Fall 2008: Creative Problem Solving

SYLLABUS
CLASS PROFILES
CALENDAR
PROJECTS
READINGS
ARTISTS RESPOND TO MEDIA

PROJECT MATERIALS
WEB SAAVY
GENERAL TECH SAAVY
Guggenheim Art History Reference

What it Is

11.24

Context is everything.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/11/23/massachusetts.piano/index.html

11.6

For an early look at your Instructions Videos

11.5 Art Battle

Artists who enter the Art Battle create a piece of artwork (in groups of
up to 4 people) live in front of an audience, and the crowd votes for
their favorite. It's a great way for artists to meet new people, and it
creates great excitement for local art.

We'll be holding "call for artist" meetings next Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday, at the intersection, at 7pm. Is there any way you could notify
your mailing list about this great opportunity for Artists? We'd be
eternally grateful!!

Best regards,

Todd VanTongeren

ODD T PRODUCTIONS | Art Battle Coordinator

http://www.myspace.com/artbattlemidwest

11.5

Senior Seminar has organized an alumni panel discussion for
THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT, 7:00pm, in ROOM 1718.

This panel is intended/devised to serve ALL UNDERCLASSMEN, and
historically has proven
really valuable to freshmen and sophomores. With that in mind,
PLEASE ANNOUNCE to all of our students that they are WELCOME!

The 4 ALUM returning for this panel are:

JEREMY BROOKS (grad school, residencies, currently teaching at MSU)
MICHAEL INGOLD (grad school at Kendall, tech' work at Children's Museum)
ROBYN KANE (fairs and festivals, adjunct teaching at Kendall and GVSU)
BECCA SCHAUB (Studio FLUX apartment gallery, director of ArtWorks
program at UICA)

Refreshments served!

11.4 Where to vote in MI

make sure you're registered and where your precinct is

Dear Dr. Campbell,

My name is Mary Selig, and I will be site coordinator for the Campaign
for Change on campus. Although many students are excited about this
election, it is very possible that not everyone on campus knows quite
where, when or how to vote. I have included that information in the
event that you are interested in providing your students with that
information on the 3rd and/or 4th:

For students registered to vote in Allendale, the polling location is:

Second Christian Reformed Church
6950 Lake Michigan Dr., Allendale

A shuttle will be provided from the Kirkhoff parking lot every
half-hour from 11am to 6pm

A picture ID is required to vote. A student ID with picture is sufficient.
Polls are open from 7am to 8pm

Thank you very much for taking the time to share this with your students.

Sincerely,

Mary Selig

10.29

iMovie Tutorials

10.28

7:40 Busses load at Calder Art Center

arrive by 7:30 to sign in inside
bring weather/ travel approprite clothing, money, food (a pillow)

10.27

Video Research Day - no official class meeting
Bad at Sports writing due

10.22

In preparation for Chicago:
Bad at Sports Writing

10.8

Send your prints to the printshop and fill out an order sheet by this date.
GVSU Art Dept. Digital Print Shop

10.6 Snack Label Crit

get into groups of four
hang your work in a group
crit another group of four using these criteria:

1. Has the logo been strongly manipulated? Is it still recognizable?
2. Is there a strong focal point?
3. Is there an area in the composition that lets your eye rest?
4. Are the borders of the composition considered?

5. How well is the snack label integrated into another environment (skew, feather, saturation, transparency)
6. Is the location that was chosen significant?

9.20

I am still missing 2 Image word projects and several of the writings haven't been posted - if you're missing work, please turn it in.

For 9.22 (Monday)

Read the Rushkoff article
watch Art 21: Identity
bring in a snack label

for 9.19 IMAGE WORD projects are due Friday at noon

1 word-word
1 image-image
1 word-image
put your name on your work and put it in the flat file drawer marked SHEHULK CPS
post your Image-Word Writing here:Image Word Writing

>>>>>>printing tip

check the "Scale to fit media" box in the print options hen you print to make sure that your image prints on center

for 9.15

Recap:

sign-up on the wiki for a TAYP screening. You'll have time in class next week to delegate duties for each of your screenings
bring ideas and images and drafts to class Monday for IMAGE-WORD - we'll crit your 5 drafts at 4pm

for 8.27

print out, read, and take notes on the Cave Allegory
complete your Hot Topic page sufficiently so that you could comfortably give a 3 minute presentation on it

Is the information accurate, interesting and in your own words?
Do you have an image of actual work – not a publicity photo
Does the link from the Hot Topic page work?
Does your hot topic link to you profile page?
Does your profile page link to your hot topic?
Is it easy to look at your site/ read your page?

demo for youtube