Monday, January 31, 2011

Quote o' the Week

How it works:

Read the quote and write about how it applies to your life or how you can learn from it (10 points). Turn into: S: staff: mburnell: Hand In: Extra Credit: Your class period.

-OR-

Make a visual representation of a quote - drawing, painting, etc. (5 to 100 points depending on quality and effort)


THIS WEEK'S QUOTES O' THE WEEK:

(Pick one or more of the art quotes below to discuss)

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." ~Scott Adams

"Art is when you hear a knocking from your soul - and you answer." ~Terri Guillemets

"Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable." ~George Bernard Shaw

"Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together." ~John Ruskin

"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures." ~Henry Ward Beecher

Friday, January 28, 2011

Extra Credit!

Find an artist on this great website and write a summary of their life and artwork for extra credit. Points will be based on effort and length. No copy and paste!

http://www.theartstory.org

Quote o' the Week

This week's Quote o' the Week is a bit different. I want students to read both quotes below. How do these words of wisdom apply to our school? How can we make our school a better place? How do they relate to you and your life?


"Each of us is a being in himself and a being in society, each of us needs to understand himself and understand others, take care of others and be taken care of himself." ~Haniel Long

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." ~Harvey Fierstein

Miz Art ~ Marc Chagall

Photo Credits: Photo taken 1921 in Paris; Portrait of Chagall by Yehuda (Yuri) Pen, his first art teacher in Vitebsk; Photo portrait of Chagall in 1941 by Carl Van Vechten

Your third Miz Art

Read the short biography of Marc Chagall and look at the paintings. After reading and viewing answer these two questions:

1. How did World War II effect Chagall both personally and artistically?

2. Which work of art by Chagall is your favorite and why? Please describe this work of art using your art vocabulary.

3. (Extra Credit): What extremely large artwork of Chagall's is displayed at The Art Institute of Chicago? Please list title of the artwork and medium.

REMEMBER to turn it in on the S Drive!!! Miz Arts not turned in correctly will not be graded! S: Staff List: mburnell: Hand In: MIZ ART: Miz Art 3 Mark Chagall: (then your class period)


Marc Chagall

"Marc Chagall was born in 1887 to a poor Jewish family in Russia. He was the eldest of nine children. Chagall began to display his artistic talent while studying at a secular Russian school, and despite his father’s disapproval, in 1907 he began studying art with Leon Bakst in St. Petersburg. It was at this time that his distinct style that we recognize today began to emerge. As his paintings began to center on images from his childhood, the focus that would guide his artistic motivation for the rest of his life came to fruition.

In 1910, Chagall, moved to Paris for four years. It was during this period that he painted some of his most famous paintings of the Jewish village, and developed the features that became recognizable trademarks of his art. Strong and bright colors began to portray the world in a dreamlike state. Fantasy, nostalgia, and religion began to fuse together to create otherworldly images.

In 1914, before the outbreak of World War I, Chagall held a one-man show in Berlin, exhibiting work dominated by Jewish images. During the war, he resided in Russia, and in 1917, endorsing the revolution, he was appointed Commissar for Fine Arts in Vitebsk and then director of the newly established Free Academy of Art. In 1922, Chagall left Russia, settling in France one year later. He lived there permanently except for the years 1941 - 1948 when, fleeing France during World War II, he resided in the United States. Chagall's horror over the Nazi rise to power is expressed in works depicting Jewish martyrs and refugees.

In addition to images of the Jewish world, Chagall's paintings are inspired by themes from the Bible. His fascination with the Bible culminated in a series of over 100 etchings illustrating the Bible, many of which incorporate elements from folklore and from religious life in Russia.

Israel, which Chagall first visited in 1931 for the opening of the Tel Aviv Art Museum, is likewise endowed with some of Chagall's work, most notably the twelve stained glass windows at Hadassah Hospital and wall decorations at the Knesset.

Chagall received many prizes and much recognition for his work. He was also one of very few artists to exhibit work at the Louvre in their lifetime."

