed cabinet looks like on the outside must be different from the inside. You can paint, stencil, draw, stamp, carve, and wood burn the outside of the cabinet. Think about adding to/extending top of the box (to make a "shrine" or retablos)

You can add items to the surface of the cabinet on the sides, doors, and top- remember to consider the weight and balance and how added items will contribute to stability.

Inside: The inside of the box should be personal and meaningful to you. This is not just a useful box or cabinet, this is being created as a work of art. Use the inside of this box to make a personal, political or other such artistically intriguing message. Everyone will be expected to view the web sites listed on the back of this page. 

Legs or No Legs: This is a design decision you must make. You will need to decide this before you actually build the cabinet. If there are legs- what shape, and size? Think about stability.

You will be expected to design this box on paper before you begin.

EVERYONE will be expected to view the following sites for ideas:

• http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cornell/
• http://www.wa-digital.com/LeoKaplan/index.html
• http://www.norton.org/Exhibitions/Archive/JosephCornell/tabid/
• http://members.aol.com/mindwebart2/Cornellcover.htm
• http://www.the-artists.org/ArtistView.cfm
• http://www.udayton.edu/mary/gallery/exhibits/luckett.html
• http://www.artchive.com/artchive/C/cornell.html
• http://www.guggenheimcollection.org/site/artist_works_32_0.html
• http://altpick.com/spot/binkley/index.php
• http://www.casacorazon.com/jesus_sosa_calvo2.html. Also see Jesus Sosa Calvo's Facebook page. You have to be his friend to view his art work.
• http://www.artisticrevolutions.com/AR_gallery_artboxes.html
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoih3hluorM&feature=related here you can get an idea of how to make the box

List some of the ideas you liked from the sites you visited. From these ideas, make another list of themes, messages, or personal statements that will be used inside your cabinet. 

Here is how you will proceed:

From today until next class (Jan. 27) you will gather your materials. Begin by getting your box (if you find nothing else, a shoebox will do but try to find a much nicer box). Also, start sketching the outside of your cabinet (the doors), how it will open and what design it will have. The first thing you will work on is the doors.

Then, you will bring all the materials and work in class. I also recommend you buy a small tube of UHU, i have some large ones but personal ones would be better to work with. I will sit with each of you to check your sketches, answer questions and monitor your progress. Afterwards, you will take what you have finished so far and finish it at home (if you haven´t in class).

On the final day (Feb. 3rd or 10th, depends how far along you are) you will present your boxes along with an Artist Statement.

Good Luck, Have Fun Creating!

Pop Art it is!

The winning modern art movement from last week´s assignment was POP ART (congrats Marlene and María, great job!), so this week´s assignment will be based on the work of it´s most notorious figure, Andy Warhol.

This will be a three part assignment which we will complete between this week and the next. The first part is written; Today I will hand you will a magazine article about Andy Warhol. After reading, I want you to extract 10 sentences with the information you personally found the most interesting, as well as answer the 3 questions that are on the magazine.

Also, check out the websites mentioned in the magazine to look at his work. Choose 3 different pieces and tell me why you like them or not (proper lexicon, please. Mention elements and principles of art). Email me your sentences, images and answers.

While you are reading, I will go around taking your picture. By the time you are finished, I will give you your digital picture and you will begin the second part of your assignment, which is to digitally manipulate it in photoshop to create a silkscreen print effect. Follow this tutorial. You´ll love it, it´s super cool :-). Email me your pimped up photo in jpg format.

Next week is the final assignment. You have to print ONE SQUARE (not all four, just ONE) of the photo in 8.5" x 11", prefferably in color but black and white is acceptable, and bring it in to class. We will create a lithograph using these, but this I will explain next week. If you do not bring the printed picture you cannot work, so DO NOT FORGET.

Good luck, and get to work!

Modern Art Movements

Content objective: Research movements within modern art and examine how they influence each other.

Language Objective: Do an oral presentation about an assigned modern art movement.

Today you will spend the class researching one of the following modern art movements (i will assign) in pairs:

• Impressionism
  
• Post-Impressionism
  
• Expressionism
  
• DaDa
  
• Fauvism
• Cubism
• Bauhaus
• Surrealism
• Abstract Expressionism
  
• Pop Art
  
• Minimalism
  
• Conceptual Art
  
• Post-Modern Art

You must provide the following information about your movement, plus anything else you found interesting:

1) Time period the movement encompasses

2) A brief summary of the most important ideas behind the movement

3) Historical in uences that led up to this movement, or a mention of what came before this movement

4) If the movement was a reaction to something, what was it?

