Week 19 1/10-1/14

General Announcements

• Last Day for Late/Regrade work: Wed. Jan 19th
• All classes will have a Midterm next week
  • all multiple choice questions
  • Covers Elements of Art, Principles of Design, and Art making processes covered so far- most classwork is relating to this to help start reviewing for it!
•  I'll be out at least Monday-  so be sure to READ/LISTEN to ALL instructions I left for your section. If you have questions email me but don't wait for me to respond- be proactive and move on as best you can.

Class work this week

ALL Advanced Visual Art Sections:

• If you need to see dates or portfolio requirements click HERE.
•  Artist Website Portfolio instructions.
• 4th Project due: This Friday Jan 14th. Also need your Artist Website Portfolio assignment in asap if not already.
• Midterm Exam: will be an Essay about your portfolio journey so far. Instructions will be posted here before Friday so you can start working on it before Exam day. 

 B117: Visual Art Beginning, B-117 B2, B3, (2D MMA IP, Printmaking IP)

• Go to your Google Classroom for class content and scores for class work- Ignore Canvas.
• PowerSchool will be updated with your Overall Grade about every other week.

8th Grade Art

• Principles of Design Booklet Unit- get as far as you can by the end of the week.
• • Take time to ready EVERYTHING before starting booklet
  • Expecting 4-6 pages completed each class; if you don't: you're either working too fast or overthinking things if you're getting behind.
  • The idea is you're APPLYING what you learn from the notes to the booklet activates.
  • Just recreate the booklets on your own- they don't need to be printed out
  • Take your time (craftsmanship counts, including with handwriting) and be creative with the overall design of yours! They are designed to be more than just worksheets.

Ceramics Beginning- (1A and 2A)

• Elements of Art Booklet Unit- this is is info that will be on your Midterm
  • Take time to ready EVERYTHING before starting booklet
  • Expecting 4-6 pages completed each class; if you don't: you're either working too fast or overthinking things if you're getting behind.
  • The idea is you're APPLYING what you learn from the notes to the booklet activates.
  • Just recreate the booklets on your own- they don't need to be printed out
  • Take your time (craftsmanship counts, including with handwriting) and be creative with the overall design of yours! They are designed to be more than just worksheets.
• Note about Action Figure Coffin Unit: Will start sculpting as soon as clay is in

Ceramics IPA (B4)- 

• Principles of Design Booklet Unit- get as far as you can by the end of the week.
  • Take time to ready EVERYTHING before starting booklet
  • Expecting 4-6 pages completed each class; if you don't: you're either working too fast or overthinking things if you're getting behind.
  • The idea is you're APPLYING what you learn from the notes to the booklet activates.
  • Just recreate the booklets on your own- they don't need to be printed out
  • Take your time (craftsmanship counts, including with handwriting) and be creative with the overall design of yours! They are designed to be more than just worksheets.
• Note about Chess Piece Unit: we will start it officially after Midterms. Long Story Short: clay will be here, we need to prep for midterm, and I need time to get ready for it too. Totally fine to start planning out your ideas for your them ahead of time.

​Metals and Fibers IPA

• Weaving: The Coaster Unit
  • Continue to make progress on Big Fiber Arts Project. 
  • Instructions/requirements are on last slide of the weaving unit.

 Sculpture IPA

• Sculpting Basics Unit: complete by the end of the week
  • Take time to ready EVERYTHING before starting booklet
  • Expecting 4-6 pages completed each class; if you don't: you're either working too fast or overthinking things if you're getting behind.
  • The idea is you're APPLYING what you learn from the notes to the booklet activates.
  • Just recreate the booklets on your own- they don't need to be printed out
  • Take your time (craftsmanship counts, including with handwriting) and be creative with the overall design of yours! They are designed to be more than just worksheets.
• Bust Project Unit

AP Art History

• Wednesday and Friday- I'm still out but can meet using zoom for the class- just click here: Zoom Meeting 11:05-12:20 (same link for both days
• AP Unit 3.1 Slides
  
• Start Revamped Unit 3 content
  • New Link: AP Unit 3
  • Monday: Complete to summarize the Lecture Outline
  • Wed. and Fri.: Applying Lecture Info to Required Works
    • Slides will be added/updated in the Unit 3 Presentation for you to take notes from.
• Heads up about Next week
  • Wed: Review for midterm
    • Multiple Choice: mostly be Unit 3 Content, and the reset from Units 1-2
    • Short answer and Essay portions will be from Unit 3 only
  • Friday: Take Midterm