Action List: 4.19.2011

Let's go look at some art.

Today's blog assignment asks you to provide a little critical commentary on a piece you like from the HHS Student Art Gallery. Pick either a single piece or an artist, photograph the piece or pieces with your cell phone, and post that image to your blog when you get home.

Below the image(s), make a brief analytical statement about the art in the form of a claim and a couple of sentences that elaborate on that claim. We did this exact thing with the Walton Ford painting "Falling Bough." Your claim should observe the art on the left and identify the tone or thematic effects on the right: [general observation/description] verb [tone/idea].

Don't be lazy on either side of your claim--observe closely and think/feel deeply to really capture the piece you are looking at. If you're looking at an artist's work in general, you can use examples from several of their pieces; the only difference here is that your claim will have more broadly drawn observations and inferences.

If your class does not have time to get to the gallery today, write a brief informal response after watching some of these videos, reading this surprising article about studying and fonts, or checking in with 1000 Awesome Things to see what they've added lately.