Reminder

By next Thursday, have both your "Candy" and "Objects of the Same Color" projects completed.

You have a bit of time to finish your "Candy" pieces. The ideas mentioned during our meeting were pretty clever and interesting. Give yourself enough time to complete these pieces and get to work on the next phase.

The "Objects..." project has shifted slightly; everybody is now responsible for their own color and there is a list of items to collect. Like a scavenger hunt, but with more creativity.

Here are the categories:
- Square
- Round
- Fruit
- Paper
- Plant
- Jewelry
- Soft
- Hard

Here are the colors for each person:
- Carlos:White
- Kacey:Red
- Josie:Green
- Christine:Orange
- Max:Yellow
- Kevin:Black
- Isabel:Blue
- Shruti:Purple

Remember that modification and alteration of the objects is encouraged. Paint a green piece of wood blue. Cut a round disk to make a square. Make your own jewelry using some junk found around the house.
It'll be easy to find the stuff on the list in the color you need, but the point is to be artistic in your approach.

If you finish something and would like to store it at school ahead of time, Mr. Malley and Mrs. Caston have space available in the classrooms for you to do so. The red cabinet to the right of the sink in Mr. Malley's class is open as are the large cabinets (period 4/5?) in Mrs. Caston's class.

candy

Felix Gonzalez Torres

Janine Antoni

tentative schedule

I feel pretty good about the suggestions that were made on Thursday. Below is a rough compilation of the ideas/themes/motifs we'll be working with and a guide of when they'll take place. A few dates will likely be moved (i.e. rather than meeting on a Wednesday, we get together that Friday) depending on how things progress.

3/20 - 4/4. Candy. Meet on Friday 4/4 to discuss
4/2 - 4/10. Objects of the same color. Meet on Thursday 4/10 to discuss
4/10 - 4/16. Textured objects. Meet on Wednesday 4/16 to discuss
4/16 - 4/24. Rusty objects. Meet on Thursday 4/24 to discuss
4/24 - 5/2. Egyptian-theme. Meet on Wednesday 5/2 to discuss
4/30 - 5/8. Water-theme. Meet on Thursday 5/8 to discuss
5/8 - 5/14. Human photos reconstituted. Meet on Wednesday 5/14 to discuss
5/14 - 5/22. Beans. Meet on Thursday 5/22 to discuss
5/22 - 5/28. Complete. Meet on 5/28 to discuss exhibition

--anthony

Art, for example #3

Yes, it's another comparison!
This time: style and content.

Take a look at the work of Alphonse Mucha and Flavio Costanini. What are some of the obvious visual similarities and differences? What is each, depicting, describing, promoting, or advertising? Which is more appealing to you and why?

Art, for example #2

Alright.  This time rather than simply putting up some pictures and little blurb about an artist, let's discuss some topics we might deal with.

The idea of scale was something that came up on Wednesday.  A few people mentioned they'd like to work "big" or have it be "memorable".  I'm wondering if the group feels larger artworks create a stronger impact of their audience.  Is there a connection between the size of art and how long you remember it?

Christo and Jean-Claude are best known for using material to wrap massive buildings, stretch immense distances, and surround islands.  Some of their projects have taken decades and the assistance of hundreds of volunteers to complete.

Conversely, Lee Walton has done projects involving people performing everyday activities.  If you walked by and weren't aware that they were hired actors, you'd mistake them for normal people doing normal things.

Watch this.

What are some of the pieces you've seen or read about that are most vivid in your memory?  Were they awe-inspiringly huge, or nearly invisible?

Max has become online

Hey, just checkin' things out, really kinda excited about this

Christina is on blog

Thank you for posting some examples of your work and of other artist's work!