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Art and Social Change: Focus on the Guerilla Girls and LigoranoReese

 

AWL Students: If you have already written this piece and uploaded it, please revisit and revise it. Writing is never truly finished. If you haven't written it yet (which I suppose is the case for the vast majority of you), you have the following 50 minutes to draft it and begin the revising/editing process. Enter your text in the Discussion board thread no later than 11:45 today. Click on "Discussions" on our Populi page, and enter your text (or copy-n-paste it from a doc). We will have an informal critique/reading of your texts from 11:45 to 12:15. Questions: Csmith@dcad.edu.

Remember to upload it to the FYE Populi page no later than 7 pm tonight. Here is the assignment itself:

First, spend some time at the official website of the Guerilla Girls learning about the full range of their practice. Focus not only on what they do, but how & why they do it.

Guerilla Girls Website: https://www.guerrillagirls.com

Then, watch the video (below) showing the Guerilla Girls in action.       

(Note that the video mentions three key strategies at the heart of their practice: a. the use of statistics' b. the use of outrageous statements, and c. the use of humor.)                        

 

3. WRITE: Concerning what you have seen, read, and heard about artists who create work with social/political motives (ie.the Guerilla Girls and LigoranoReese) write a Reflective Response essay on the strategic use of art to bring about social or political change. Do you like the idea?  Why or why not? Would you want to try it? Why or why not?  If yes, what issues or topics would you tackle?

• Approx. 250 words in length
• Paragraph form
• Complete, grammatically-correct sentences

4. SUBMIT: Turn in RR8: Reflection on Artists and Social Change through the link below no later than 7:00 pm next Tuesday, 10/27.

The Ups and Downs of Artistic Collaboration

Today in AWL: RR7 "Collaboration"

You see above a photograph of two of the most influential American artists of the post-war period: Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat. They worked together for a brief time and made some work that many people love, but the critics didn't look too favorably on it. 

Over the last two weeks in FYE we looked at the idea of collaboration through the work of William Kentridge and his team of fellow artists, and we also watched the video on Black Mountain College.

In AWL today, we're going to work on the brief essay that's due tonight. Here's how it's going to work. 

1. I'll introduce the assignment a few minutes after class starts at 10:50. From 11:00 to 11:50, each student will be writing or revising their reflective essay on their own. After completing the brief essay, each student will cut-and-paste their writing in an email message addressed to me at csmith@dcad.edu. You must do this before 11:55.

2. Rejoin the Zoom conference (same Zoom room) at noon. I think it's easiest just to leave it open. We will finish class with an informal critique. Be brave and volunteer to have your writing reviewed. It's ok if there are mistakes; that's why we're doing this. 

3. Make sure your brief essay has at least two paragraphs consisting of at least 12 sentences altogether. The last sentence of your first paragraph should state the main idea of your reflection in clear and simple writing. In the second paragraph go into specific detail about your main idea. Use examples from your real life. You might be on a roll and end up with 20 sentences. That's ok. Count the sentences, not the words. 

4. Edit and proofread your brief essay before emailing it to me. 

5. After class is finished, make some final changes/fixes and upload it to the FY Populi page. Voila, you're finished.

6. Questions? Send me an email message at csmith@dcad.edu or speak up on Zoom. I'll leave it open. 

==> WRITE: Reflection on Artistic Collaboration (RR7) 

Consider what you learned over the past two weeks about creative collaboration and shared experience.  In what ways did your understanding or appreciation of collaborative art change or evolve? Think about the possibility that you may be asked to collaborate on creative endeavors in the future.  What type of project do you envision yourself working on?

Formatting requirements:

• 200-250 words
• paragraph form 
• complete sentences 
• proper spelling and grammar 

SUBMIT: RR7: Reflection on Artistic Collaboration due no later than 7:00 pm, next Tuesday, 10/20.

FYE Kentridge Discussion Assignment

 PARTICIPATE IN DISCUSSION FORUM:  Post a personal response to the discussion prompt provided and comment on two of your classmates' responses.

For this week's written reflective response (RR6), you will need to go to the Discussions page (tab at left), read Prompt #1, and follow the directions for completing your assignment.

SUBMIT:  Post all parts of assignment RR6: Reflection on Remarks Made by William Kentridge through the contribute and comment boxes on the Discussions page.

I will not make any more boring art.

Today in AWL we're going to write and critique your responses to the FYE homework that is due tonight at 7 pm. 

(1) Curator Chrissie Iles on John Baldessari's "I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art" - YouTube

 2. WRITE:  A Reflection on John Baldessari's "I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art." (RR5)  Compose a brief reflective essay describing what the experience of copying Baldessari's sentence over and over was like for you.  As you were writing the sentence, what were you thinking? What were you feeling? Did you find yourself outside of your “comfort zone”? If yes, why? If no, why?

Requirements:
Approx. 200 words
Complete, grammatically correct sentences

3. SUBMIT: Turn in your reflection through the assignment link below no later than 7pm, next Tuesday, 10/06.