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      • Wheel Throwing
    • Sub Plans >
      • Tools and Materials
      • Education and Careers in Art
      • Ceramic Terms
      • Artist Research
    • Intro to the Visual Arts >
      • What is Art?
      • Forms of Visual Art
      • Why Study Art?
    • The Ceramic Process
    • Identity >
      • Quick Build: Sgraffito Magnets
      • Art Lesson: EOA & POD
    • Imagination >
      • Quick Build: Photo Holder
      • Art Lesson: Art Analysis
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    • Welcome! >
      • Syllabus
      • Social Contract
      • Games
      • Clean Up
      • Hand Building vs. Wheel Throwing
    • Studio Habits of Mind
    • Nature >
      • Quick Build: Natures Textures
      • Art Lesson: How To Critique
    • Emotion >
      • Quick Build: Eyes, Nose, Mouth,
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      • Syllabus >
        • Google Classroom
        • Monday Inspiration
      • Previous Students
    • Intro to the course >
      • AP Resources
      • Example Portfolios
    • Inspiration
    • Experimentation
    • Artistic Identity
    • Sustained Investigation
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    • Wheel Throwing >
      • Beginning Wheel Throwing
      • Mugs
      • The Perfect 10
      • Plates
      • Vase
      • Midterm
      • Lidded Container
    • Classroom Management >
      • Social Contract
    • Art Concepts >
      • Monday Videos
      • Monday Videos
      • Craftsmanship, Creativity, Effort
      • Art Lesson: Artistic Process
      • Art Lesson: Importance of Art
    • Quick Builds >
      • Quick Build: Bowl Mold
      • Quick Build: Flower Pot
      • Quick Build: Mug
      • Quick Build: Hand
      • Quick Build: Mini Sculptures
      • Quick Build: Stamps
      • Quick Build: Name Plate
      • Quick Build: Wall Vase
    • Surface Design >
      • Create a Glaze
      • Surface Design
    • Coil >
      • Vase
    • Assessment >
      • Midterm
      • FINAL
    • Slab >
      • Texture Cube
      • Cube
      • Slab Sculpture
      • Graffiti Mug
      • Three Cups
      • Wall Piece
      • Darted Tumbler
      • Dinner Set
    • Sculpting >
      • Teapot
      • Mobile/Windchime
      • Dinosaur
      • Surreal
      • Figurine
    • Themes >
      • Appreciation & Gratitude
      • Prettiness & Hope
      • Struggle & Expression
      • Beauty
      • Anthropomorphic
      • Extreme Emotion
      • Impressionism
      • Public Art
      • Inspiration
      • Investigation
      • Trompe l'oeil
      • Holiday Sale
      • Slab Architecture
      • Expressionism
      • Mashup
      • Craftivisim
    • AP-3D >
      • Breadth >
        • Review of the EOA & POD
        • Styrogami
        • Negative Space
        • Found Object
        • Container
        • Cardboard
        • Clay Composite
        • Wearable
      • Concentration >
        • Your voice
        • Project Proposal
        • Friday Critiques
        • Writing Your Statement
  • NAHS
    • BLINK
    • Holiday Sale
    • Visiting Artists
    • Art Showcase
    • Empty Bowls
    • Museum Visits
    • Call for Artists
    • Calendar
  • LINKS

YOUR VOICE!

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:
​What do you value?
What is the single most important issue to you?
​How can this be developed visually?
​What do you like to make?

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WHY?
Technical Skills:
Finding Ideas
​Increasing Creativity

Art Concept:
Creativity

Life:
Creativity

"Artworks are always about something; to interpret a work of art is to understand it in language; and, good interpretations have coherence, correspondence, and inclusiveness." - Terry Barrett

THE ARTISTIC CHALLENGE​

Begin brainstorming the things that you are interested in.
Complete the following activities to begin thinking about you!
Questionaire
Idea List

CRITERIA:

Begin collecting information that supports your idea historically, socially, and culturally
Locate other sources about your idea from mass media and pop culture
Start looking at textures and colors found in common items such as candy wrappers or fabric designs.
  • Collecting information pivotal to the emergence of the idea historically, socially, and culturally
  • Locating different mass media and pop culture connections to the idea
  • Charting lyrics, rhythms, and tempos (musical, seasonal, universal) that might be exploited visually
  • Discovering textures and colors found in common items such as candy wrappers or fabric designs
  • Distilling a variety of visual information to meaningfully connect with the Concentration. Individual growth and discovery are generated through visual literacy to enhance a personal aesthetic.
  • Composition: Is there evidence of competent visual organization?
  • Craftsmanship: Is there evidence of technical proficiency and visual acuity?
  • Concept: Is there evidence of a clear conceptual idea viewers can recognize and understand?

Unit Plan
Teacher reflection