NEXT WEEK IS OUR VERY LAST WEEK!!! You have a few things to consider/ turn in:

1) MAKE SURE ALL OF YOUR BLOG POSTS ARE UP TO DATE BY TUESDAY.

2) ON TUESDAY: Bring in ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING (including projects and sketchpads!) you have done this semester! We will hang our show on Thursday after critique, so we need all of this work ready.

3) Your LONG FORMAT FIGURE STUDIES (we have been working on in class) are due NEXT THURSDAY! Your LAST DAY to work with the model is next Tuesday. Think about over all composition, artistic integrity, brush work, palette choice, what you are trying to say.

REMEMBER: If you need to work on these outside of class do, but it is best not to work on living elements without the figure present. You WILL have an artist statement due with this (SEE BELOW).

4) There are several types of artist statements, that serve very different purposes: statements about a specific work, statements about a body of work, statements about a period of working, statements about work with a specific medium, statements that speak about you overall as an artist (written both with EXAMPLES of your work present and without), etc. The FINAL ARTIST STATEMENTS you are turning in (with your paintings) I want you to write an a general statement about yourself as an artist and what you are about (WHY do you make ART? what are you hoping to accomplish? What motivates you?)

Final homework assignment (4/25):
I want you to read at LEAST three different types artist statements from different artists, pick your favorite and post it telling me WHAT KIND or statement you think it is. Then post 2 comments on WHY you find this artist's statement is effective/ineffective, along with one comment on audience (who is intended?), is viewing the work necessary to understand what this artist is about? if not WHY? if so WHY?