8th Period: DP Visual Arts I HL-8th Period Assignments

Process Portfolio Digital Sketchbook

Use this document to paste images, record URLs as you research, and type out ideas as you investigate and research.

Use your sketchbook as much as possible, but you do not have to print images! Instead, use this document to copy/paste images as you research, copy/paste info, URLs, whatever you need to keep track of as you plan

Use the attached slides to build your Comparative Study


1st Draft is due by the end of this school year, June 17th.


The blue section is your summer homework.

Complete the attached template to guide you through comparing the 3 artworks.


Delete my example content.

Engage in extended research. Teach yourself more about the artwork itself, the artist, the art genre, when and where it was made, and how it is placed within a historical and cultural context.


YELLOW ROWS ARE OPTIONAL but highly recommended if you can find the information.



Complete the attached template. Use bullet points and phrases OR write sentences. Record all of your sources at the bottom of the document.

Engage in extended research. Teach yourself more about the artwork itself, the artist, the art genre, when and where it was made, and how it is placed within a historical and cultural context.


YELLOW ROWS ARE OPTIONAL but highly recommended if you can find the information.



Complete the attached template. Use bullet points and phrases OR write sentences. Record all of your sources at the bottom of the document.

Engage in extended research. Teach yourself more about the artwork itself, the artist, the art genre, when and where it was made, and how it is placed within a historical and cultural context.


YELLOW ROWS ARE OPTIONAL but highly recommended if you can find the information.



Complete the attached template. Use bullet points and phrases OR write sentences. Record all of your sources at the bottom of the document.

This assignment is intended to be NOTES for you to begin to deconstruct the artwork. Do not write whole paragraphs yet!

STEP 1. Choose a method - digital or analog
Option 1: Print a physical copy of Artwork 1. Paste it onto a page in your sketchbook. Using pencil/pen, deconstruct and annotate the formal qualities. Upload a clear picture of your sketchbook page when finished.

Option 2: Use the attached Jamboard (or make your own Google Slide) to visually annotate and diagram the formal qualities in Artwork 1. 


STEP 2. Digitally or physically in your sketchbook...

Deconstruct the formal qualities of the artwork, focusing on HOW elements work together to create PRINCIPLES
Deconstruct the composition - HOW are the elements and subjects structured?
Which formal qualities seem to be the MOST IMPORTANT and most apparent? Why? How do you know that?

See attached document for examples and slideshow for Elements & Principles (vocab to use in your analysis).

This assignment is intended to be NOTES for you to begin to deconstruct the artwork. Do not write whole paragraphs yet!

STEP 1. Choose a method - digital or analog
Option 1: Print a physical copy of Artwork 1. Paste it onto a page in your sketchbook. Using pencil/pen, deconstruct and annotate the formal qualities. Upload a clear picture of your sketchbook page when finished.

Option 2: Use the attached Jamboard (or make your own Google Slide) to visually annotate and diagram the formal qualities in Artwork 1. 


STEP 2. Digitally or physically in your sketchbook...

Deconstruct the formal qualities of the artwork, focusing on HOW elements work together to create PRINCIPLES
Deconstruct the composition - HOW are the elements and subjects structured?
Which formal qualities seem to be the MOST IMPORTANT and most apparent? Why? How do you know that?

See attached document for examples and slideshow for Elements & Principles (vocab to use in your analysis).

This assignment is intended to be NOTES for you to begin to deconstruct the artwork. Do not write whole paragraphs yet!



STEP 1. Choose a method - digital or analog
Option 1: Print a physical copy of Artwork 1. Paste it onto a page in your sketchbook. Using pencil/pen, deconstruct and annotate the formal qualities. Upload a clear picture of your sketchbook page when finished.

Option 2: Use the attached Jamboard (or make your own Google Slide) to visually annotate and diagram the formal qualities in Artwork 1. 


STEP 2. Digitally or physically in your sketchbook...

