Art IV Syllabus

Mrs. Sass

Classroom Rules:

Be ready to learn.

Treat others with respect.

Supplies: Notebook, folder with prongs, 2 permanent markers, 3-4 current magazines of student’ choice, sketchbook, pack of 24 pencils, 2 good block erasers, 2 disposable cameras or your own personal camera, 3 sheets of foam board, 2 yards of material (1 yard each of a different printed fabric – pattern or fabric color is up to you.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. Scott Adams

Student Exhibition

All students will create a credit line for all of their works of art.

• They will be expected to have at least one (1) work show ready for the county fair, which is usually in September. This can be a work from last year or a work from this year. THE STUDENT IS REQUIRED TO DELIVER AND PICK UP THEIR OWN WORK FROM THE FAIR GROUNDS. More information on this will be sent home with your student when the guidelines come out in the newspaper about the fair. All artwork needs to be kept for a portfolio (collection of student work). This is mandatory and will be done for a grade.
• Thea Scholarship. All Art II students will create a piece for the Thea Scholarship. Students will be given limited time in class to work on this. The majority of the work will be done at home or specific days set aside for students to work after school in the art room. All Art II students that are either a Junior or Senior will be expected to enter their work in the competition. All projects will be done for a grade. You can visit www.theafoundation.org for more details.
• School exhibits. Students will have their work displayed around school or in the community as an Art III group showing with all or a few of the students in the Art III class. The decision will be made by the students. Work will need to be displayed once during the first semester and once during the second semester. All artwork is expected to have a credit line. Students must get three comments from other students and two teachers about the work on display. Upon completion of each showing, an essay will be written discussing the experience. Comments you received will be used in the essay along with your own thoughts.
• State Competition. Each student will have a work ready for the Southeast Arkansas Artist Exhibit. This is usually held in February, so every piece created during the first semester should be done in hopes of being entered into this competition. Attendance to the reception at UAM is MANDATORY for ALL students whose piece was entered. Overall winners in each grade level will have their art work sent to AETN in Conway to be exhibited with an awards program. You may go to the AETN website to view previous winners. www.aetn.org

Sketchbooks

You are responsible for turning in a sketchbook drawing for every art work you create. The sketches will show me what you have in mind for your works of art. Remember, sketches are not completed works of art, but a collection of ideas, thoughts, images, colors that you would combine to create a work of art. Without a sketch that has been signed off by the teacher, NO work can be started.

Writing

• Period of Art Research Project. Find a period or style of art that you are interested in and research that topic. You must learn something from them that will be related to your own artistic style. This could range from work ethics, subject matter, media and how the artist manipulated it, thoughts and ideas behind their work, or the style of their work. Show images of their works and why you chose them. Assignments will be done as a power point. Done by February.
• Students will periodically be given a work of art to write about. We will discuss the aesthetic process and students will use that to explore and dissect works of art.
• Students will turn one article every 9 weeks from a newspaper or magazine that is related to art. The article along with a summary paragraph will be turned in for a grade. This assignment will be done outside of class, no time will be allotted for this in class. REMEMEBER a summary is putting information you have learned into your own words

Critiques

Students will have weekly written critiques (thoughts about your art, where it is headed, what you want it to look like, problems you have, problems you solved, what you found to be successful, etc.) The weekly critique will allow you to asses your progress and help you to manage your time and show you where you need to focus for the up coming week.

Written self-reflection at the end of each 9 weeks. It will be graded and placed in your portfolio.

Oral critiques will be conducted on an individual basis upon completion of assignments and occasionally with peers.

Portfolio

All work students create should be geared in mind of building a portfolio that demonstrates their growth in technique, craftsmanship, creativity, originality, and overall understanding of the elements and principles of art in order to produce great works of art. Students will work throughout the year to create a digital portfolio.

Artist can color the sky red because they know it’s blue. Those of us who aren’t artist must color things the way they really are or people might think we’re stupid. Jules Feiffer.

Mrs. Sass

csass@drewcentral.org