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Visual Comp 1 Assessment

This is due on Friday 12/16. Absolutely no late grace period. If you do not turn it in you will receive a zero. Please make sure you answer ALL PARTS OF THE QUESTION. This needs to be typed and handed in. Use this handout to help you answer the questions.
Common assessment #1: Art History

Throughout time, artists have built upon each other’s influence. An artist can view a work from the past

and become inspired to build on ideas and develop a unique approach of his/her own. Select an artwork
you have created so far in 8th VA COMP. Compare this artwork with an artist's artwork(s) from the
past/present and answer the following questions:

-Who is the influencing artist and why was/is their work impactful? (at least 5 sentences)

-What is similar about your work and the artist's work? What is different?

(focus on style, media, subject matter, purpose and outside influences)

-Do you think this artist would have liked your work? Why or why not? (at least 2 sentences)

You can do this through:

-a written 3 paragraph essay

-a compare and contrast chart

-a powerpoint or similar presentation

-a sticky note visual with commentary
-a recorded interview on camera

Portfolio Requirements for VC1

There seems to be some confusing about what needs to be on your website by 12/14/2016. Please refer to the original blog post.  You need to have the following pages:


1. Home page - with your artist statement on it
2. Sketchbook page - with four of your best drawings on it
3. Altered book page - with 2-4 of your best pages on it
4. Projects page - colored pencil, painting, reflections, color wheel and print on it.
5. Assessment - We will have an assessment this week that needs to be on it.


Please remember what we went over about taking photographs for the website and how to crop pictures in order to put emphasis on the artwork and not the bush in the background! Please take the time to make this portfolio look personal by adding your own pics or copyright appropriate pics in the headers. Do not use default pics!


If you have any additional questions please see me when you can or email.

Spelling Bee!

The annual McClure Spelling Bee will be held on Friday, January 13th at 9:30.  All interested students should sign up no later than December 30th.  Your family is welcome to attend the bee and should check in to the front office before joining us in the theater.  Please be mindful of the necessity for a silent environment during the bee.  This may not be the place for younger siblings who cannot sit quietly for long periods of time.

 

*New to this year's bee will be one vocabulary round.  This is something new that has been added to the Scripps National Spelling Bee and we have been asked to expose you to this new format.  This round will be low stress and will not cause elimination. It is just to let you see how the new format will work.

 

Links to this year's school bee study materials can be found on Mrs. Burchette's Blog (7th Grade Teacher).

 

All students interested in practicing as a group are welcome to attend study sessions in Mrs. Burchette's room on Wednesday mornings starting at 8:00.  Our first study session will be Wednesday, December 7th.

 

Click here to sign up!

Mural Contest

 Large Scale Mural Design Call to Artists: Project description: Create a design that represents the history of the city of Kennesaw, Georgia.

Sketch guidelines: Create a sketch that is 11 x 17" horizontal using any medium depicting your design of the history of the City of Kennesaw, GA.

The chosen design will be enlarged to create a wheat paste mural that will be on display in downtown Kennesaw GA. in the spring of 2017.

 More details: Sketches will be reviewed by the Historical Preservation Commission and the City Council and a winner will be selected. The Kennesaw Art and Culture Commission is working with the owners of the Eaton Chiropractic building in downtown Kennesaw to install a temporary wheat paste mural March through April 2017. The winning student/students will be invited to be a part of the mural installation process.

 Due date: February 17, 2017

Where to send sketches: Darryl Simmons Zoning Administrator 2529 J O Stephenson Ave Kennesaw, GA 30144 or you can email a high quality image (minimum 5.5x8.5" and 300 dpi) to dsimmons@kennesaw-ga.gov

Thanksgiving!

I have missed you all this week while I have been gone from McClure and working at the Department of Education. Here is the view from the room where I am working. Isn't the Georgia State Capital beautiful? I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and that you enjoy your time off from school. I look forward to seeing you when we get back!

Visual Comp Online Portfolios

Between now and when we return from Thanksgiving break you need to set up y our Visual Composition 1 Online Portfolio. This is ONLY for the students in the AC Art class in 8th grade. . I have set up your pages and log-in ahead of time. Your log in is FirstnameLastinitial2016. Please note that the first letter of your first name and first letter of last name are capitals. Everyone has the same password right now which is mcclurems. Please change your password after you have logged in the first time. Logan M., Faith B., and Jordan H. will all need to use their FirstnameLastname2016 to log in. Same rules for capitals apply. Once you are logged in successfully, and changed your password (write it down someplace secure!) then you can start designing. Here is a video that shows you step-by-step what you need to do. Have fun with it and make it your own! Ignore the log-in information in this video and log-in here: students.weebly.com Spend some time looking at some former VC1 students websites to get an idea of what needs to be included. Those can be found here. By the time we see each other next I would like you to have a title for your blog with your name in it. You should also have pages set up that are sketchbook, altered book, projects, and assessments. Feel free to add any additional pages you would like to add. Please add your Reflections project pic to your projects page. If you get stuck email me at jennheyser@gmail.com and I will help you. Have fun with this and let me see your creativity shine!