Final Meeting – December 10th

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We had our last meeting on Friday. We looked at the Rose Parade Projects, and spent most of the time working on the “Doorway to …

11th Meeting – November 19th

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Update: A new VoiceThread was posted on November 29th. Please respond by midnight, on December 2nd. SKETCHBOOKS ARE DUE ON DECEMBER 3rd. It is crucial …

10th Meeting – November 12th

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UPDATE: No VoiceThread for this week. I’ll add a couple questions to next week’s Vthread. UPDATE #2: Here are the photos of the first round …

9th Meeting – November 5th

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We began by talking about the effects of early educational experiences on our current creative identity. We watched a clip from Truffaut’s film “The 400 …

8th Meeting – October 29th

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We watched one episode of John Cleese’s video, “The Human Face.” In the second half of the class the assignment was to make two expressive, …

7th Meeting – October 22

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We began by watching two short films about Christo, the famous maker of gigantic site specific art projects. First was a profile from “60 Minutes,” …

6th Meeting – October 8th

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Excellent responses to the night project! We had everything from shoe box dioramas to sophisticated short films, and ‘audience’ participation pieces. Here are photos of …

5th Meeting – October 1st

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NIGHT PROJECT BRAINSTORMING: Describe what you did, where you went, in a few sentences. Next, begin to think of ways you might convey this experience …

4th Meeting – September 24

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We checked in about the experience of collaborating on the first team project, a wiki on Light + Space art. Next we framed the frottage, …

First Team Projects

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Good job on the wikis about Light + Space art. I know for a number of you it was the first time you’ve collaborated this …

3rd Meeting – September 17th

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Today we did our first paintings in ink wash. These were just experiments. Next we will do more of this type of paining in class. …

2nd Meeting – September 10

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for next week’s meeting on September 17th… Complete a series of five or six, fine quality rubbings (dark tone, even, not smeared, no margins) in …