Deconstruct the formal qualities of the artwork, focusing on HOW elements work together to create PRINCIPLES
Deconstruct the composition - HOW are the elements and subjects structured?
Which formal qualities seem to be the MOST IMPORTANT and most apparent? Why? How do you know that?



See attached document for examples and slideshow for Elements & Principles (vocab to use in your analysis).

Complete this document. If you get stuck, you may need to switch to a new artwork.

Due end of day Wednesday, May 12th but the earlier the better :)

The 3 artworks should have a connecting thread. Some examples include...

Monuments
Use of textiles
Quilting patterns
The grotesque
Reclining Female
Female Nude
Ideas of the 'Venus'
Ideas of the 'Madonna'
Sacred female figures
The gaze
gestural abstract expressionism
directional lighting to create mood
documentary approaches... etc
similar function from different cultures / times
similar purpose but executed differently
similar aesthetic but for different purpose...
similar technique but for different purpose...
similar purpose but different technique...
similar purpose but different aesthetic/medium...

See the Artwork Research resource post for ways to find an artwork to analyze!

Answer the three questions on the attached document. Treat your responses like an informal journal, and be as open, honest and thorough as possible. The more you write the more it will help me to help you :)

Complete one slide for yourself :)


Due end of day Monday, May 3rd

Artwork 2 + optional: Winter technical work

Add Artwork 2, AND any of the work you MIGHT want to include in your exhibition from our winter practice sessions.

What is the function of this artwork? 
What is the purpose of this artwork?

Raising an Invisible Monument
2019 - ongoing
Augmented Reality (app)
Nicole Marroquin

When everyone is finished, please READ each other's answers!

More info -
https://www.nicolemarroquin.com/raising-an-invisible-monument
https://3arts.org/projects/invisible-monument/
Clay sculpture project: https://www.nicolemarroquin.com/made-of-clay/cabeza-de-barro/b569e43a-6e64-4571-a215-632a21871c5c-county%20baby.jpg

1. What is the function of this artwork? 
2. What is the purpose of this artwork?

96 Acres Project
2012-2016
site-specific art; projections onto Cook County Jail exterior wall
Maria Gaspar

When everyone is finished, please READ each other's answers!

More info -
https://docubase.mit.edu/project/96-acres-project/
https://www.instagram.com/96acresproject/?hl=en

What is the function of this artwork? 
What is the purpose of this artwork?


villa deponie (house from the landfill)
waste, garbage, bottles, rubber
Dan Peterman

When everyone is finished, please READ each other's answers!

More info -
http://www.danpeterman.com/

http://www.danpeterman.com/2014/05/villa-deponie-house-from-landfill.html

What is the function of this artwork? How do you know? Refer to details from the work itself in your justification.


ANCINTOLOCA “ Man and The Black Snake"
2017
Immersive Mixed Reality Performance
Santiago X

When everyone is finished, please READ each other's answers!

More info -
https://santiagox.com/work#/aticintoloca/
Link to performance: https://vimeo.com/271338339

What is the function of this artwork? How do you know? Refer to details from the work itself in your justification.

Bear Champ (ongoing series, recurring character)
ongoing
paint on masonry
JC Rivera

When everyone is finished, please READ each other's answers!

More info -
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170914/old-town/bears-mural-project-champ-jcrivera-newcity-boxer-artist/


Related - Sentrock:  https://sentrock.com/

Attach a clear, evenly lit photo of your artwork for the critique on April 6th.


Add your artwork onto your web page.

If you need more time to finish it or revise it, that's fine - but you should have it in a decent shape for others to view for this critique. I will provide you with feedback at this time as well.

What is the function of this artwork? How do you know? Refer to details from the work itself in your justification.

Wall of Respect
1967
paint on masonry
various artists; OBAC

When everyone is finished, please READ each other's answers!

More info -
https://interactive.wttw.com/art-design-chicago/wall-respect

What is the function of this artwork? How do you know? Refer to details from the work itself in your justification.

