Every element of the course requirements will be discussed with the class to ensure everyone is aware of the expectations, along with the dates and deadlines.
Please take note that there is a January Term Honor Code. Take a moment to read it HERE. The following chart describes how your grades are calculated
| In Class: Work, Critique & Participation 25% | Project-based; developing understanding of and alacrity with specific printmaking techniques and the materials of printmaking. An important feature of this class, and your development as an artist is the ability to talk about your or someone else’s artwork cogently and confidently. There will be several opportunities for you to display and talk about your work, and gain feedback from the other members of the class. This is a form of reflection. |
| Homework, Sketchbook, & research 30% | Homework is given weekly, aimed at using elements from the class that week, and/or in combination with prior weeks, as appropriate. Homework will include some contextualizing reading, and drawing/preparation. Sketchbook use should be continual, at least once a day, above and beyond any homework. Sketchbook will be reviewed weekly. You will use the Sketchbook to draw and collect items of interest to you that contribute to your work. |
| Final Project 45% | Hand-outs will explain this assignment in detail and will be given with plenty of time for completion. The final project is worked on throughout the semester and is a portion of the submission. The final will include a reflection paper. |
This grading rubric is based on the following five criteria, explained below:
- Aim:
Clarity of subject matter and concept through continual development of ideas. - Organization and Development:
Effective use of time in image development and in the studio printing; use of innovated technical processes; the use of the same toward the development of sophistication in imagery and technical application of skills learned. - Method:
Clear and coherent aesthetic approach (method) to working with chosen materials, with effective integration of form and content conceptually – concept here refers to the ideas generated by the students in response to their experience with and information gathered from the partner organizations. - Communication:
The concept is conveyed with an effective sense of the audience appropriate to the concept (where one image succeeds in a protest, the other fails); student exhibits the development of the ability to talk about their artwork through active engagement in critique, and in journal notes. - Technique:
Effective use of artistic techniques in the service of the concept.