LopezCrit#1

Critique#1

Clay Figure Model Study-Crit#1

In Depth Project

Clay Hand Study-In depth

Clay Foot Study-In depth

Your Last Name- Crit #1 (label your post just like this, except use your actual name...) Due Wed before class

Hi Class,

Great job contributing to critique this past two classes. The feedback we give each other is crucial to your development as an artist. I have made this sample post to help you format your post for the Crit #1. 

Please use the following format to submit your work for the Critiques. Be sure to use the labels (in edit view, look to your right under "post settings". You'll find Labels there. 

Remember these guidelines anytime you are posting to our blog.:

1. All posts should be properly labeled- This post should be labeled: Crit#1
2. All posts should have a title that uses this strategy- Your Last Name- Content. Ex. This post would be labeled, Lambert- Crit #1
3. All text should be justified to the left and all images centered. 
4. All images should be sized "large". Once imported, click on the image and set it there. 
5. Don't add any weird gaps or spaces in the body of your post.
6. Keep it simple and uncluttered. I want to see the work, and not be distracted by horrendous formatting...

Be sure to follow this format, including sizing and orientation for all photos and videos. 

Thank you,
Lambert

Sample post starts below this line
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In-Depth Project (include this heading)

Then, place images of your in-depth project under the heading like this. You can add a brief statement, context, description, or reflection about the piece.

caption should include: dimensions, materials and title

Small Works (include this heading)

This is the area to place documentation of ALL the tests, trials, and experimentation you have done since the last critique. For Crit#1 this will be the place to add images of all the work you have done since the first day of class (except for the In-depth project which you will document above).

(when you place the images, they should be centered and sized large. Same with videos)

Artist Presentation Dates, Workshop Dates, Critique Schedule, Kiln Schedule

Here is the schedule for Artist Presentations and Workshops:

Artist Presentations

Rafael - 9/28

Jon - 10/12

Mateo - 10/19

Stephanie - 11/2

Mike - 11/9

I am putting together a guideline for your artist research projects and will send as soon as I have it ready. Be sure you are looking at a genealogy of artists and that the most recent one is living, working with the object world/sculptural practice, actively showing and archived in a major institution (gallery or museum). 

Workshops

Wood - 9/21

Surface - 10/12

Casting - 11/2

Light Metals - 11/23

Critique Schedule

In-Process- Sept 7

Final- Sept 14

In-Process - Sept 28

Final- Oct 5th

In-Progress- Oct 19

Final- Oct 26

In-Process- Nov 9

Final- Nov 16

In-Process- Nov 30

Final- Dec 7th (last day of class)

CRITIQUE ON WED, NEXT CLASS

Remember that we have our first critique next class. You will need to bring something fully realized and resolved to present. 

Note: 6 credit hours requires the successful completion of a minimum of 6 well-resolved works by the end of semester. 3 credit hours requires the completion of a minimum 3 well-resolved works. 

KILN SCHEDULE

I have decided to present four days for firing up the kiln. We will need to work together through this process. These are the only days the kilns will be firing this semester. Space will be limited and priority will go to seniors working on their BFA work. Same with firing temps. 

Here are the dates:

9/28

10/19

11/9

11/30

Studio Proposal Guidelines. Due Tue, Sept 6th.

Due Tuesday, Sept 6th via email

Please use the following outline as a structure for your Studio Proposal. Be sure to answer each section with as much detail and good information. List specific artists and books/texts you will be researching, actual benchmarks you will set for yourself along with deadlines (real dates) for experimentation and small works, a real attempt at a thesis statement, and a solid goal (or set of goals). Your goals will be your material output and may also be learning objectives- ex. technical exploration that works towards mastery of a technique or material use. 

The self-assessment should give an indication (for you) as to how you will know if you have accomplished your goals. How will you know? State your method in that section. Presentation and documentation don't require any information, I have placed those sections there to remind you of those steps. Be thorough and let me know if you have any questions.  

Studio Proposal Outine

I.               Research (Introduction to a topic)

a.     Artists/Art movements

b.     Other areas of research

II.             Path of Inquiry (Deeper investigation of a topic)

a.     What direction will I take? Focus.

b.     What does the road look like?

c.      Where do I think it will lead?

III.           Development of Thesis (Beyond the topic)

a.     The thesis statement is the sentence that states the main idea of your project and helps control the ideas within the paper. It is not merely a topic. It often reflects an opinion or judgment that a writer has made about a reading or personal experience.

b.     For our purposes the Thesis may also be experimental, but it must have a goal in mind. It is still not simply a topic. 

IV.            Material Goal (Defense of topic? Purpose of Experimentation?)

V.              Action Plan (How will you get there?)

a.     Small works – define them according to need/purpose

b.     Deadlines of Small works

c.      Benchmarks

d.     Hard Deadlines- critiques

VI.            Self Assessment

a.     Process

b.     Formal/aesthetic

c.      Conceptual/communicative

VII.          Presentation

a.     Artist Statement

b.     Oral presentation at critique

VIII.        Documentation

a.     Appropriate photo/video documentation

                                               i.     3-5 images. High quality jpg.

b.     Uploaded to personal website

                                               i.     Includes statement

                                              ii.     Includes images and/or link to video