Mobile Street Art Cart Project
2016 - ongoing
Cart on wheels with silk screen print press and art materials
William Estrada

When everyone is finished, please READ each other's answers!

More info -
https://werdmvmntstudios.com/home.html

His YouTube channel, Arte con Maestro William: https://www.youtube.com/user/werdmvmnt/videos
Facebook page for the art cart: https://www.facebook.com/719508934864366/videos/732920240189902
Funding video: https://3arts.org/projects/mobile-street-art-cart/

Attach a picture of your sketchbook here, OR attach a screenshot of the photos you took.

Combining YOUR own art making style with elements of the professional artwork you investigated, practice your chosen medium in the style that your final artwork will be in. In your sketchbook or with your camera, practice doing details or parts of your end goal.

For example, need to have a hand or eye in your drawing? Practice drawing 5+ hands.
Want to use directional lighting with shadows in your pictures? Practice taking shadow pictures.

Attach clear picture(s) of your sketchbook page(s) in which you develop your initial concept for Artwork #2.

On these pages, include:
- 3-4 thumbnail sketches with DIFFERENT composition ideas, begin practicing drawing or rendering in the style you intend to use
- annotations with reflections, ideas, brainstorming, journaling, rationales about these ideas

For digital artwork, create diagrams like lighting diagrams, set up diagrams, possible compositions, list of props, etc
For film & animation: all above for digital artwork plus storyboard
For sculpture: diagrams, measurements, sizing, materials list, etc

What is the function of this artwork? How do you know? Refer to details from the work itself in your justification.

Propped
1992
Oil on canvas
Jenny Saville

When everyone is finished, please READ each other's answers!

More info -
https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/the-groundbreaking-self-portrait-that-launched-jenny-savilles-career
https://www.artlyst.com/features/jenny-saville-propped-1992-significant-works-sue-hubbard/
https://www.thebroad.org/art/jenny-saville

What is the function of this artwork? How do you know? Refer to details from the work itself in your justification.

Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial (Nameless Memorial)
2000
Concrete
Rachel Whiteread


When everyone is finished, please READ each other's answers!

More info -
https://www.visitingvienna.com/sights/museums/holocaust-memorial/
https://www.re-thinkingthefuture.com/designing-for-typologies/a2623-judenplatz-holocaust-memorial-by-rachel-whiteread-a-plethora-of-signs/

** Answer on Pear Deck or here today**
What is the function of this artwork? How do you know? Refer to details from the work itself in your justification.

The Child’s Bath
1893
Oil on canvas
Mary Cassatt

When everyone is finished, please READ each other's answers!

More info -
https://www.marycassatt.org/
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cast/hd_cast.htm

In a private comment, please tell me the names of anyone whom you would prefer to work with...
Any other information I should know?

This will be your peer support group for the rest of the semester.

What is the function of this artwork? How do you know? Refer to details from the work itself in your justification.

Bonus Question: how does the choice of medium & art making process enhance the function & purpose?

Cut Piece
1964 in Kyoto, Japan (she has since performed it several other times in various cities)
Performance
Yoko Ono

When everyone is finished, please READ each other's answers!

More info -
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-yoko-onos-5-iconic-works
https://walkerart.org/collections/artists/yoko-ono

What is the function of this artwork? How do you know? Refer to details from the work itself in your justification.

Bonus Question: how does the choice of medium & art making process enhance the function & purpose?

Sly Offering
2001
Vegetable color, dry pigment, watercolor, ink and tea on wasli paper
8 1/2 x 5 inches
Shazia Sikander

When everyone is finished, please READ each other's answers!

More info -
https://www.shahziasikander.com/
Watch: https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s1/shahzia-sikander-in-spirituality-segment/

Attach clear photo(s) of your artwork analysis sketchbook page(s) here!
See attached slideshow for instructions and examples.

What is the function of this artwork? How do you know? Refer to details from the work itself in your justification.

Bonus Question: how does the choice of medium & art making process enhance the function & purpose?