Source: http://www.chagallpaintings.org/biography.html


This is a very short biography. I encourage students to read more about Chagall and his fascinating artwork. Some helpful websites about Marc Chagall:


http://www.chagallpaintings.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Chagall

"Birthday" by Marc Chagall


"The Green Violinist" by Marc Chagall


"Monsters, Chimeras and Hybrids" by Marc Chagall


"I and the Village" by Marc Chagall


DUE: February 11th


Marc Chagall Quote:

"The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep."
- Marc Chagall

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Second Semester ~ Grading

Art Projects = 60% of grade

Test = 10% of grade

Participation = 10% of grade

Miz Arts (or Research Paper) and Worksheets = 10% of grade

Critique = 10% of grade

Quote o' the Week

How it works:

Read the quote and write about how it applies to your life or how you can learn from it (10 points)

-OR-

Make a visual representation of a quote - drawing, painting, etc. (5 to 100 points depending on quality and effort)

THIS WEEK'S QUOTE O' THE WEEK:

“Anyone can give up, it's the easiest thing in the world to do. But to hold it together when everyone else would understand if you fell apart, that's true strength.”

Monday, January 17, 2011

MIZ ART ~ Visual Arts Standards

Miz Art # 2

The Colorado Department of Education just released the new Visual Arts Standards.

Your Miz Art for the week is to read the standards (at the bottom of this blog post) and write about one of the standards:

1. Explain the standard in your own words (make sure you include which standard you are writing about).

2. How have we been using this standard in class?

3. How can we include this standard in our classes in the future?


VISUAL ARTS STANDARDS

1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend
The visual arts are a means for expression, communication and meaning making.

2. Envision and Critique to Reflect
Visual arts recognize, articulate, and implement critical thinking through the synthesis, evaluation and analysis of visual information.

3. Invent and Discover to Create
Generate works of art that employ unique ideas, feelings, and values using different media, technologies.

4. Relate and Connect to Transfer
Recognize, articulate, and validate the value of the visual arts to lifelong learning and the human experience.


DUE: JANUARY 28th, 2011

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!

Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! We all should celebrate his life and all that he did for our country.

Below are some of my favorite quotes by Martin Luther King, Jr.
For EXTRA CREDIT you may pick one (or all) and write about what the quote meant at the time, what it means now, or what it means to you. You can also pick another quote by Martin Luther King, Jr. that isn't listed here and write about it.

"Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness."
Martin Luther King, Jr.

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
Martin Luther King, Jr.

"I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear."
Martin Luther King, Jr.

"I look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
Martin Luther King, Jr.

"That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind."
Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The time is always right to do the right thing."
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Quote o' the Week

How it works:

Read the quote and write about how it applies to your life or how you can learn from it (10 points)

-OR-

Make a visual representation of a quote - drawing, painting, etc. (5 to 100 points depending on quality and effort)


THIS WEEK'S QUOTE O' THE WEEK:

"Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." ~Plato

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

DUE DATES

The soft deadline for the fence post project is January 21st
The hard deadline for the fence post project is January 28th

Friday, January 7, 2011

MIZ ARTS! NEW HAND-IN PROCEDURE!

From now on the Miz Arts will be handed in on the Share drive.

DIRECTIONS:


1. Type the Miz Art question and answer. Save as a word document. Save document as: MizArtNumberNamePeriod. So if your name was John Doe, answering the first Miz Art and you were in period 1, you would save the document as MizArtOneJohnDoeOne. Do not use spaces or numbers in the name of the document. Make sure your full name and class period is ALSO at the top of the first page of the Miz Art document.

2. Go to computer.

3. Select Share Drive.

4. Select Staff List

5. Select mburnell.

6. Select Hand In.

7. Save or drag your file into the Miz Art folder that corresponds: both number of Miz Art and then the class period. (save your first Miz Art in the folder named Miz Art One).

8. Remember to save the Miz Arts on time! Late Miz Arts are 10% off the first day and 50% off after that. Miz Arts are 10% of your grade. If you do not turn in Miz Arts you will be required to write a 3 page research paper on an artist or art movement per quarter.

If you have any questions, please ask.

Hopefully turning the Miz Arts in on the Share drive will help us become a "greener" classroom! Save some paper!