5) The purpose of the movement--what was it trying to say about art

6) Media used by artists of the movement e.g., paint, photography, ready-made objects…

7) Major artists or founders of the movement

8) Characteristics of the artwork representing this movement

9) Initial reaction of the public to the movement

10) Two to three pieces of art work from this movement, along with why they are representative of this period

This is kind of a webquest—when you have finished answering these questions, email them to me (a.casals@gcnewhorizons.net) FIRST ONE TO FINISH GETS A SPECIAL PRIZE! (no, not money).

Next week you will do a BRIEF presentation about this; You may do a Powerpoint, a display, a dramatization or anything you want. Creativity will be highly valued! Much more than just repeating everything you read.

Good luck and please don´t waste time.


Art history sites for research

• Modern Art Timeline
  http://www.notaflag.com/timeline.htm
  Use this interactive timeline to learn about modern art.
  
  
• Interactive Art Timeline
  http://www.the-artfile.com/uk/timeline/timelinemain.htm
  This site is a rich art history resource, complete with succinct descriptions of many of the major art movements and their founders. Scroll to the right for modern art.
  
  
• Interactive Art Timeline
  http://www.sanford-artedventures.com/study/timeline. html
  Use this interactive timeline to learn about art history.
  
  
• About: Conceptual Art
  http://arthistory.about.com/msubmp5.htm
  This About.com site contains a list of links about conceptual art.
  
  
• About: Art History
  http://arthistory.about.com/library/bl101.htm
  This list of art movements is arranged chronologically.
  
  
• About: Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
  http://arthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa021 400a.htm
  This page provides a good explanation of impressionism and postimpressionism.
  
  
• Definition of DaDaism
  http://arthistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site= http%3A%2F%2Fwww.peak.org%2F%7Edadaist%2F English%2FGraphics%2Findex.html
  This site has a concise definition of dadaism.
  
  
• WebMuseum: Impressionism
  http://arthistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site= http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oir.ucf.edu%2Fwm%2Fpaint%2 Fglo%2Fimpressionism%2F
  Visit this in-depth description of impressionism.
  

Storyboarding

This time you will be on your own. Your assignment is to:

1) Adapt your text for the screen (turn it into a screenplay, 3 page minumum) (30 points)

2) Create a storyboard for your script (30 points)

Get to work. You should turn in by the end of the class (in print or by email to a.casals@gcnewhorizons.net) but if not, you have until BEFORE monday. This means i will not receive anything after midnight on Sunday.

Don´t stress too much, these DO NOT have to be technically perfect (example, the script doesn´t HAVE to have all the correct elements, i just need to understand it). You´re high school students, don´t think i´m judging you like professionals. What i am more interested in is creativity when choosing your shots and angles.

Tips

Keep in mind that scripts must be entirely audiovisual, which means you describe the action of write the exact dialogue. Leave out any emotional or internal description. Example:

Miguel walks into the class and stands in front of the board. He starts stretching his arms and legs, striving to get attention. The teacher rolls her eyes. She is very annoyed.

MIGUEL:

Hello everybody, let´s start with some stretching excercies.

Comic books are the best examples of great storyboarding, check some out. Quentin Tarantino is a master filmmaker because he steals from the best ;-)


Helpful links
Screenwriting:
http://www.writersstore.com/how-to-write-a-screenplay-a-guide-to-scriptwriting
http://www.screenwriting.info/

Storyboarding:
http://accad.osu.edu/womenandtech/Storyboard%20Resource/
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/storyboarding-your-film.html

Camera shots and angles:
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/examining-the-various-film-shots.html
http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/short/gramtv.html

Principles of Design

Today´s assignment is to create examples of the Principles of Design. Check out this website to review what we´ve learned:

You have 15 minutes to review this. Afterwards, you will take the sheet of paper i gave you and divide into 6 squares (basically, do one vertical line and 2 parallel horizontal lines). Label each square as follows:

Balance
Rythem & Movement
Proportion
Variety
Emphasis
Contrast

Fill each square with a simple composition which defines these principles. Check out these examples but DO NOT copy them. This excercise must be finished TODAY and is worth 25 points. Coloring is optional, but preferred.

Get to work!