MIXED MEDIA

Assignments

All City Submissions - Due Monday 1-23-12
If you would like to submit a piece for the All City Exhibition, follow the instructions below, bring the forms to class on Monday, and come to the art room after school to get your artwork ready for submission. Allow 15 minutes to complete this on Monday.

Download the All City Submission Form
Fill it out, PRINT (Do not SUBMIT) 2 copies, sign both, have your parents sign both
Teacher=Jennifer Gran
You are all Level 2
If you are submitting a watercolor resist project the code is MXM, category MIXED MEDIA
If you are submitting a collection project the code is MXM, category MIXED MEDIA
If you are submitting a monotype print the code is PRT, category PRINTMAKING

TITLE OF ARTWORK / DESCRIPTION= Your title (can be "untitled" if necessary. Collection projects can use the neighborhood name). The Description should be "watercolor resist", or "monotype", or "found objects, collage, drawing, etc."

Sub plans for Tuesday 1-17-11

HOMEWORK - due tomorrow - Find a CD cover online that you think has a good design. Be prepared to tell us what you like about it. We need to all be able to search & find it quickly online during class.

Finish your exquisite corpse practice project today. Remember to reference the instructions in the class folder to make sure you fulfill all of the requirements. If the instructions also specify how to turn in your project, please follow them ( I can't remember if I added it). If not, follow these instructions:

Make sure you save your final Photoshop PSD file into your student account first.
Save your final Photoshop PSD file into the appropriate folder in the class folder (Folders on Payton/Class Folders/Art/Gran Mixed Media/EXC/yourletter_template) (A_template, B_template, etc.)
While your project is open in Photoshop, Click on the top right corner icon in the layers palette, choose "Flatten Image".
Save image as a jpeg, full quality (12) into the same template folder that you just saved your PSD file.
If there's time, one person from each group can place all the jpeg files into the template file.

Please help each other with Photoshop questions! Ask your peers if you get stuck. See you tomorrow. Ms. Gran

For students not on fieldtrip. Tuesday 11-1-11

We will be working in Apple's GarageBand for our new project. We will be getting a tutorial on our fieldtrip, so you should complete a Garage Band Tutorial online to stay on track. This site has very thorough tutorials. http://blog.macformusicians.com/2010/07/13/garageband-tutorials/ A good place to start is "Garage Band Interface" under "Recording with Garage Band" . If you are already familiar with GarageBand, then look through the site's tutorials to learn more about a specific topic in depth. We will be working in groups, so you can be your group's GarageBand expert! We probably have a slightly older version of GarageBand on our Mac laptops, but it shouldn't be too different. There are also a few Macs in the back of 314 that you could take turns practicing on. Please email me any questions you have after watching the tutorials. Also, if you know of another or better tutorial site, let me know. Have fun.

If you were absent the day we created our own QR codes, you can do that also. Follow the directions below, but instead of printing, email me the image according to my instructions in the last line.

If you finish early, please peruse the sound links below.

Due Monday 10-31-11

CREATE YOUR OWN QR CODE!!
1. Open up your interview. SPELLCHECK & GRAMMAR CHECK.

2. Go to: http://www.freetexthost.com.

Copy and paste or type your interview into the text box.

Enter the verification code and click "host my text".

Leave the optional settings blank.

Copy "Your URL".

3. Go to: http://www.beqrious.com/qrcode/create

Paste your URL into the box titled "Enter web URL".

Click "Create Code".

Your code will show up in the image of a smartphone on the right side of the page.

Choose "save as GIF".

Save to your student account.

4. Find the image you just saved. Choose "open with" Adobe Photoshop CS4.

5. In Photoshop, go to Image/Image Size...

Make sure all 3 boxes on the bottom are checked.

Under "Document Size", change the Width and Height to 2 inches.

The resolution should stay at 72 pixels/inch.

Hit OK.

Print!

6. Finishing Touches

Try scanning your code with a smartphone's QR reader to make sure it works and is yours.

Carefully cut out square using the scissors or the trimmers in the back of the room.

LIGHTLY write your name in pencil on the back of the square so it doesn't show through to the front.

Place square in clear container by the teacher computer.

If you don't finish, email me the image at JMGran@cps.edu, in the correct size, so I can print it onto cardstock.

Due Friday 10-14-11
COLLECTING CHECKLIST (PDF)

Due Friday 10-14-11
Writing Assignment: Research your neighborhood by interviewing a resident who has lived there for at least 20 years. This can be a parent, neighbor, local librarian, historical society docent, your barber, etc. Perhaps s/he can tell you how the neighborhood has changed throughout the years or introduce you to things you didn't know existed in your neighborhood. This will end up complementing and being displayed next to your artwork. Type up in 12 pt. font., single spaced, 1/2" margins. 1/2 - 1pg in length. (10pts)

Due Monday 10-3-11
Bring in a minimum of 5 items (found objects, photos, etc.) that you can use as a reference for making art in class. (5 pts).

Due Friday 09-23-11
MONOTYPE CHECKLIST (PDF)

Due Friday 09-16-11
SIGNED CONTRACT (PDF) (3pts.)

Sound Links

Read about a piece by Yoko Ono
Listen to two people explaining the Fluxus movement.
Excellent source of short Fluxus sound pieces
Listen to Gertrude Stein reading from The Making of Americans: Parts 1 & 2 or perhaps If I Told Him: A Completed Portrait of Picasso" or a portrait of Matisse.
There's a good John Cage piece on this page
Another John Cage piece written for the toy piano
Good explanation of John Cage's music (couldn't get the audio to work though)
Yoko Ono - I like "No Bed for Beatle John"

Useful Links

Museum of Contemporary Art
The Art Institute of Chicago
National Museum of Mexican Art
Smart Museum of Art
Museum of Holography
DuSable Museum of African American History