Class 13 - Homework - February 26th

Assignment 1 - Self-Evaluation

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Due: Tuesday, March 5th 1:00pm

Format: As a printed document with the proper heading as outlined in the syllabus brought to class, ready to be handed in by 1:00pm

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It is now the middle of the semester and we are almost ready to start the Sequential Creative Process over again. Before revising, recycling, and reviewing your topic for future projects, we will complete a self-evaluation exercise to recap your use of the Sequential Creative Process thus far this semester. All of you have made strides towards defining your own interests and creative direction. You have been exposed to a creative system designed to help you make better decisions and better artwork. Many parts of the Sequential Creative Process ask that you engage in introspection. When you take an honest look at your work and progress what do you see? In the spirit of honesty, approach this evaluation as if you were a practicing artist outside of the academic setting. Peer and professor support are unavailable for consideration and earning grades are not a motivation. Instead, your motivation is to improve your artwork both conceptually and formally. For this exercise try to evaluate your performance in an open and thorough manner.

Copy and paste these questions into a Microsoft Word document and answer each completely in typed writing:

1. What topic am I pursuing? (At this point, you should be focused on one topic)

2. What specific directions am I pursing or focusing on in regard to this topic? (List three)

3. How has/have my idea(s) progressed from its beginning to the present?

4. What idea(s), pertaining to your topic, are you trying to communicate specifically? List

each.

5. What idea(s) specifically, pertaining to your topic, are you having difficulty List and

communicating? Explain the difficulty for each?

6. Are the idea and these directions still compelling to me? If not, how can I change or

directions transform my efforts thus far into something that compels me?

7. What phases of the Sequential Creative Process are hardest for me to follow? List.

8. Why are these phases hard to follow? Explain for each.

9. How can I change what I am doing to make these phases easier to follow? Be specific for

each.

10. What means of expression are difficult for me (i.e. literal, representational, symbolic, metaphoric, abstract, conceptual, written, verbal)? Give specific reasons for your difficulties.

11. How could I make these means of expression easier for me to work with? Give specific possible solutions.

12. Explain how you have set challenges for yourself outside of what is being asked of you in assignments.

13. If you had to assign a grade to your work process, what grade level do you think you have achieved so far? Give specific reasons for why you merit this grade level.

14. If you had to assign a grade to your work execution and presentation what grade level do you think you have achieved so far? Give specific reasons for why you merit this grade level.

15. If you had to assign a grade for your class participation, what grade level do you think you have achieved so far? Give specific reasons for why you merit this grade level.

16. What could I do differently to enhance the classroom experience of my classmates?

17. What could I do differently to enhance my own experience in the classroom?

18. If you could step outside of your work and your experiences, what conclusions do you think others might draw or perceive about you as an artist in regards to: gender, race, culture and or age?

19. How might the perceptions from the question above interfere with how others interpret your work?

Assignment 2— Critique Advice Write-Up

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Due: Next Thursday, March 7th 1:00pm

Format: Printed and pasted into your logbook with proper heading and indexed as outlined in the syllabus. Save in your digital archive.

In class you took notes while listening to what the professor and critique group had to say about your intent as it compared to the visual evidence (product) you made for the one-hour project. Transform these notes into a synopsis that includes the

• advice given to you

• your analysis of whether or not you agree with that advice.

• how you might implement that advice should you make more work with a similar intention

Don't just state that you agree or disagree. Instead explain your reasons for agreeing and disagreeing with what was said to you and explain how you could take this work forward.