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!

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?