DavidTMiller's Art Classes

Welcome to new semester and student teacher

davidtmiller — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:51:33 +0000

Welcome to Spring 2012. This will be the best semester ever!

A big welcome to Mr. Jim Dipaolo, our student teacher from Arcadia University.

Mr. Dipaolo and Anna C.

End of semester due dates

davidtmiller — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:11:46 +0000

As you know, there is precious little time left of the semester. I have been reminding you of these due dates every class period for the past 2 weeks and they are on my calendar page, but I’ll post them as an additional reminder.

Tuesday, 1.10.12: Community Connection #6 (Honors & Portfolio)

Wednesday, 1.11.12: Sketchbooks (Honors & Portfolio)

Thursday, 1.12.12: Furniture Re-Story(ation) sculpture (Honors) & Self-Assessment (Portfolio)

Tuesday, 1.17.12: WordPress sites & Artist Statement (Honors & Portfolio)

Sara being interviewed by Lexi

davidtmiller — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:58:14 +0000

Furniture Re-Story(ation)

davidtmiller — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:09:14 +0000

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Furniture Re-story(ation): Honors Art

davidtmiller — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:12:59 +0000

Furniture Re-story(ation)

We have been considering the idea of stories and how they are delivered, received, altered, purposed and re-purposed (recontextualized). We have explored textual and graphic approaches to narratives related to art history, our personal history, and inanimate objects. We now turn our mind’s eye to furniture. You’ve heard of furniture restoration, but we will engage in furniture re-story(ation).

Prompts:

What is the relationship between furniture as object and furniture as concept?
How might the notion of function relate to furniture as object and furniture as concept?
How might objects formerly know as furniture become re-storied?

Goals & Objectives: Explore the constructs of furniture and function and their relationships to our material and social culture.

Activity 1: Reconceptualize a piece of furniture through a process of deconstruction, reconstruction, addition and embellishment.

Activity 2: Write a fictional narrative involving your re-storied furniture and post to the “writing” page of your WordPress site.

Writing assignments for Honors Students

davidtmiller — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:27:09 +0000

I have mentioned to you on several occasions that these assignments were going to be posted. I also mentioned that I purposefully wanted them to be “after the fact” so that your memory of the event would come into play on a different, perhaps more realistic level. In school we typically do a written reflection immediately after an event (assignment), while your memory is fresh. In “real” life that isn’t usually the case. We look back after time has passed and “facts” become interpreted. Now that some time has passed I want you to reflect on two assignments. Post both of these reflections on the “Writing” page of your WordPress sites. These written pieces should be at least 250 words each.

Due Friday, 12.16.11 - History/Yourstory: Write about the things you shared when we had our verbal reflection at the end of the investigation. The four parts were:

Textual history – The passage you copied from E.H. Gombrich’s, The Story of Art (what was it referring to?).
Your personal textual history – the story you wrote on top of the erased text from the art history book (what was your story about?).
Graphic history – what image did you reproduce (and who was the artist) on top of your written story?
Graphic yourstory – what imagery did you use as the final layer and how did it represent you personally?

Due Wednesday, 12.21.11 – The Storied Object: Write the story of the object that you created a series of works from. Remember that you 1.) made many timed observational drawings from it, 2.) cut up your drawings and created 2 collages, 3.) made mixed media renderings of the collages (adding text), 4.) revisited the collages to embellish and, 5.) recycled the scraps into a final artifact. Remember to think about the relationship of your object to the story. The object might be the focus of the story or it might be a prop in the story similar to the video clip I shared with you about the tailcoat in Tails of Manhattan. You spent a lot of time with your object and I told you in the beginning to consider its placement in a fictitious narrative so I’m looking forward to the tales you’ll share.

Updated Calendar Page

davidtmiller — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:11:01 +0000

I updated my calendar page. You no longer have to use a link to get to it.

Kansas City Art Institute visit: Kate Perryman

davidtmiller — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:58:10 +0000

A big thanks to Kate Perryman from the Kansas City Art Institute for her inspiring presentation. We also appreciate the time she spent with Lexi, Sara and Charlie. Looking forward to Portfolio Day!

Lexi and Kate Perryman

Sara and Kate Perryman

Charlie and Kate Perryman

National Portfolio Day (Philadelphia), Sunday, 11.20.11

davidtmiller — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:36:52 +0000

Don’t forget this Sunday (11.20.11) is the National Portfolio Day for the Philadelphia region. It will be at the Philadelphia Convention Center (1101 Arch Street) from 12 to 4pm. You can find more info at the National Portfolio Day Association site. Students in my Portfolio class are required to attend regardless of intent to study art after high school. I encourage you to show work, but if you are not pursuing art in college you can simply experience the event as there is nothing else like it. You are expected to post a reflection paper on your WordPress sites (insert it as a post). Your Portfolio Day Reflection is due Monday, 11.28.

Colleges in attendance will include:

Alfred University, School of Art and Design ( NYSCC)
Arcadia University
California College of the Arts
CalArts / California Institute of the Arts
Center for Art and Design at The College of Saint Rose
Columbus College of Art & Design
College for Creative Studies
Corcoran College of Art and Design
Delaware College of Art and Design
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
FIDM/ Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
Hartford Art School, University of Hartford
Kansas City Art Institute
Kendall College of Art & Design of Ferris State University
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Lawrence Tech
Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts
Long Island University Brooklyn Campus
Maine College of Art
Maryland Institute College of Art
Marywood University
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Memphis College of Art
Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Montclair State University
Moore College of Art & Design
Montserrat College of Art
New Hampshire Institute of Art
New York School of Interior Design
Otis College of Art and Design
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Parsons Paris
Parsons The New School For Design
Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts
Pennsylvania College of Art + Design
Pratt MWP
Pratt Institute
Purchase College, SUNY: School of Art + Design
Rhode Island School of Design
Ringling College of Art and Design
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rowan University
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
School of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston
School of Visual Arts
St. John’s University
SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology
Syracuse University College of Visual & Performing Arts
The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University
The Cooper Union School of Art
The Cleveland Institute of Art
The New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University
The University of the Arts
Tyler School of Art – Temple University
University of Michigan School of Art & Design
University of Bridgeport
Washington University College of Art Washington University in St. Louis
Watkins College of Art, Design & Film

www.paconvention.com

How art propels Occupy Wall Street

davidtmiller — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:14:05 +0000

Since we’ve been talking about the Occupy Wall Street movement I thought I would share an article from the CNN Opinion blog. Shepard Fairey, the artist who created the Obama Hope poster, has created a provocative poster that is drawing attention. This article also points out that street art from Occupy Wall Street and Occupy D.C. is being collected by the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. You can read the article here: How art propels Occupy Wall Street.