Monday, December 12th | Artist Statement | Presentation Phase

As you all know, we are in a constant state of revision with IDEAS Project Block. The development of the educational program and the development of projects are increasingly more professional and more true to how creatives communicate their ideas in the world. Today's focus is on Artist Statements. Despite what you may have already started or drafted, please consider the example and make revisions that advance your writing.


Guiding Questions
  • Who am I as an artist? 
  • How did I progress as an artist this semester?
  • How do artists communicate vision and intent?

Do Now 
See | Think | Wonder
Make your observations on your own and then circle up to share responses.
Record your thinking on Post-It Notes.  Collect them as a group.
  • What do you notice about the visuals in this image?
  • What do you think about as you observe the visuals?
  • What do you wonder, question, or even challenge about this image?



Banksy, IKEA Punk, London 2009

Do Next
I used to think... Now, I think...
Paper copies of the Artist Statement tied to the image above will be in Advisor mailboxes for today. Make your observations with a partner and then circle up to share responses. Collect your thinking on another Post-It Note and collect them as a larger group. Please have them before you start today's lesson.

 Mini-Lesson | Artist Statements
Artist Statement Description and Grading Rubric
More Examples and details on Artist Statement 
Open up the links above and discuss the Artist Statement Expectations.

Studio Time | Set a Goal for Your Artist Statement and make your document. A stretch goal of completing your first paragraph is reasonable.

  • Begin your artist statement by considering the following questions:
    • What is my story?
    • How does my art portray my story?
    • Who is my audience? What do I want my audience to think about?
  • Publication Information
    • Generally a page in length
    • Block paragraphs
    • Single spaced
    • Upload into correct assignment in Google Classroom


Ticket Out | An Artist Statement document setup with the correct title format and placed in your individual IDEAS Block folder.


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Week of December 12-16 | Artist Statements and Planning for Exhibitions of Learning

Last week, everyone has rounded out Creation Phase within their discipline.  We are done with creation processes in class time.  If you choose to revise your project on your own time, then setup times within your creation advisor's office hours after school.  You are welcome to revise your works of art, dances, and engineered designs on your own time.  We start the next step in the creative process, Presentation.  We prepare to present through Artist Statements to communicate artistic intent and vision.  

 Announcements:
  • Please take Destiny's survey - Please consider doing this on your own time.
  • Creation Advisors will share your End Product Rubric grades for IDEAS Block
  • Next week we will focus on Presentation and proper preparation.  We will also conduct presentation workshops for everyone to prepare a high quality presentation.  Even if you struggled during your creation process, you can exhibit your learning 
  • When we return from Winter Break, we will spend that week preparing for Exhibitions through Practice Presentations.  When you are home or around relatives during Winter Break, try practicing your presentation in front of them.  

 Monday 
  • Artist Statement Introduction Do Now and begin writing Artist Statements
  • Schedule a Writing conference if you are having a difficult time with this process.
Tuesday 
  • Writing Day for Artist Statements
  • Write down you Exhibition time and send a formal email to your parents and family members, inviting them to your Exhibition of Learning.  Feel free to invite anyone who is invested or interested in your project. Reach out to professionals!
Wednesday 
  • Peer Feedback sessions and gain some advisor feedback
Thursday
  • Revision with more peer Feedback. 
Friday
  • Revision of Artist Statements and Submission of Artist Statements to Addie.
  • Print out Artist Statements for Matting (Gallery Walk-ers)
  • Matting materials are located in the Visual Art Room. 
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Week of December 5-9 | The LAST Week of Creation Phase [Project Deadline]

This is your last week of creation. What are you going to do to to round out this phase? What do you have that is not quite finished? What can you add more complexity to? Have you taken feedback into consideration? Think about your vision of your Exhibition in January. Who will be there? What professionals have you worked with?

Announcements:


  • If you missed scheduling your Exhibition time slot, please seek out Molly to schedule it. If you do not do so by Friday
  • Remember to ask for the week of Exhibitions of Learning off from work: January 9th through January 12th. If you need a letter from to school or a phone call to your employer, let us know. Your advisors are your advocates and any one of us will be willing to advocate for you.
  • Remember our school days are shifted on our Exhibitions of Learning days. It is your normal school hours and attendance is tracked. Please avoid scheduling any appointments during the school day (talk with your parents and remind them). Athletes must have notes from their coaches, otherwise your attendance on those nights are expected (Official hours will be clarified soon).
  • Advisors will be rounding out Evidence Checks this week and entering them into Skyward. If you have clarifying questions about grades, send emails to your creation advisors for IDEAS Block, not Tim or Molly unless they are your creation advisors.
  • Creations are due by Friday, December 9th.  We start Exhibition Preparation and Artist Statement development the next week.
Monday | Professional Models
  • Do Now:  Please complete these as a part of your Do Now.
    • Check out Dylan Miller's Game and please give feedback to him here.
      • Use arrows to move. Use spacebar to shoot (z is better). Students can log in and rate the game for him.
    • Please fill out the following surveys:

Tuesday | Work-shopping a Project
  • Workshop a single project and give valuable feedback
  • Yearlong projects will be checking in with Tim during the class period (He will seek you out)
Wednesday | Tinker within your Discipline
  • Take the first 15 minutes of class to dive into something engaging in your discipline such as creative movement, take apart something, write a short story, doodle a poodle, etc. Then return to your studio time journals.
  • Town Hall will be preparing for us going to an Indy Lens event at JMKAC today.
    • IDEAS Schedule
      7:55 - 8:57
      IDEAS Block
      9:00 - 9:40
      Town Hall
      9:40 - 12:00
      INDIE LENS
      12:00 - 12:30
      Lunch
      12:30 - 1:15
      Period 6
      1:15 - 2:00
      Period 8
Thursday | Work-shopping a Project
  • Workshop a single project and give valuable feedback
Friday | Project Deadline
  • This is your last day of in class creation time.  
  • Break off into Groups of three and follow the Micro Lab protocol for Feedback. 
  • Reflect on your creation phase up to now.  You have something that is now tangible and exists that did not before.  How have you grown?


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