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Questions of the Week:

What’s abstraction good for? Describe some of the reasons why artists might employ abstraction in their work. 

Artist Research!

I hope you all enjoyed learning about a few more artists from each others artist research presentations this week. I know I did! 

You can learn more about the artists presented on the for further study posts linked below. If you do not see your artist, I did not see your post on your blog when I checked for it this afternoon. 

Images above from top:

Joseph Cornell presented by Anna

Pierre Huyghe presented by Jasper

Questions of the Week

How does the location or context of a work of art affect its meaning?

Craftivism

To follow up our in class conversation, if you are interested in learning more about craftivism (craft + activism), take a few minutes to watch this video called “How a piece of Fabric can Change the World” by craftiest Sarah Corbett. 

It’s inspiring!

Images above, from top:

craftivism basics as an bullet list

Paper Making Prep Week RECAP

Last week instead of having class together, I spent my teaching time preparing for our paper making explorations this week. This involved researching the basic process of paper making, making pulp and doing a dry run of the process to get a sense of how it works. These images document some of this prep work and process. This is the typical process an artist would undergo when using any new process in their work. 

Images above, from top:

Paper making magazine cut out from the 90s that I found hidden in one of my used paper making books. Score!

pulp making process in photos: cut recycled paper into 1″ x 1″ or smaller scraps (I used unclaimed Jessup student work from last semester’s Creative Christian class to make our pulp), boil water, then add paper and simmer for 30 minutes, blend boiled papers into a pulp that looks like oatmeal.

Questions of the Week

What do you do to keep yourself motivated and interested in your work?

Week 12: Independent Research & Studio Time

This week we will be working independently on sculpture artist research presentations and getting started on your final studio projects as we allow space for the art show drop today and installation on Wednesday. 

There are no regular sculpture classes for this week. We will meet again the following week to explore paper making on Monday, April 4th.

Please spend the week on researching your artists and preparing your Pecha Kucha presentations. (Details on the presentation structure and guidelines were posted here.) You should also be starting your studio project which means committing to your project idea and gathering materials that you need to make the work. 

Reminder of your Artist Research Assignments:

Isabella researches Sarah Sze

Kaylen researches Miranda July

Anna researches Joseph Cornell

Jenna researches Mike Kelley

Brice researches Megan Whitmarsh

Jasper researches Pierre Huyghe

OA researches Gabriel Orozco

Eliana researches Tanya Aguiniga

Jennifer researches Ann Hamilton

McKenna researches Lucy Glendinning

Jessica researches Pia Camil

Kacey researches Mark Dion

Jewel researches Maria Nepomuceno

I will see you on Friday for the art show! Congratulations!

Images above, from top:

installation view of installation by Leonardo Drew on view in the UK at Goodman Gallery right now (wish I could go and see it!)

installation view of solo exhibition by Martin Puryear at MOMA from back in 2007

Questions of the Week

How have the tools and materials of artists changed over time?

Pecha Kucha Artist Research Presentations

You will spend significant time thinking about, looking at, and engaging with the artwork, ideas, content, and discourse around your assigned artist. You will present your research to the class in a Pecha Kucha presentation and a for further study post, posted on your tumblr on the day of your scheduled presentation. (The presentation schedule will be announced in a few weeks.)

This presentation is designed to function as an introduction of your artist to our sculpture class community. Use the presentation structure to introduce and discuss important aspects of the artists production to the class and to provide context for how this artist’s work fits into contemporary art conversations. You can decide to structure this presentation in whatever way you decide best introduces your artist. Some may want to focus in one project or body of work by the artist in more depth, others might want to show an artists career in terms of their personal history and biography. You could also approach the artists work thematically, or holistically to give a few examples. There are a multiplicity of ways to think about how to organize the presentation.

Pecha Kucha Presentations will occur during class on April 11 and April 13th.

The Pecha Kucha presentation will consist of 20 images presented for 20 seconds each for a total presentation time of 6 minutes 40 seconds. (You can also learn more about the official Pecha Kucha format on the website linked here.)

Try to include one image of the artist. If possible, also try to find at least one image that depicts the studio space or an artwork in progress. Other than these images, use whatever images you can find to best tell the story of the artist you are researching for color theory.

Use google slides to create your presentations.  Please use this YouTube video tutorial to learn you how to make a presentation using google slides that uses the Pecha Kucha structure.

Once your presentation is ready to go, please email your google slides presentation link to your professor. Please email me your Artist Research Presentation link no later than Sunday April 10. 

To accompany your presentation, please prepare a post for your blog that collects and links to more information and resources about your artists for those who are interested to learn more. This information should be posted to your blog no later than the start of class on the day of your assigned presentation.

The #forfurtherstudy post should include:

A.) 1-3 images of artwork by your artist with appropriate artwork information about indicated projects such as title, exhibition context, date, materials, and dimensions. (These can be images that are also included in your presentation.)

B.) 3 links to high quality sources from contemporary art discourse about your artist. These sources could be reviews or interviews with the artists, artist/gallery/project websites, links to print sources like exhibition catalogues, etc.

C.) Please write 1-3 sentences to describe each source, breifly in your post.

Please use the hashtag: #forfurtherstudy to make your post easy to identify.

Grading:

The presentation is worth 15 points or 15% of your grade for this course. The For Further Study Post is worth 6 points or 6% of your grade for this course.

These grades are assessed by the professor based on the quality and completeness of the presentation and post to include its research depth, clarity and articulation of ideas, organization and structure of information, and image quality.

Images above, from top:

screenshot from a very helpful video on how to make a good presentation. Watch it! Seriously.

Paper Mache

Image above:

getting messy in sculpture last week

more Studio Project 1

a few more images of some of your projects...

Images above, top:

side view of art by Jasper, plus bonus view looking up into art by Jasper

art by Kaylen

Questions of the Week

What role does art play in our society? What role does art play in the church?

Studio Project 1 

Here is a visual recap of our conversation this past week about your studio projects. We will continue our conversation about your artwork this week....

Images above from top:

art by Eliana

art by OA

art by Jessica

art by Jewel

art by Kacey

art by Jennifer

art by Isabella (floor version)

art by Brice

Questions of the Week

What are the most important skills an artist can have?