Drawing And Media Exploration
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Art in Place
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Art in Place
Bernie Weigand, instructor-facilitator
Collaboratively transforming a parking lot into an inspiring "welcome" zone through creativity.
541-621-7467
Tuesdays
Course overview:
Students do NOT need to consider themselves “artists” to participate, but will enjoy being creative and productive.
Students will collaborate with classmates, the School, and community at large to brainstorm, research, design, propose, modify, promote, fund, and install an artwork (or at least begin) to bring life, welcome, and meaning to the Logos front parking lot.
Some of our plans and designs will be developed into artworks in themselves, using various media. Some of the final drafts of these will be submitted to the Best of the Best Art Show run by SOU for 9-12 graders throughout the Rogue Valley.
Our discussions and critiques will use “art language:” the principles and elements of design.
To engage with community outside our class, we’ll maintain a blog and a small “Community Interactive” art gallery at the school showing our work-in-progress. Each student will maintain a portfolio of designs and ideas.
We’ll visit studios and community art installations weekly, while not on site, and report their inspirations back to the group.
We will also research and report on outdoor art installations via web and library.
Prerequisites:
Desire, commitment, enthusiasm, willingness to collaborate.
Length of class:
One semester (a doubled time and learning product commitment might allow A & B semesters to be done concurrently)
Homework:
A commitment of 1 hour a day, 4 days a week towards the project we choose. Efforts will be logged and initialed by parent or ES.
Grades:
Based on participation in discussion, critiques, collaboration, logged efforts and activities, design artwork, assignments and the guidelines for them.
Materials (good local sources will be provided):
Imagination and Inspiration
12 x 18 pad of paper heavy enough for painting (approx. $5)
Bound, unlined journal ($ 5-15)
acrylic paint, ($10+ or bulk thru ESD)
water color paint,
colored pencils ($3+)
Assorted brushes ($10+)
matt board (3 at $4+ each)
foam core (4’x4’ $12)
2” 3-ring binder ($1.50 each in bundles)
Portfolio carrier (can be simple large poster board folded)
internet access
Classroom materials needed: shelving, matt cutter, exacto knives, table protectors, gallery space, etc.
Curriculum:
We will create it as we go, keeping a record in our portfolios, binders, blog, logs, and “community gallery.” The community will be a part of our curriculum.
How many classes can they miss to still receive credit:
You may join by Skype (pre-arranged a day in advance) or arrange do extra research and report to class.
Grades:
75% of total points is needed to pass with a C
85% for a B
95% for an A.
About
25% of points are attendance and participation in class,
discussion, gallery maintenance, activities, presentations,
50 % of points are logged activities and productions from home
viewing art (site visits), making art (working on designs for main project and individual portfolio), research, reports, blog entries
25% of points are your portfolio presentation
all projects completed, three matted and mounted for show
