Foundations, Level I and II, Grade 6 - 7, Fleischman
Fall Semester 2009
Required Department Assignment Deadlines
Gallery Review #1, Tuesday, October 6th
Gallery Review #2, Tuesday, November 24th
Visual Arts Quarter Exhibit #1, Tuesday, October 15th
Visual Arts Quarter Exhibit #2, Thursday, December 10th
(Preferred) Teacher Contact via email at kendra_fleischman@dpsk12.org
Please call classroom phone before 8:20 a.m. or after 2:40 p.m. 720-424-1777 or 1776
This Week's Sketchbook Assignment
Sketchbook Assignment #11 Due November 23th
Take a common household item and personify it! Personify - Give it human characteristics. Use a full range of value and give a one hour commitment to the drawing.
Sketchbook Assignment Rubric, 10 points: Full Page, full range of values, one hour commitment
This Week's Class Activities:
Students will:
Students will complete sock creature sculptures.
Learn about body adornment and the historic significance of jewelry.
Create a simple copper loop and chain.
Past Sketchbook Assignments:
Sketchbook Assignment #1, Due Monday, August 31
Find a tool that you use at school or at home. Use your imagination to morph this tool into a mythical creature. Draw your final morphed creature. (1 hour commitment)
Sketchbook Assignment #2, Due Tuesday, September 8
What is your favorite smell? Draw the smell so the viewer can imagine it. (1 hour commitment)
Sketchbook Assignment #3, Due Monday September 14
What can you do with or to a file folder. Consider using the folder as a 2D or 3D material. You must use ALL of the folder including the metal in your piece and you can add whatever you like TO it. Do not lose your folder as it will not be replaced.
Sketchbook Assignment #4, Due Monday Sept. 21
Create an artwork that is inspired by the lyrics of your favorite song. Your piece can be 2D or 3D and should take at least 1 hour to complete.
Sketchbook Assignment #5, Due Monday Sept. 28
DSA Dance Party Poster
Design - Create a poster design advertising our upcoming school wide
dance at City Hall dance club. Your design should be colorful,
exciting and easy to read! Include the following information in your
design. DSA Dance Party - City Lights Dance Club - November 10th - 7 p.m. to ?
Collect and cut out at least 15 images of emotions. Arrange the images in a collage. Add to the composition with pen or marker. Use the entire page.
Sketchbook Assignment #7 Due October 19th
Create a picture using mostly cool colors (Blues, greens, purples) with some neutrals (black, white , gray) Use one warm color as an accent in an area of your picture.
Sketchbook Assignment #8 Due October 26 - Design a Halloween mask or costume for the year 2091.
Sketchbook Assignment #9 Due November 9th - Draw a room or hallway in perspective.
Sketchbook Assignment #10 Due Novemember 16th - Super Hero Contest
SYLLABUS
Art History and Art Appreciation
Students will view a variety of art through PowerPoint presentations, art books, slides and films with a focus on building art vocabulary and knowledge. Class discussions and written gallery reviews will help students identify and describe various genres, media and styles of art. Emphasis is on thematic units featuring western and non-western art rather than chronological history. General exposure to major periods and styles will help students understand the cyclical nature of styles in the larger context of world art.
3D Focus
Students will focus on fundamental art concepts and develop essential skills necessary for working with 3 dimensional mediums with practice in the following areas:
Identification, exploration and application of art elements and principles in sculpture, ceramics and jewelry
Creation of ceramic works using coil, pinch, slab, and slump techniques
Operating a potters wheel, centering clay and pulling clay into a cylinder
Exploring and utilizing different surface treatments for 3 dimensional work
Designing and constructing a wearable art piece in metal
Creating a sculpture using recycled and/or found objects
Researching artistic traditions of various North American and European cultural groups.
Activities and Assignments
Weekly sketchbook assignments, submitted on Mondays
Two Art Gallery Reviews are required, one per quarter
Mandatory attendance at both VA quarter art exhibitions
Class critiques
Lecture and class discussion
Small Group Projects
Individual art projects (3 14 days)
Quizzes and Tests
Grading
Grading is cumulative for the entire semester. Written work, sketchbook assignments and class participation are weighted equally with art projects. Reading and writing skills are integrated into our study -- students are required to submit corrections when needed to written assignments.
Most weekly assignments are worth 10 points. Large projects are worth 15 points.
Late work is penalized 10% per school day. Projects not completed for critique will be penalized another 10%. No late work will be accepted the last week of the quarter. Students must complete ALL assignments. Students who have excused absences will be given 2 days per day absent to complete work as per school policy.
Incomplete work may not be shown at a critique, but should be completed as soon as possible to receive maximum credit. Participation points (25) will be given at the end of each quarter and include attendance, focus, cooperation, studio responsibility and attitude.
PROGRESS MONITORING:
Grades in Infinite Campus will be updated once a week.
Every 3 weeks prog/elig grades will be used to help identifying struggling students for interventions including tutoring.
Every week, IC Messenger will send notices regarding failing assignments. These are notices of assignments that earned a failing grade (less than 59%). To verify a students class grade, you will need to check IC in more detail. Please keep in mind the grading policies as stated in the syllabus above. IC Messenger will also send out a message if the student has missed an assignment. Failing grades will be sent once per week, missing grades may be sent multiple times over a nine-week period.
Behavior Expectations and Class Rules
The sketchbook and toolbox are required in class every day. Students must retain ALL art projects until the end of the year in their portfolios for review at the Re-audition Interview.
Focus on projects for the entire class period.
Be open to trying new techniques, receptive to learning about all areas of art and maintain a positive, inquisitive attitude.
Critique participation is an important part of the art school process; students will be trained in correct critique protocol so they can fully participate by offering constructive feedback to their peers.
Care for the studio space, equipment, tools and supplies which includes cleaning and returning all tools and personal items to correct storage areas.
NO FOOD, except water bottles with screw tops, is allowed in the VA classrooms.
Students are not allowed in the Storeroom, Bookroom or behind teacher desks without teacher permission.
Respectful behavior toward the instructor, peers and the artwork of others
School policy requires a teacher to be present if students are in the studio. Check with teachers for availability of the studio during free periods, lunch and after school.
Use of personal headphones is discouraged and allowed only with DAILY permission of the instructor. Cell phones are never permitted in the classroom and will be confiscated if seen or heard during class.
DPS District Art Standards Addressed
Standard 1 Recognize and use the visual arts as a form of creativity and communication.
Standard 2- Know and apply the elements of art in creating 3 dimensional pieces.
Standard 3 Know and apply visual arts materials, tools, techniques and processes.
Standard 4 Make connections between their work and various historical and cultural traditions.
Standard 5 Analyze and evaluate the characteristics, merits, and meaning of works of art.