Modern American Art

Monday  5.5.08

In Class:  Discussion on the work you viewed at the National Gallery of Art.  You will continue working on your assemblage.  Remember to bring the items you collected in DC for your Rauschenberg inspired final piece.  Your reflection on Abstract Expressionism is due today.

 

Abstract Expressionism

http://www.nga.gov/education/american/abstract.shtm

 

 

Homework:  Bring in any items on Friday that you may need for your Calder motion sculpture.

 

Rauschenberg

http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2007/rauschenberg/index.shtm

 

Friday 5.9.08

In Class:  Studio day to finish DC Assemblage.  There will also be time to work with your partner on your Alexander Calder inspired motion sculpture.

 

 

Alexander Calder

http://www.nga.gov/feature/artnation/calder/index.shtm

 

 

Monday  4.21.08

In Class:  How to look at Modern Art.  We will look at the work of American artist Robert Rauschenberg, focusing specifically on his printworks.  We will also discuss the assignment for DC. 

 

Friday 4.25.08

In Class:  We will look at the work of abstract expressionists artists, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, William de Kooning, Barnett Newman, and Helen Frankenthaler, who shared a commitment to creating large-scale works that presented the act of painting as an expression of internal creative energies.  The New York school was the first American art movement to have international impact and attract wide interest in Europe. 

 

Abstract Expressionism

http://www.nga.gov/education/american/abstract.shtm

 

Homework:  Remember to bring a ziplock baggie to DC to collect items for your Rauschenberg inspired final piece.

Monday  4.14.08

In Class:  Studio day to finish t-shirts and assess.   We will decide on the speakers for McColl show.

 

 

Wednesday 4.16.08

In Class:  Determine how t-shirts will be displayed.  Practice presentations. 

 

Homework:  See you at the McColl Center Thursday evening.  Remember to write a 1/2 page reflection on the exhibition, Phantasmagoria, for extra credit.  In your reflection, you should write about your overall impression of the exhibition, your favorite piece, and an idea of how you could create an interactive page in your sketchbook.

 

 

Friday 4.18.08

In Class:  How to look at Modern Art.  We will look at the work of modern American artists focusing specifically on pieces at the National Gallery of Art

 

 

American Art

http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/results.mhtm?search2=46&page=1

 

 

 

 

Video Art

 

Monday  4.7.08

In Class:  Studio day for video art.

 

Friday 4.11.08

In Class: Studio day for video art pieces and for printing LT&M shirts if you are not finished.

 

Screen Printing

Labels, Tags, and Misconceptions

 

Monday  3.31.08

In Class:  Finalize screens for LT&M design.

 

 

Friday 4.4.08

In Class: Studio day for printing LT&M shirts

 

Video Art

 

Monday  3.17.08

In Class:  Finalize screens for LT&M design.

Continue to work on video art piece and 35mm slide project

 

Thursday 3.20.08

In Class:  Studio day for video art piece

 

Monday  3.10.08

In Class:  Finalize screens for LT&M design.

Studio Time:  Continue to work on video art piece and 35mm slide project.

 

 

Monday 3.03.08

In Class:  Prepare for portfolio review.

 

Wednesday 3.05.08

Continue to work on Labels, Tags, and Misconceptions.  Complete final layout.

 

Friday 3.07.08

Studio day for video art piece

 

Monday 2.25.08

In Class:  Continue to work on Labels, Tags, and Misconceptions.  We will use our  service learning reflections and photos as a  source of inspiration for our t-shirt designs addressing perspectives on aging.   We will finish preliminary sketches and prepare a final layout.

 

 

Friday 2.29.08

Field trip to McColl Center for Phantasmagoria exhibition.  Please meet at bus stop at 8:50 - bring money for lunch, leave electronic devices at home. We will return at 3:00.

 

 

Video Art

 

Thursday 2.21.08

In Class:  Continue to work on Labels, Tags, and Misconceptions.  We will use our  service learning reflections and photos as a  source of inspiration for our t-shirt designs addressing perspectives on aging.    We will work with artist Janet Lasher on Thursday to create outlines of t-shirts in our sketchbooks and also prepare full-sized outlines to use in our design process. 

 

Friday 2.22.08

Homework:  Please bring any items you may need to work on video art piece to class on Friday.  You will have some  time to continue working on this. 

 

Monday 2.11.08

In Class:  We will look at a few more video art examples.  Studio day to work on video art piece.  We will take some class time to peer critique and offer suggestions.

 

Website: 

Shift Happens

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6165575734378530043&pr=goog-sl 

 

Monday 1.28.08

In Class:  Studio day to come up with plan for video art piece and work on story board. 

Homework:  Do any follow-up photography based on peer critique

 

Friday 2.1.08

In Class:  Studio day to work on video art piece and 35mm film art.

 

Homework:  Do any follow-up photography based on peer critique

 

Website:

Storyboards

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~ricky/etec/storyboarding.html

 

Friday 1.25.08

You must send your photographs to me by Thursday for our peer critique in class on Friday.  We will outline the criteria for the video art piece based on your project choice.  You will then prepare a proposal and do preliminary work for your design.

