Week Five (FINAL!)

Monday, June 14th: Networking / Getting the Word Out

Due:

• Critical Evaluation FINAL.

Assignment (for next class):

• Finish Business / Grant Proposal and Budget – Due Friday.

Wednesday, June 16th: Wrap-Up

Due:

• networking assignment (of your choosing: postcard, Facebook, etc.)

Assignment (for next class): Final Portfolio!

Friday, June 18th – NO CLASS

Due:

• Final Portfolio – link to your final portfolio must be sent to me via email by midnight on Saturday, June 19th.

Assignments for Week Four

Monday, June 7th: Telling the Story – Narrative Treatments

Due:

• First draft of critical evaluation due.
• Draft project outline and preliminary budget (very basic – for peer review & discussion).
• Journal response (two due anytime this week).

Assignment (for next class):

• Start working on Bubble Project (see handout) / Due Friday.

Wednesday, June 9th: Workshop Day - MEET IN INNOVATION, Room 327 at 7:20

Due:

• Journal response (two due anytime this week).
• Continue updating your website portfolio.

Assignment (for next class):

• Continue working on revising your project or proposal outline and budget.
• Continue working on Critical Evaluation project.
• Continue editing, revising, and polishing your website portfolio.

Friday, June 11th: Work From Home (no actual class)

Due:

• Bubble Project / should be up on your website by midnight; be prepared to show in class next Monday!

Assignment (for next class):

• Critical Evaluation final due next Monday.

Assignments for Week Three

Monday, May 31st – No Class Meetings – Memorial Day Weekend

Wednesday, June 2nd: Marketing Art Online

Due:

• Revised bio and artist statement (posted to your blog).
• Journal response (only one due this week).
• Should be working on your critical evaluation draft.

Assignment (for next class):

• Locate at least three possible (reputable) places that sell art, whether online or in a gallery and within your medium/genre, that is NOT directly through the artist’s website or an established institutional one (i.e. gallery, artist’s collective, etc.). Come into class with the website address, a few printed sample pieces from each site, and be prepared to discuss what works well and what doesn’t about the layout and design of the site, how effectively the artwork is displayed, and how well descriptions of the artwork are written.
• Write a first draft “product” description for two pieces of your own art.
• REMINDER: Critical Evaluation draft – Due Monday, June 7th.
  

Friday, June 4th: Business Proposals, Grants, and Budgets

Due:

• “Product” description (w/ accompanying images).
• Three examples of selling/marketing art online.

Assignment (for next class):

• Create a draft project outline for either a business proposal or grant proposal and create a preliminary budget (see handout).
• Critical evaluation draft due on June 7th!

Assignments for Week Two

Monday, May 24th: “Reading” Images and Visual Literacy

Due:

• Journal response from readings.
• First draft of Bio and Artist Statement.

Assignment (for next class):

• Keep checking out other artist web sites (for layout/design and the way they structure everything).
• Final resume / should go up onto your website portfolio.
• Journal response (only one due this week).

Wednesday, May 26th: Critiquing Art - MEET IN INNOVATION, Room 328

Due:

• Final resume should be up on your website portfolio.
• Bring a sample “review” to class for discussion & be prepared to discuss what works well, what doesn’t, and why.

Assignment (for next class on June 2nd):

• Read: Art Criticism handouts (“The Skills of Art Criticism” and “Guidelines” and “How Do We Talk and Write About Art?”)  – to discuss in class after break.
• Finalize artist and bio statement and update your blog.
• Begin working on your own critical evaluation (review); due June 7th.

Friday, May 28th (work on blog at home) & Monday, May 31st – No Class Meetings – Memorial Day Weekend

Week # 1 Assignments & Reading Schedule

Monday, May 17th: Introduction / Syllabus

Assignment (for next class):

• Register and develop the skeleton of a blog.
• Read handouts by Solnit, Rebecca. “Open Door” and “The Blue of Distance” from A Field Guide to Getting Lost. New York: Penguin Books, 2005. [On Blackboard]
• Bring your resume (whatever you have) to next class, as well as some examples of your work (see handout).

Wednesday, May 19th: Developing your Professional Artistic Identity – MEET IN INNOVATION, ROOM #327

Due:

• Creative journal response to readings from Field Guide to Getting Lost – turn in copy in class.
• Your blog url (due via email).
• Bring in resumes (whether in draft form or old or completed) / to workshop.

Assignment (for next class):

• Update resume.
• Locate website examples of bio and artist statement to bring to class for discussion.
• Read/view the following by Jeanette Winterson:

Art Objects / Extract

The Guardian / What is Art For?

The Secret Life of Us

View: Jeanette on a thing called on art

Friday, May 21st: Bios and Artist Statements

Due:

• Updated resume.
• Examples of bio and artist statement to discuss in class.
• Website portfolio should be personalized (header, basic layout, with created “categories”).
• Journal response to Winterson.

Portfolio Workshop in Electronic Classroom (?)

Assignment (for next class):

• Write first draft of Bio and Artist Statement
• Read “Deconstructing Media: Analyzing an Image” (pp. 32-44) and “Swoosh!” (pp.143-146) from Mims, Joan T. and Elizabeth M. Nollen (2006). Mirror on America: Short Essays and Images from Popular Culture. Boston, MA: Bedford/St. Martins. [On Blackboard]

Welcome to your course blog!

Hi folks – welcome to your course blog! This is where I will post individual student blog links, as you create your own website portfolios, weekly assignments/readings, useful links, and assundry thoughts as we go through this very short semester.

You may respond to any of the postings by clicking on the “comments” link, though the majority of your work will be done on your own individual blog sites.

In order to create your own blog, which you will be using for your online portfolio, you MUST register with WordPress and choose a site name. Email me with any questions and/or problems you have signing up!