Tuesday, June 11, 2013

EXHIBITION: June 3rd Online Studio Thinking Network Conversation

We hosted a rich session on Adobe Connect last Monday night featuring an introduction to the new Exhibition content in Studio Thinking 2 by Lois Hetland, followed by presentations from Alisa Rodny and John Crowe.

You can watch a live recording of the conversation at this link.
 
 
 
Thanks to all of our presenters and to those that join the conversation! We hope you will join our next session(s).

Stay tuned for upcoming dates and topics.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

A Way to Reflect

So, I've been thinking about what Matt and Kate were saying about getting students to reflect upon their work in ways other than just judging strengths and weaknesses. They've been journaling (I used, I did, I felt, I think, etc) all year and really liked that. They use Close Read for research and Art History. But when it came to class critiques I focused on strengths, weaknesses, and skills. This time I figure I would branch out a bit. So, I borrowed a bit from the Close Read format and wrote some simple prompts to help them along. Let me know what you think. It may be kind of simple, but its a start.


Rate each project according to how much you liked it.  Explain your reasons for the rating, in detail and be honest. Materials? Ideas? Creativity? Process?

Name of Unit
THE LEAST
SOMEWHAT
OK
A LOT
THE MOST
Research of Heroes






Creating Hero Trading Cards






Writing Hero Essays






Nature Sticker Art






Postcard Art






Postcard Writing






Making TC Envelope






Name of Unit
THE LEAST
SOMEWHAT
OK
A LOT
THE MOST
Community Outreach







PERSONAL REFLECTION:
Pick favorite Unit, one you feel you expressed yourself the best: _______________________

JUDGE: What did you do well? Your strengths? Was it the materials used? Process? Your ideas? Creativity? Images? Skill?

ANALYZE: Why were you engaged with this unit? What were you expressing?

CONTEXT: How did this artwork or idea relate to you personally? Your experiences? Your views of the world?

OUTREACH: What did you want the world to learn from this artwork?