Essay 2: Artists and their Art-Making Processes Project is due: Friday, 5 July at 11:59 p.m.
“Last call” deadline is Saturday, 6 July at 11:59 p.m. (after this deadline the assignment will close; please note that as 6 July is the last day of our course, work cannot be accepted past this deadline)
Goal
Synthesize the relationship between an artist and their artwork.
Evaluate evidence of the artwork’s form, potentially including its medium(a), subject matter, and characteristic elements and/or principles.
Instructions
To complete the Artists and their Art-Making Processes Project, please take the following steps:
Watch a selection of online videos that showcase the works and art-making processes of contemporary artists on ART21Links to an external site. or Craft in AmericaLinks to an external site..
Budget at minimum 2 hours for this process, to ensure you have viewed enough video content to find an artist, medium, or production process that you are interested in writing about.
Reflect on your knowledge about art-making processes and techniques from online lecture materials and textbook content.
Select 2 – 5 videos that showcase artists and their art-making processes (at minimum, approximately 20 – 35 minutes of video content) and analyze their artwork in relation to the methods and media discussed in online lecture or textbook content.
Craft a 2 – 3 page (500 – 750 word, double-spaced) paper that discusses the videos you picked in regards to the information outlined in the essay requirements below.
Supplement your writing with citations (when needed) and be sure to provide a bibliography.
Essay Requirements
Include the following information in your Artists and their Art-Making Processes Project essay:
Name and provide a brief overview about the 2 – 5 artists picked from the videos you watched, their works of art, and the medium or media they work with.
Describe the art production technique(s) used by each artist.
Compare, contrast, or connect the artists you selected in terms of their art-making processes or techniques. You may wish to focus on one or more of the following:
Guiding philosophies or principles;
Planning processes;
Medium or media used;
Production techniques;
Workshop or studio practices;
Another connection, comparison, or contrast of your choice.
Reflect on and discuss connections or differences that you observed between the art-making practices of your selected artists and techniques discussed in course content.
Ensure to build and support your arguments using specific examples drawn from the selected videos, online lecture materials, and/or textbook content
Note: Aside from viewing video content on ART21Links to an external site. and/or Craft in AmericaLinks to an external site., no outside research is required for this essay.
Please ensure to use standard writing and formatting conventions including correct spelling and grammar, as well as 12pt, double-spaced, regular font types like Arial, Cambria, or Times New Roman.
Accessing Videos
There are two (2) online sites that we are using for this assignment, ART21Links to an external site. and Craft in AmericaLinks to an external site.. Each of these sites has embedded videos on their websites, searchable through headings such as ‘artist,’ ‘medium/material,’ ‘theme,’ among other organizing principles (including broadcast date, as both are originally t.v. programs). While I appreciate that we likely all likely encountered incredible artists through our social media channels or spaces like YouTube, please share these video links with your classmates through our ‘What is Art?’ discussion board and stick to looking at the videos on ART21 or Craft in America for this project. To access the online video at ART21 or Craft in America, click on the blue, hyperlinked name.
ART21Links to an external site.
If you are interested in contemporary art, traditional media like painting, drawing, sculpture, or thought-provoking, challenging, and empowering ideas or themes, you want to check out ART21! To access online videos on ART21, you can:
Use the ‘Explore’ tabLinks to an external site. to check out videos arranged by ‘Theme,’ ‘Medium,’ and ‘Narratives.’ When you click on one of the black bubbles, you will be taken to videos related to the relevant theme, medium, or narrative you picked. Note: videos can be in multiple categories, so you may see some pop up more than once.
You can scroll through the ‘Artist Directory’Links to an external site. to find a specific contemporary artist that you may have read about in our course or whose work you are already familiar with.
ART21 also contains a ‘Search’ function if you would like to enter in freeform text. You can also watch the latests videos by pressing on the ‘Watch’ tab. Finally, there is a ‘Read’ tab, which features and gives extra context through written articles.
Craft in AmericaLinks to an external site.
These aren’t your great-grandparent’s handicrafts! Contemporary craftmakers work in mediums as diverse as glassblowing, textiles, woodworking, furniture making, paper art, metalworking, and clay, creating objects that challenge our perceptions about the distinction between ‘art’ and ‘craft.’ This is also the place to go if you’re interested in architecture, as there are a few architectural videos here as well. To access online videos on Craft in America, you can:
Visit the ‘Artists’Links to an external site. tab, which you can then arrange how you would like to view. You can classify artists by using the tabs on the right side of the page, where you can ‘Alphabetize’ artists by last name or divide artists by the type of ‘Material’ they work with (you can refine which medium you are interested in looking at too).
See the videos by ‘Theme,’ as originally arranged in episodes of the PBS broadcast. To see these thematic episodes, click on the ‘PBS Series’Links to an external site. tab, choose a theme, and view one or more videos related to the specific theme, as arranged on the original tv program.
You are welcome to use video content from both ART21 and Craft in America, should you wish. You are also welcome to use video content from a single site.
Technical Details (aka the “fine print”)
Limit use of direct quotations and paraphrasing. Instead, if you must use content that comes directly from the video, textbook, or online lecture materials, show YOUR understanding of the ideas or content by crafting your descriptions in your own language and referencing the original source.
Cite any sources that you use, including any direct quotation and/or use of ideas or information from a source, including the videos and course textbook.
Provide a bibliography that includes your sources for the essay, including the required videos. For example, if you Preston Singletary’s glasswork as one of your examples, the citation (footnote, in the body of your essay) and bibliographic entry (separate list following your entry) would look as follows from the artist’s entry on the Craft in America website (based on Chicago-style citations):
Footnote:
Preston Singletary, “Glass artist Preston Singletary, NATURE episode,” Craft in America, YouTube video, 11:57, April 24, 2017, https://www.craftinamerica.org/artist/preston-singletaryLinks to an external site..
Bibliographic entry:
Singletary, Preston. “Glass artist Preston Singletary, NATURE episode.” Craft in America. April 24, 2017. YouTube Video. 11:57. https://www.craftinamerica.org/artist/preston-singletaryLinks to an external site..
Bibliographic entry for entire episode:
Singletary, Preston. artist. Craft in America. Season 8, episode 2. “Nature.” Directed by Carol Sauvion. Aired April 24, 2017, PBS, https://www.craftinamerica.org/episode/natureLinks to an external site..
If you used an online tool like Grammarly or ChatGPT to help refine your language, be sure to acknowledge your use with a statement at the start of your bibliography. Remember, as per course policy, online tools may not be used to generate content (your writing must show what YOU know).
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