Assignment for Wednesday Nov. 7

I have been feeling generous lately and in the spirit of making your lives easier, we will only be reading an answering the questions from Chapter 7 for this week.  

Please read Chapter 7 and answer all of the following questions....

 1. Consider the system of academia… (problem for those who teach) It is a system that produces new artists while at the same time also producing ex-artists. Because of the time requirement making art demands, how could one continue to make art while maintaining a full time OTHER job ?

 2. Pages 83 and 84 discuss the students seeing what the instructor has done, the path they have traveled. Have you found (looking at all of the teachers that you have had, not just the art teachers) that seeing what they have done with their specialty inside and outside of the academic world has influenced anything about what you do or how you do what you do in that particular subject or any subject for that matter? (Long and confusing question, I know…)

  

3.  How can you continue to make art after you have stopped being a student and stepped into the great big world?

4. Are you, in any way, frightened about going into the arts as a profession because of the parental concern: Will there be any  “jobs awaiting their children upon graduation?” “Not as a result of anything they’ll learn from me!

5. To the critic – art is a noun. What is it to you? Explain your answer.

Remember Wed. Nov 14 we have guest speakers the senior art majors will be here, so think of questions you would like to ask them while they are here.

Ch 5 and 6 questions due October 17th

Please bring your laptops to class and Read Chapter 5 and respond to 4 of the following questions:

1.      “In the outside world, there may be no reaction to what we do; in our art work there is nothing but reaction… When you are lazy, your art is lazy; when you hold back, it holds back; when you hesitate, it stands there staring, hands in pockets. But when you commit, it comes out like blazes.” Look back on your own work – choose one that feels like it is lazy, holding back – describe your memory of the process in making that work. Now, choose one that came out blazing… describe your memories of that creation!

2. What are your 3 leading nominee’s for “artist’s funk”?

3.  Have you ever had a routine set up in your life that you did everyday (or thereabout) that helped you get on with things? Did it ever happen that you changed your routine and had the outcome of your change turn out something other than positive? Tell me your story?

 4. How have the limits of your materials put limits on what you’ve been able to visually communicate with your art?

5.  Have you conquered the dilemma of reaching out to new and unfamiliar tools and embrace new possibilities? Have you ever even thought about it? If you have – how’s it going? If not – WHY?

 

 6. Are there any habits you have regarding the making of art that are not visible in the actual finished work of art? (ie: my brushes have to be a certain way, I have to work standing up [a la Ernest Hemmingway], I have to have music playing really loud…)

Please respond to 2 of the following questions from Chapter 6:

7. What are some of the ordinary problems the authors discuss regarding an artist’s place in the art world (place, production, etc…)?

8.  How has the work you have been producing stayed fairly close to, or gone very far from, the safety zone you may or may not have been comfortable working in? Is your work “guarded” so that you don’t get “eaten,” or are you “unguarded” in your work? Please explain your answers.

9.  What have you done to live in another person's world? What have others done to live in your world?

10. Is it yet wired into you to be competitive with your artwork? Are you driven to make the next work better than the last? When faced with a sense of defeat, or disappointment in your artwork, how have you been able to deal with or contended with it?

 

October 10 :To the Library, we go

Hi all,
We are headed to the library today to complete a computer assessment on finding resources.  Nothing required just bring yourself over to the library and meet in room 213.  I'll wait for anyone that didn't get the message in class and meet you there.

Remember all of the questions from the blog are graded so please click on the comment section below each post to respond to the questions. You have midterm to complete the questions from Chapters 1-6. 

Due October 17- You will need to Read Chapter 5&6 and answer the questions on the next blog post. Bring your laptops to class.  We are going to discuss registration for classes.

October 3, 2012

Class is canceled for Wednesday 10/3.  Sorry for the late notice. Please have your response to the chapter 3&4 questions ready for October 10. There has been an issue with an updated version of internet explorer and firefox not loading the website.  Try to update your internet browser or see the Help Desk in the computer center if it is still not working. 

Option 2 - go to the content section and type your responses and bring the printed versions to class.

Due October 10 - Next Wednesday we will meet in the Library room 213 for IDL.

Due October 17- You will need to Read Chapter 5&6 and bring your laptops to class.  We are going to discuss registration for classes.