Gnaw
1992
Chocolate, lard
Janine Antoni

In her work Gnaw (1992), Antoni used her mouth and the activity of eating or chewing to carve two 600 lb (300 kg) cubes, one made of chocolate and the other of lard. She used the chewed out bits to create chocolate boxes and lipstick tubes, which she then displayed in a mock store front.

When everyone is finished, please READ each other's answers!

More info -
http://www.janineantoni.net/

What is the function of this artwork? How do you know? Refer to details from the work itself in your justification.

Bonus Question: how does the choice of medium & art making process enhance the function & purpose?

The Liberation of Aunt Jemima
1972
Assemblage
Betye Saar

When everyone is finished, please READ each other's answers!

More info -
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-betye-saar-transformed-aunt-jemima-symbol-black-power
https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/betye-saar-the-liberation-of-aunt-jemima
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvJvyFBcvD4

Analyze the MOST DOMINANT formal qualities of this artwork.

Dominant = intentionally enhances the function and purpose; most visually apparent

Until You Change (series)
2020
Photograph
Paola Paredes

When everyone is finished, please READ each other's answers!

More info - MASSIVE TRIGGER WARNING Do NOT click if you are sensitive re: abuse, rape, LGBTQA+!! Very explicit content.
https://www.paolaparedes.com/copy-of-until-you-change-1

Analyze the MOST DOMINANT formal qualities of this artwork.

Dominant = intentionally enhances the function and purpose; most visually apparent

Allegiance with Wakefulness,
1994.
Photograph
Shirin Neshat

When everyone is finished, please READ each other's answers! This is important!

Yes or No please :)

Always anonymous! But we love to show off your amazing work!!!

@boycp-finearts

Analyze the MOST DOMINANT formal qualities of this artwork.

Dominant = intentionally enhances the function and purpose; most visually apparent

All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins
2019-2020
Installation: pumpkins, paint, LED lights, mirrors in a large room
Yayoi Kusama

When everyone is finished, please READ each other's answers! This is important!

More info:
https://whitney.org/exhibitions/yayoi-kusama
https://icamiami.org/exhibition/yayoi-kusama/
https://www.tripzilla.com/yayoi-kusama-infinity-mirror-rooms/97830

Attach a clear photo of your mind map :)

Analyze the MOST DOMINANT formal qualities of this artwork.

Dominant = intentionally enhances the function and purpose; most visually apparent

Black Iris
1926
Oil on canvas
Georgia O'Keefe

When everyone is finished, please READ each other's answers! This is important!

More info:
https://www.okeeffemuseum.org/

How does the artist’s choice of medium enhance the function and purpose of the artwork?

Calling Cards
1986
Performance art, offset lithograph on paper
Adrian Piper

When everyone is finished, please READ each other's answers! This is important!

Attach clear photo of your sketchbook page listing your 20+ memories. See attached for my list!

Not required - Bonus: make your page(s) look pretty!

Following along in class, complete the Artwork Analysis worksheet for the artwork Welcome to America by Yvette Mayorga

In a private comment, please briefly tell me what your intentions or idea was in making this collage. It's okay if it was purely experimental!

Please upload a clear picture of your collage here. You may also include detail photos.

Write 1 complete sentence in which you analyze some of the formal qualities of this artwork.

Demise Shrouds project (series of work)
2017
Faheem Majeed (local Chicago artist!!)

Try this formula to help you out: Element + element = principle
What is the impact on the viewer? Think “therefore…” or in order to... Cause → effect
No need to interpret the meaning - focus on the formal qualities.

Done early? Get some more info here:
https://www.faheemmajeed.com/demise-shrouds

https://floatingmuseum.org/Transit --> "With CTA we aimed to confront and challenge notions about who belongs where, who is allowed to take up space, who is allowed to narrativize their own stories, and who is allowed to create; especially those notions that are fundamentally racist, sexist, ableist, classist, elitist, and ageist."

When everyone is finished, please READ each other's answers! This is important!

Write 1 complete sentence in which you analyze some of the formal qualities of this artwork.

