Schedule for ART 3372

Spring 2001 Syllabus

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Thurs. Jan. 11: Introduction, supply list, safety lecture (AP, CP, HL, & ASTM D4236); list of supplies needed for next class.

Assignment for next time: buy course booklet at CopyTech in West Hall; pay art fee.

Tues. Jan 16: Course requirements, disciplines of art, journal instructions, review safety information, learning style instructions, begin pre-test drawings

Assignment for next time: Take learning style tests; Read "Linking Brain Research to Art" (pp. 139-143); Read safety information (pp. 72-73); Write Journal #1 (Art-o-biography).

Thurs. Jan 18: Journal #1 due; Score learning style tests; Betty Edwards lecture (hemispheres—perception vs. conception); clay supply instructions; finish pre-test drawings.

Assignment for next time: Get plastic bags, personal tools for clay work.

Tues. Jan 23: Elect break officer; Betty Edwards drawings; 4MAT lecture; begin coil construction clay project—template, clay terms.

Assignment for next time: Review TEA curriculum guide for art and learn the 4 TEKS for art (pp. 11-21); Write Journal #2.

Thurs. Jan. 25: Journal #2 due; Quiz on TEKS and curriculum guide; Clay studio; Upside-down Picasso assignment.

Assignment for next time: Do Picasso drawing; read Children and Clay (pp. 62-63).

Tues. Jan. 30: Picasso drawing due; Discuss Children and Clay; Clay studio (foot and lip); Preview elements and principles (slide presentation).

Assignment for next time: Study elements and principles of art (pp. 56-61); Write Journal #3.

Thurs. Feb. 1: Journal #3 due; Quiz on elements and principles; Clay studio.

Assignment for next time: Begin clay project.

Tues. Feb. 6: Journal #3 due; Clay studio—finish form; Set up for decorative design; Review clay terms; Explain nature design drawing assignment (viewing Ls, 6 contour, 6 value).

Assignment for next time: Make viewing Ls; Find books with nature photographs; begin nature drawings (one of each due next time); Write Journal #4.

Thurs. Feb. 8: Journal #4 due; Two drawings due (one contour, one value); Begin carving decorative design on pots; Lecture on theories of art (Imitationalism, Formalism, Emotionalism).

Assignment for next time: Read about Aesthetics (p. 67); two drawings.

Tues. Feb. 13: Style report set up; Two drawings due; Clay pot completion goal—ready for drying.

Assignment for next time: two nature closeup drawings; Write Journal #5; Style report research.

Thurs. Feb. 15: Journal #5 due; Two drawings due; Design assignment with paint (analogous, complementary, color wheel) set up; Sgraffito project set up; trip to the kiln.

Assignment for next time: Do sgraffito drawing; Two nature closeup drawings; Style report research.

Tues. Feb. 20: Two drawings due; Style report conferences (to select accompanying studio project); Design paintings work; sgraffito project work.

Assignment for next time: Two nature closeup drawings; Do style report research; Write Journal #6; Study clay terms.

Thurs. Feb. 22: Journal #6 due; Clay quiz; Two nature drawings due; Studio work on design paintings and sgraffito; Style report studio work; Review art style report criteria (p. 136).

Assignment for next time: Prepare style report; study clay terms; finish closeup nature drawings.

Tues. Feb. 27: Journal #6 due; Clay quiz; All closeup nature drawings due; Work on art style studio project, design paintings, and sgraffito project.

Assignment for next time: buy newsprint tablet; work on art style report; Write Journal #7.

Thurs. Mar. 1: Journal #7 due; Art style reports; begin figure drawing.

Assignment for next time: Finish any projects—lesson plans, design paintings, sgraffito work.

Tues. Mar. 6: Figure drawing; Museum instructions—Feldman/Mittler method of criticism; Bring best closeup drawing for mounting, select design painting for matting; finish any studio projects (design painting, sgraffito project); Final date to turn in any rewrite of the clay lesson plan.

Assignment for next time: Read Feldman/Mittler criticism method (p. 64).

Thurs. Mar. 8: No journal; Afternoon class meets at the Texas Tech Museum at 12:00 (4^th and Indiana)(does not meet in regular classroom at 9:00) to implement the Feldman/Mittler method of art criticism. 8:00 class does not meet and goes to museum on own time.

Assignment for next time: Write up museum report using Feldman/Mittler method of criticism.

March 10-18: Spring Vacation

Tues. Mar. 20: Writing a lesson plan clinic--use lesson plan examples (pp. 110-115); Museum report due; Go over final lesson plan presentations.

Assignment for next time: Write up finished version of clay lesson plan; Examine helps for lesson planning (pp. 116-127); Write Journal #8.

Thurs. Mar. 22: Journal #8 due; Finished clay lesson plan due; Figure drawing; Confer with instructor on final lesson plan ideas.

Assignment for next time: Continue planning final lesson plan; Read over Developmental Stage Theory material (pp. 67-70).

Tues. Mar. 27: Figure drawing; Individual conferences on final lesson plan project; Developmental Stage Theory activity.

Assignment for next time: Work on final lesson plan; Write Journal #9.

Thurs. Mar. 29: Figure drawing; Journal #9 due.

Assignment for next time: Work on final lesson plan presentation; Read "What Elementary Generalist Teachers Need to Know to Teach Art Well" (pp. 144-148).

Tues. Apr. 3: Figure drawing; Discuss "What Elementary Generalist Teachers Need to Know. . ."; Art as Idea lecture; Art as Idea project set up (postmodern theory)—work on ideas for project—create sketch;.

Assignment for next time: Read about grading and classroom discipline in art (pp. 92-95); Write Journal #10; Find any needed Art as Idea materials to bring to class.

Thurs. Apr. 5: Journal # 10 due; Figure drawing; Discuss grading and classroom discipline; Work on Art as Idea projects.

Assignment for next time: Prepare Art as Idea.

Tues. Apr. 10: Figure drawing; Art as Idea individual sharing reports.

Assignment for next time: Read about teacher evaluation (pp. 97-109); Write Journal #11; Continue final lesson plan work.

Thurs. Apr. 12: Journal #11 due; Figure drawing; Work on lesson plan studio project; Discussion—teacher evaluation.

Assignment for next time: Read about the coloring book issue (pp. 96, 128-131); Continue final lesson plan work.

Tues. Apr. 17: Figure drawing; No journal; Portfolio preparation instructions.

Assignment for next time: Prepare final lesson plan.

Thurs. Apr. 19: Final lesson plan presentations.

Assignment for next time: Work on lesson plan presentation;

Tues. Apr. 24: Final lesson plan presentations. Last day to turn in makeup or late work.

Assignment for next time: Write Journal #12; Prepare portfolio.

Thurs. Apr. 26: Journal #12 due; Final examination review; Course evaluations; Final portfolio due; Receive evaluations of final lesson presentations.

Assignment for next time: Study for final.

FINAL EXAM for 3372-004/504 (8:00-10:50 class): Wednesday May 9, 1:30-4:00 p.m. This is the university’s scheduled time. Exams will not be given at any other time. Please do not schedule weddings, plane tickets, job interviews, or other events so that you cannot be present at the scheduled time.

FINAL EXAM for 3372-006/506 (12:00-2:50 class): Monday May 7, 10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. This is the university’s scheduled time. Exams will not be given at any other time. Please do not schedule weddings, plane tickets, job interviews, or other events so that you cannot be present at the scheduled time.