 

Monday 1.14.08

In Class:  Guest speakers on the artistic and technical aspects of creating video art. 

 

Friday 1.18.08

In Class:  Bring your selection of photographs based on your artist’s style.  We will peer critique them in class and then choose the final one to print.  We will also write proposals for video art piece and begin planning.

 

Monday 1.7.08

In Class:  We will look at examples of silent films, peer critique photography, and view those mystery slides.  You will also have time to work on your 35 MM slides artwork.

 

Wednesday 1.9.08

In Class:  Guest speakers on the artistic and technical aspects of creating video art. 

 

Friday 1.11.08

While on field trip to Charlotte, bring your camera to take pictures in the style of your artist. 

Homework:  Continue to take photos modeled after your chosen master photographer.  Be prepared to share them on January 14th.

 

Websites: 

Silent Film

http://www.goldensilents.com/dvd/

Silent Clips

http://slapstick-comedy.com/Slapstick/PChaplin2.html

 

Photography

 

Friday 1.04.08

In class:  35 mm slides - We will create a work of art using the 35 mm slide as a foundation.  You will carry out a theme or tell a story using three slides.

 

 

Homework:  Continue to take photos modeled after your chosen master photographer.  Bring your photos on your desktop to class on Monday.  If you need to wait until your trip to Charlotte to take photos, write a short description or plan for the photographs you will try to take on Friday.

 

Monday 12.17.07

In Class:  Bring computers to class.  Discuss the digital images from our field trip on Friday and make a list of ideas for video art piece.  Hand-alter spacescapes.

 

Homework:  Choose an artist from the list below and find photos of their work on the website provided only!!!  Print two photos in black and white and bring to class on Friday.  Photos must be at least  4”x6” in size.   If you are not able to access and print photos at home please see me before Friday. 

 

Website:

Modern Photography

http://www.masters-of-photography.com/S/salgado/salgado5.html

 

Friday 12.21.07

In Class:  Guest speaker on elements and principles of interesting photography.  Bring computers and 2 printed photos to class.  We will look at the rules of composition and analyze your chosen photographers work.  Studio time to finish altered spacescapes. 

 

Homework:  Over break, take photos that are modeled after your chosen photographer’s work.

 

Following is a brief summary of their focus area. You need to go the website provided to see their work.  http://www.masters-of-photography.com/summaries.html

You may also model your work after photographers you viewed at the Mint Exhibition but discuss that with me first. 

 

Bernice Abbott - architectural studies of New York City in the 1930s - the Atget of Manhattan

 

Robert Adams - Documenting the environmental destruction of the American West in the late 20th century

 

Karl Blossfeldt - Early 20th century, magnified photos of plant life revealed surreal, even Art Noveau forms  (Hayley)

 

Margaret Bourke-White - Photojournalist, made some of the first photo documentation of the Nazi concentration camps.

 

Imogen Cunningham - American modernist, best known for close-ups of flowers and plants

 

Harry Callahan - formalistic, minimalist portraits and landscapes

 

Roy DeCarava - documenting the African-American experience and its cultural icons

 

Walker Evans - imagery of American society during the Great Depression

 

Lee Friedlander - Contemporary, humorous, visually exciting

 

Emmet Gowin - "Gowin's simple yet intensely seen daily events take on the quality of ritual" - Jonathan Green

 

John Gutmann - 1930s America but NOT the Great Depression, a precursor of the street photographers of the 50s

 

William Klein - New York street photography in the mid-fifties

 

Dorothea Lange - documented American poor during the Great Depression

 

Clarence John Laughlin - haunting images of abandoned cotton plantations and cemeteries in New Orleans.

 

Helen Levitt - street photography from early 1940's New York City.

 

Lisette Model - an important pioneer in street photography and portraits from the edge

 

Eadweard Muybridge - 1880s, the first to use the camera to analyze motion too fast to be seen with the naked eye.

 

Nadar - Paris, 1850-1870, portraits, early photographic pioneer

 

Jacob Riis - photos were only a tool for his crusade against poverty in early 20th century New York City slums

 

Edward Steichen - protégé of Stieglitz, pioneer in pictorialism before moving on to fashion photography

 

Alfred Stieglitz - the Prophet of photography as an art form, his own excellent work is too often overlooked

 

Paul Strand - another Stieglitz protege, pioneer of Straight Photography

 

Edward Weston - photographer's photographer, f64, landscapes, portraits, still lifes, all done in same realist manner

 

Minor White - cofounder with Ansel Adams of the Zone System, also a great educator   

 

 

Past Lessons

Monday 12.10.07

In Class:  Share reflections and contemporary art piece.  Discuss how photography has changed the way we see the world.  Prepare for trip to Mint on Friday. 

 

Friday 12.14.07

In Class:  Field trip to Mint.

 

Monday 12.03.07

In Class:  Share reflections and contemporary art piece.  Put Many Minis into a collage piece if you have not done that already.  Intro to history of photography.

 

Homework:  Write about three ways photography has changed our world? 