La Mulata de Cordobo
2017
Ras Levy

Try this formula to help you out: Element + element = principle

What is the impact on the viewer?
Think “therefore…” or in order to...
Cause → effect

No need to interpret the meaning - focus on the formal qualities.

Done early? Get some more info here:
https://blavity.com/not-all-cops-are-bad-means-nothing?category1=opinion&category2=community-submitted https://remezcla.com/features/art/mexico-negro-art-exhibit/

When everyone is finished, please READ each other's answers! This is important!

Over the weekend, build a ground (optional: paint it or create a bottom layer using something) on a piece of cardboard, poster paper, canvas, wood, or board. If you must, use your sketchbook but only as a last resort.

Then arrange your collage pieces into at least 5 different possible compositions. Take pictures of each arrangement, and put them on this slide. DO NOT GLUE ANYTHING YET!!!!!

Remember that you can use any materials for your collage. Newspapers, magazines, random clippings, old mail, brochures, print outs, old papers, fabrics, textiles, zippers, buttons, shavings, anything really!

Note: the whole class WILL see this slide.

Write 1 complete sentence in which you analyze some of the formal qualities of this artwork.

Untitled Skull
1982
Jean-Michel Basquiat

Try this formula to help you out: Element + element = principle

What is the impact on the viewer?
Think “therefore…” or in order to...
Cause → effect

No need to interpret the meaning - focus on the formal qualities.

Done early? Go check out this website: http://basquiat.com/
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/07/jean-michel-basquiat-artist-or-celebrity/561728/

There is a movie about him called The Radiant Child, available to stream on Amazon Prime. Or this crappy version on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GZDEzchusE

When everyone is finished, please READ each other's answers! This is important!

Write 1 complete sentence in which you analyze some of the formal qualities of this artwork.

The Migration Series, Panel no. 1: During World War I there was a great migration north by southern African Americans,
1940–1941
Jacob Lawrence

Try this formula to help you out: Element + element = principle

What is the impact on the viewer?
Think “therefore…” or in order to...
Cause → effect

No need to interpret the meaning - focus on the formal qualities.

Done early? Go check out this website: https://lawrencemigration.phillipscollection.org/

When everyone is finished, please READ each other's answers! This is important!

Ideally, this is digitally created.

But your computer is dying doing this, make it in your sketchbook instead.

Attach a screenshot showing me your current digital artwork in progress.
Step-by-step guide attached!

I need your parent/guardian to fill out this form (you can help them, I'm not asking questions) Please choose either English or Spanish, and then turn this in when you are complete.

Why? If you recall, I briefly mentioned that I will need to do a short video recording to renew my National Board teaching license. <3

Attach your final edited photo(s) here, then place it onto the class slideshow.

Prompt: Use rule of thirds + directional lighting to compose a photograph that communicates an intended mood and/or theme.

Option 1 - reshoot the same subject but better or continue that series
Option 2 - new subject, new theme, new vibe

In the end you will edit and share 1 photo. OR a short series that go together: a pair or maybe 3.

How many photos do I need to do? As many as it takes to get the right one(s).

Step 1. Put your BEST 1-2 edited photo(s) somewhere on this Jamboard. Let's do only 3-5 photos on a slide so we can see them. Please add a little label under your photo with your name!

Step 2. In a private comment OR on a document:
1. Review everyone's photos across all of the Jamboard slides. Which photos strike you as being particularly technically and conceptually successful? Why? What criteria do they meet for you as the viewer?

2. Reflect on your work with photography this past week. How was the experience for you? What aspects are you proud of? What was the hardest component of the process for you? Why? Are you interested in exploring photography further? What type(s) of photography might you be interested in learning about in the future?

The absolute best two photos, edited, from any of the ones you took in the last week!
Is it in focus? Is it properly exposed?
Am I proud of this photo? Would I want to print it?

