AP Drawing Livoti 5-11 to 5-15

Monday 5-11 Aim: What is the 13 th concentration? DO Now: list your other favorite art activities or things you’ve always wanted to try HW: Due Friday Sketchbook page explaining your 13 th concentration choice

13 th Concentration

Contemporary Art: Happening in the Present Artists express themselves in a variety of media, anything goes! Modernism: logic, simplicity, and order. Always reacting to what came before, so new art movements were always occurring. Traditional subjects and media, but abstraction and performance and some photography styles were most non-traditional Post-modernism: ambguity, uncertainty, and contradiction now are valid forms of artistic expression.

Video Art Video art is a type of art which relies on moving pictures and video and/or audio data.artmoving picturesvideoaudio Video art may not employ the use of actors, may contain no dialogue, may have no discernible narrative or plot, or adhere to any of the other conventions that generally define motion pictures as entertainmentactorsdialoguenarrativeplotmotion pictures Check out: Bill Viola, NYC galleries, art college websites- look for their majors

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Shigeko Kubota (Japanese, born 1937) Rock Video: Cherry Blossom Date:1986Medium:Vid eo (color, silent)Duration:12:54 min.

Performance Art Art in which works in any of a variety of media are executed premeditated before a live audience. Although this might appear to be theater, theatrical performances present illusions of events, while performance art presents actual events as artArtmediaaudiencetheater It was closely linked to the ideological tenets and philosophy of Conceptual Art, which insisted on ‘an art of which the material is concepts’ and on ‘an art that could not be bought and sold’; those who made performance pieces did so as a statement against the gallery system and the art establishment.Conceptual Art, which insisted on ‘an art of which the material is concepts’ and on ‘an art that could not be bought and sold’; those who made performance pieces did so as a statement against the gallery system and the art establishment.

Cutting an onion on the subway: Marina Abramovic: Performance artisthttp:// yYynulogY

13 th concentration projects will be presented June 9-11

Tuesday 5-12 AIM: What is the iMovie portfolio final exam project? Do Now: Explain the importance of having a digital portfolio of your work. HW: Due Friday Sketchbook page explaining your 13 th concentration choice

Project GOAL : Create a digital movie or website of your portfolios. Understand marketing strategies available to artists Understand the importance of organizing finished work in an aesthetic manner View themselves as a practicing artist Use digital technology to develop portfolio Use iMovie techniques such as transitions and effects Combine image and sound for a unique portfolio experience Find alternative methods to creating a digital portfolio by researching web-based slideshow programs.

iMovie/Powerpoint criteria: *** ART DEPT WILL BE CHOSING FROM THESE FOR THE COURSE SELECTION VIDEOS FOR NEXT YEAR! Title slide with your name Breadth, Concentration and Quality sections Theme of concentration title slide Music Transitions End credits 75% of your final exam grade Website Criteria: Use a free website like WIX or Weebly Design a page for your breadth, Concentration, quality section Add a page with your concentration statement/artist statement. Must show professionalism! NO tumblr or blog like sites 75% of your final exam grade. Final 25% of Exam grade comes from a written analysis/course reflection survey that will be completed in class on June 8 th. Your iMovie or website will be reviewed Starting JUNE 3-5

Wednesday 5-13 AIM: What is the volunteer/beautification project? Do Now: Explain the importance of using your art skills to better your school community. HW: Due Friday Sketchbook page explaining your 13 th concentration choice

Beautification/Volunteer/Artist in the School community project: Choose a way to contribute Clean up courtyard Create something for the courtyard Paint a cabinet Paint a door Paint ceiling tiles for library/nurse Enter a competition Find a way to brighten the school’s day with art- i.e make a digital postcard with your art and box them to the faculty Pass out an artist trading card to kids in the cafeteria Make something for everyone in the class to remember you by Beautification projects must be documented and submitted by Thursday June 11 th.

Thursday 5-14 AIM: How can you plan your final AP Drawing projects? Do Now: Set up a timeline for your work for the course using the calendar. HW: Due Friday Sketchbook page explaining your 13 th concentration choice

Friday 5-15 AIM: How can you continue to plan your final work for the AP course? Do Now: Organize and collect materials needed for your projects. HW: Due Friday Sketchbook page explaining your 13 th concentration choice