 

Camera Obscura

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Camera_obscura_box.jpg

First image

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicéphore_Niépce

daguerreotype

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daguerreotype

Matthew Brady Civil War Photos

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/icon/brady.html

http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/brady-photos/

Stereographic Camera

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereoscopy

The Horse in Motion - 1878

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eadweard_Muybridge

Portraiture

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Rinehart

The World  (also see photography book)

http://www.anseladams.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=70

Art - “Family of Man”

http://www.masters-of-photography.com/summaries.html

Documentary/War Photography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Adams_(photographer)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/3672428.stm

Modern Photography

http://www.masters-of-photography.com/S/salgado/salgado5.html

Aaron Siskind

http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=1418

 

Friday 12.07.07

In Class:  Discuss photography questions - bring your reflections to class-.  We will analyze photos using the elements and principles of art.  Begin hand-altering spacescapes. 

http://www.getty.edu/education/for_teachers/curricula/exploring_photographs/lesson03.html

 

Place

 

Monday 11.26.07

In Class:  Share reflections and contemporary art piece.  Put Many Minis into a collage piece.  We will prepare for our field trip on Thursday to McColl and DVAC.

 

Friday 11.30.07

In Class:  Discuss topics from field trip. 

 

Monday 11.19.07

In Class:  Final day to complete contemporary landscape.  Mount your finished piece, written work and pictures. Write reflection that addresses questions of place. We will also put Many Minis into a collage art piece. 

 

Homework:  Finish your reflection and bring to class on Monday (11.26).

 

Monday 11.26.07

In Class:  Share reflections and contemporary art piece.  Finish putting Many Minis into a collage piece.  We will prepare for our field trip on Thursday to McColl and DVAC.

 

Monday 11.12.07

In Class:  Studio day to begin contemporary landscape painting.  Remember to bring your homework to class today - Print 2-3 pictures of their work (or save them on your computer) to use as a model for your work.  Also bring in pictures of what you think represent current contemporary landscapes in America.

 

Friday 11.16.07

In Class:  Studio day to work on experiment with your chosen media and begin contemporary landscape.

 

 

Landscapes of America

Monday 11.05.07

In Class:  Studio day to finish landscape painting. 

 

Friday 11.09.07

In Class:  Studio day for landscape painting. We will examine a wide range of landscape artists from the Hudson River School painters to Edward Hopper and Wolf Kahn  You will pick one artist to model your style after for your second landscape painting. 

 

Homework:

Do further research on your chosen American artist.  Print 2-3 pictures of their work (or save them on your computer) to use as a model for your work. Bring these to class next Friday. 11.09.07

Landscapes

http://www.nga.gov/education/american/landscape.shtm

Landscapes

http://www.nga.gov/feature/wilmerding/

Landscapes

http://whitney.org/learning/gallery/?sort=lastname&era_event=0&decade=0&theme=0&media=0&style=12

Wolf Kahn

http://www.pbs.org/hanshofmann/wolf_kahn_001.html

Grant Wood

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma98/haven/wood/gallery4.html

 

Monday 10.22.07

In Class: We will examine the characteristics of color and color mixing by creating our own color palletes. 

 

Wednesday 10.24.07

In Class:  We will use our sketches from our field trip on Friday to recreate a landscape painting in the realism style.  We will use acrylic to add color to our drawings.

 

 

American Landscapes

Thursday 10.18.07

In Class:  We will look at the history of American landscape painting, beginning with early sketches used to record historic events before the invention of the camera.

 

We will also peer critique our mini landscape drawings and learn some landscape drawing tips from each other. 

 

Homework:  You will complete two landscape sketches and four drawings of objects such as different types of trees or buildings you may find in the landscape on your field trip to Kings Mountain and Cowpens on Friday.  Bring these drawings to class on Monday. We will use these and your photographs as a starting point for our final landscape. 

 

Websites:

http://www.archives.gov/research/american-revolution/pictures/#post

See photos # 7, 9,10, 11,14, 35, 43, 46, 49, 64, 68

http://www.nga.gov/education/american/landscape.shtm

http://www.nga.gov/feature/wilmerding/

 

Community Quilt

Monday 10.8.07 & Friday 10.12.07

In Class: On Monday, we will complete and sign our community canvas rug project for the auction and take a photo.  We will also complete our Admired American portraits and frame them.  Remember to bring your landscape minis to class on Monday.  On Friday we will begin our study of American Landscape paintings. 

 

Homework:  For Friday - do two mini drawings (1/4 sketchbook page) of landscapes.  Remember to apply what we discussed in class - proportion, use of foreground, middle ground, background, rules of thirds, etc.  This can be in pen or pencil.

 

American Portraits

Monday 10.1.07 & Friday 10.5.07

In Class:  Studio time to finish canvas rug.  We will also complete our Admired American portraits and frames.

 

Community

Monday 9.24.07 & Thursday 9.27.07

In Class:  Studio time to finish canvas rug.

 

Monday 9.17.07 & Friday 9.21.07

In Class:  We will work continue to develop patterns for floorcloth inspired by American quilts.  Bring your patterns to class on Monday. 

 

Homework:  Complete patterns and be ready to transfer them on Friday.