Exploring Art Assignments

FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 

January Sketchbook (Due During Final Exam

Final Exam Painting - In Class Project

(will be graded as part of final exam grade)

December Blog

**DUE TO WINTER BREAK, BLOGS NOT SUBMIT IN CLASS BY DEC 22 MUST BE EMAILED TO MRS. PONE BY 12/31***

_{Use this webpage to complete your first blog of the semester! This is required work for all Exploring Art students. Please respond to all parts of the blog. Remember to RESTATE THE QUESTION so it is clear what you are answering.}

_{To complete this assignment, you may:} 

_{1. Type your answer on your computer, print it out and submit to Mrs. Pone on or before the due date.}

_{2. Type your answer in GoogleDocs and share your response with Mrs. Pone ([email protected]) on or before the due date}

_{3. Type your answer in Microsoft Office (school email) and email your response to Mrs. Pone at [email protected] and send on or before the due date.}

_or

_{4. You may write NEATLY in your sketchbook and submit to Mrs. Pone with your sketchbook drawings at the end of the month.}

December Sketchbook 

Tunnel Books - In Class Project

Face Vases - In Class Project

Zentangles - In Class Project

November Blog

_{Use this webpage to complete your first blog of the semester! This is required work for all Exploring Art students. Please respond to all parts of the blog. Remember to RESTATE THE QUESTION so it is clear what you are answering.}

_{To complete this assignment, you may:} 

_{1. Type your answer on your computer, print it out and submit to Mrs. Pone on or before the due date.}

_{2. Type your answer in GoogleDocs and share your response with Mrs. Pone ([email protected]) on or before the due date}

_{3. Type your answer in Microsoft Office (school email) and email your response to Mrs. Pone at [email protected] and send on or before the due date.}

_or

_{4. You may write NEATLY in your sketchbook and submit to Mrs. Pone with your sketchbook drawings at the end of the month.}

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Jeff Koons, "Three Ball Total Equilibrium Tank (Two Dr J Silver Series, Spalding NBA Tip-Off)", 1985 Sold for $3.7 November 2011.


“How much is that?” or “How much is that worth?” are popular questions students ask, especially when teaching contemporary art. As an art teacher, it is often embarrassing to admit that the piece in question recently sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars. (In the case of the above, Jeff Koons’ “Three Ball Total Equilibrium Tank” sold for 3.7 million dollars a few years ago). Inevitably, students will then exclaim something along the lines of, “What?! That is outrageous! How can three basketballs in a fish tank cost more than our house?!”

But it is important to talk about the cost of art vs. what art is worth or why people value art differently. While it will not make it easier to explain a seemingly random collection of objects that sells for half a million dollars, it certainly gets us to think from the opposite end of things.

So this month, here are some questions that may encourage you to think differently about the price, cost, and even the value of works of art.

Please answer the following questions:
1. How do you think artists come up with prices for their work?
2. What kinds of things should an artist consider when pricing a work of art?
3. As a student, if you had to price a work of art for your first group exhibit, how would you decide on that price?
4. What makes certain works of art cost so much more, or less, than others?
5. Describe the relationship, if there is one, between cost and value.
6. Is there a work of art or particular object that you would consider “priceless”? If so, what makes this object hold such enormous value?

November Sketchbook (both assignments)

October Blog

_{Use this webpage to complete your first blog of the semester! This is required work for all Exploring Art students. Please respond to all parts of the blog. Remember to RESTATE THE QUESTION so it is clear what you are answering.}

_{To complete this assignment, you may:} 

_{1. Type your answer on your computer, print it out and submit to Mrs. Pone on or before the due date.}

_{2. Type your answer in GoogleDocs and share your response with Mrs. Pone ([email protected]) on or before the due date}

_{3. Type your answer in Microsoft Office (school email) and email your response to Mrs. Pone at [email protected] and send on or before the due date.}

_or

_{4. You may write NEATLY in your sketchbook and submit to Mrs. Pone with your sketchbook drawings at the end of the month.}

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“Banksy” is a pseudonym (false name) that has been assumed by a London street artist to protect himself from being mistreated for his art. The true identity of Banksy remains unknown. (No, Justin Timberlake is not Banksy. When Banksy’s Exit Through the Gift Shop was nominated for Best Documentary at the Acadamy Awards, JT got on stage and claimed “I’m Banksy,” joking about the anonymous artist). In addition to creating graffiti art around the world, Banksy is also well known for copying artworks (usually paintings) that appear real and antique, but in reality contain hidden messages that are revealed upon closer inspection.

He is well known for taking these artworks, sneaking into well known, exclusive museums, and displaying them on the walls himself. All it takes for him to commit his “art terrorism” without being caught is a prosthetic nose, beard and some good tape.

The reactions to his “art terrorism” have been mixed. In some cases, these exclusive museums have chosen to keep Banksy’s works and add them to their permanent collection. In other cases, the artworks even went unnoticed by museum officials for a period of time, blending in aesthetically despite containing unbelievable content. In most cases, these artworks have been taken down immediately, as to not disturb the original collection.

Please answer the following questions:

October Sketchbook (both assignments)

Recycled Magazines - In Class Project

Layered Linocut- In Class Project

September Sketchbook (both assignments)

September Blog

_{Use this webpage to complete your first blog of the semester! This is required work for all Exploring Art students. Please respond to all parts of the blog. Remember to RESTATE THE QUESTION so it is clear what you are answering.}

_{To complete this assignment, you may:} 

_{1. Type your answer on your computer, print it out and submit to Mrs. Pone on or before the due date.}

_{2. Type your answer in GoogleDocs and share your response with Mrs. Pone ([email protected]) on or before the due date}

_{3. Type your answer in Microsoft Office (school email) and email your response to Mrs. Pone at [email protected] and send on or before the due date.}

_or

_{4. You may write NEATLY in your sketchbook and submit to Mrs. Pone with your sketchbook drawings at the end of the month.}

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To kick off your blogging experience for the semester, we are going to talk about...

ART!

... are you surprised?!

But not just about a particular artwork or artist, a specific time period or movement in art; this September blog is going to let you tell me what art means to you.

The word "art" is a term that can have many different meanings to different people. To some, art means paintings, drawings, and sculpture – these are VISUAL arts. For others, art means theater, dance and music – these are PERFORMING arts. The dictionary defines art as “the quality, production, expression or realm of what is beautiful, appealing or more than ordinary significance.” Another definition is “the manipulation of nature”. More commonly, both visual and performing arts are defined as a means of which to express one’s ideas, emotions, and personal values.

Please answer the following questions:

1. In your opinion, what is art? What makes art beautiful? What makes art good?

2. How are artists able to express ideas, values and/or emotions through VISUAL art?

3a. Have you ever expressed yourself through art? How? Did you express yourself through a VISUAL or PERFORMING art?

If your answer to question 3a is no, please answer:
3b. If you have not expressed yourself through art, please give an example of an artist who has. You may choose research a VISUAL artist on the internet, or talk about an image you have seen in the classroom or media center. Please list the title of the artwork and the name of the artist, then explain what you think the artist is trying to express. How does the artist use color, shape, symbols, etc. to express emotions, values and/or ideas?

Revisioning A Memory - In Class Project

Sketchbooks - In Class Project