Take 30+ photos of any subject matter, using directional lighting AND rule of thirds. See the attached slideshow for explanations and examples, including all of the photos I shared with you of my own. Nearly all of them have rule of thirds, and they ALL use directional lighting just found around my home (mostly window light).

Submit screenshots showing the photos you took - even the bad ones!

Open your copy of the attached document, and follow along in class. Though you may be tempted to work ahead, try to stay with us during class time.

Kerry James Marshall, Campfire Girls, 1995. Acrylic and collage on canvas;
103 × 114 in. (261.6 × 289.6 cm).
Collection of Dick and Gloria Anderson
Photo: E. G. Schemp

Use the attached 3 step process to guide your small group critique. Choose a timekeeper. Each artist should get ~10 minutes. As your group is discussing your work, take notes at the bottom of this document OR if you prefer, you can take notes in your sketchbook and attach a picture of that instead.

HIGHLY recommend that you PRACTICE using the media, practice blending colors, take trial photos, photograph your set-up and shooting location, etc etc.

Please show me your refined and revised concept for this artwork, including 2 new thumbnails of 2 new compositions, as well as annotations and a clearly written explanation of the new idea - what changes are you making? why did you change it? How will this impact the viewer differently? How is your visual imagery working to show the viewer your concept?

Attach a CLEAR, evenly lit photo of your drawing(s). DO NOT TELL ME WHICH SCENARIOS YOU CHOSE - I will guess!

Option 1 - make two drawings, one for each scenarios
Option 2 - make one drawing, combining two scenarios

Attach a clear photo of your sketchbook page(s) of the initial idea for Artwork 1.

Clear picture of your artist investigation page in your sketchbook

1. Choose ONE artist to investigate who inspires you to work on your personal object-inspired artwork.
2. Use the attached document to organize your research in preparation of creating your first "critical investigation" artist screen. Be sure to copy/paste ALL URLs you use at the top!

Attach a clear picture of your finished mind map. Your page should be FULL and it should be organized. Add doodles, sketches, labels, annotations and color as needed to increase clarity and thoughtfulness.

*Attach a clear, evenly lit picture of your drawing*

Apply all three drawing methodologies to draw your object to the best of your ability.
- Begin by lightly sketching out the gist of your object (gesture drawing, focus on finding shapes & forms)
- Use careful hand-eye coordination to draw what you actually see, focusing on where lines & shapes line up to each other
- Apply shading to create and enhance details

Note - I'm not finished yet with my drawings attached below, but I wanted to show you my progress

Please upload a clear picture of your practice shading page in your sketchbook. Take the picture as clear as possible! Straight on, even lighting, no shadows. You may need to move your book around to get the best view. No writing necessary - just turn in with the picture attached.

- 3 annotated value scales: segmented, smooth, cross-hatching
- 5 shaded forms: sphere, cone, cylinder, pyramid, cube

Artists often use the objects around them in their every day life to create works of art. Photographers take pictures in creative ways of their everyday surroundings to show us their world through their eyes. Japanese photographer Rinko Kawauchi does exactly this. She photographs her home, and her family, in carefully composed pictures that capture the tone and mood of her surroundings. Before we begin, please explore her website: http://rinkokawauchi.com/en/works/213/

So for our first photography assignment, we are going to do exactly that. In order to get to know you, and each other, better, each of us will create a "Selfie / Not Selfie" Slide. You must include:
- a SELFIE of YOURSELF where I can clearly see you,
- and 8-12 different pictures of things around you that you see in your everyday life. NO PICTURES OF LOGOS!

I will be assembling all of the slides into a class set, but you will work on your own during class today and Monday.

See slide #2 for the guidelines and rules. See slides #3 and #4 for my & Mr Anderson's examples! Follow our example, but create your own arrangement.

What subject matter have you been photographing for your "Not Selfie" slide? Why did you choose these subjects?

In a PRIVATE COMMENT, tell me about your relationship with art.
- What kind(s) of art do you like to make?
- Why do you like art?
- What type(s) of art do you feel most comfortable making?
- What type(s) of art skills are you most interested in improving?