How it works:
Read the quotes below and write about how one (or more) applies to your life or how you can learn from it (10 points)
-OR-
Make a visual representation of a quote - drawing, painting, etc. (5 to 100 points depending on quality and effort)
The quotes:
"My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am."
~ Author Unknown
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him."
~ James D. Miles
"Quality means doing it right when no one is looking."
~ Henry Ford
Monday, October 31, 2011
Happy Halloween!
I predict you will buy a yearbook! Why? Because it will be SPOOKTACULAR! Happy Halloween!
Monday, October 24, 2011
Quote o' the Week
How it works:
Read the quotes below and write about how one (or more) applies to your life or how you can learn from it (10 points)
-OR-
Make a visual representation of a quote - drawing, painting, etc. (5 to 100 points depending on quality and effort)
The quotes:
"A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be."
~ Douglas Pagels
"A friend accepts us as we are yet helps us to be what we should."
~ Author Unknown
"The best way to mend a broken heart is time and girlfriends."
~ Gwyneth Paltrow
Read the quotes below and write about how one (or more) applies to your life or how you can learn from it (10 points)
-OR-
Make a visual representation of a quote - drawing, painting, etc. (5 to 100 points depending on quality and effort)
The quotes:
"A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be."
~ Douglas Pagels
"A friend accepts us as we are yet helps us to be what we should."
~ Author Unknown
"The best way to mend a broken heart is time and girlfriends."
~ Gwyneth Paltrow
Art Proposals
All art students must complete art proposals before starting an independent art project. This proposal helps students plan their art project prior to starting and will guide the student in the art-making process. The proposal must be approved prior to starting any art project and turned in with the art project to get full credit. Students can find art proposals here:
S Drive: mburnell: Resources: Art Proposals
Thank you!
S Drive: mburnell: Resources: Art Proposals
Thank you!
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Miz Art Two ~ Computer Graphics & Yearbook
Dawoud Bey is one of my favorite contemporary photographers. I think you will enjoy this Miz Art because the body of work you will be looking at relates to high school students.
Your Miz Art:
View Dawoud Bey's website:
Dawoud Bey
A) Browse Dawoud Bey's website and read his biography.
B) Click on Photographs and then Class Pictures. Read the Project Text (the link will say "Outside Inside: On Dawoud Bey's Class Pictures" by Taro Nettleton). Answer this question for number one:
What are your thoughts on this?
Would you be a willing participant for Dawoud Bey's Class Picture's project?
Why or why not?
C) Next click back on Class Pictures and view all of the portraits and read the accompanying texts. Answer this question for number two:
What person's story struck you the most and why?
D) Number three: What are your thoughts on Dawoud Bey's artwork? How would you describe it?
EXTRA CREDIT: The students wrote about themselves and shared parts of their lives that no one would know by just looking at their portraits. This really enriches the art project and gives the photography so much meaning and depth. If Dawoud Bey were to take a portrait of you, what would you like to say? For extra credit, write about yourself. One to three paragraphs. Up to 100 points.
DUE: December 9th, 2011
Your Miz Art:
View Dawoud Bey's website:
Dawoud Bey
A) Browse Dawoud Bey's website and read his biography.
B) Click on Photographs and then Class Pictures. Read the Project Text (the link will say "Outside Inside: On Dawoud Bey's Class Pictures" by Taro Nettleton). Answer this question for number one:
What are your thoughts on this?
Would you be a willing participant for Dawoud Bey's Class Picture's project?
Why or why not?
C) Next click back on Class Pictures and view all of the portraits and read the accompanying texts. Answer this question for number two:
What person's story struck you the most and why?
D) Number three: What are your thoughts on Dawoud Bey's artwork? How would you describe it?
EXTRA CREDIT: The students wrote about themselves and shared parts of their lives that no one would know by just looking at their portraits. This really enriches the art project and gives the photography so much meaning and depth. If Dawoud Bey were to take a portrait of you, what would you like to say? For extra credit, write about yourself. One to three paragraphs. Up to 100 points.
DUE: December 9th, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Miz Art Two ~ Art Class ~ Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a time of great arts and cultural innovation in the African-American community in the 1920's and 1930's. Art, literature, poetry, music and theatre was springing up everywhere during this time period and it's influence continues today. Some of these artists and intellectuals were trying to form a new identity for themselves that rose against the terrible racism and difficulties that they were facing. They were living in an atmosphere of segregation, lynchings, and when African-Americans were portrayed in the media with negative stereotypes. These artists were rising above (remember Spiral Group?) to create new meanings, new art, new identities for themselves and their culture. This is a very simplified way of defining the movement/history and I urge you to research it more on your own as it is truly a very important part of American history.
Your Miz Art:
Read about one of the Harlem Renaissance artists and answer the following questions:
1) What is the artist's name and where and when did they live?
2) What medium did they work with?
3) Pick one artwork and describe it using your art vocabulary. Describe the focal point, whether they used rule of thirds, texture, value, color, line, shape, form, and so on. Make sure you include the title of the artwork, what year it was created and the medium.
4) Read about the artist and their life. List three interesting facts about the artist.
Here are the artists you can choose from (I have links below but you may google them or research them in the library for more information):
Aaron Douglas
Romare Bearden
Augusta Savage
Archibald Motley
DUE: December 9th, 2011
The Harlem Renaissance was a time of great arts and cultural innovation in the African-American community in the 1920's and 1930's. Art, literature, poetry, music and theatre was springing up everywhere during this time period and it's influence continues today. Some of these artists and intellectuals were trying to form a new identity for themselves that rose against the terrible racism and difficulties that they were facing. They were living in an atmosphere of segregation, lynchings, and when African-Americans were portrayed in the media with negative stereotypes. These artists were rising above (remember Spiral Group?) to create new meanings, new art, new identities for themselves and their culture. This is a very simplified way of defining the movement/history and I urge you to research it more on your own as it is truly a very important part of American history.
Your Miz Art:
Read about one of the Harlem Renaissance artists and answer the following questions:
1) What is the artist's name and where and when did they live?
2) What medium did they work with?
3) Pick one artwork and describe it using your art vocabulary. Describe the focal point, whether they used rule of thirds, texture, value, color, line, shape, form, and so on. Make sure you include the title of the artwork, what year it was created and the medium.
4) Read about the artist and their life. List three interesting facts about the artist.
Here are the artists you can choose from (I have links below but you may google them or research them in the library for more information):
Aaron Douglas
Romare Bearden
Augusta Savage
Archibald Motley
DUE: December 9th, 2011
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