Due Sunday October 19, 2008
ART PROJECT
Title: The Purposes of Art
Instructions: In order to learn even more about the purposes of art
in a different way try this studio art project. Art is around us
everyday--one of the purposes of taking this class is to learn to see art
and appreciate it in our daily lives. For the next few days become
aware of everything you see and try to figure out if the images you see
are art. What purposes do they serve? Cut out pictures from
magazines, newspapers and even print out some images you may find
on the web and make a poster that you can then title \"What Is Art?\".
This kind of activity is called a grounding exercise and it will help you
learn and remember the content of this chapter. Again, it is helpful to
do something working with the visual when you are studying art.
Remember the purposes for art you should include in your poster will
be all of the following:
 Art creates beauty
 Art reveals truth
 Art exposes fantasy
 Art creates order and harmony
 Art expresses chaos
 Art records and commemorates experience
 Art reflects social and cultural context
 Art protests injustice and raises social consciousness
 Art enhances our environment
 Art immortalizes

 Art expresses religious beliefs
 Art stimulates the intellect
 Art fires the emotion
Art elevates the commonplace
Grade Rubric is as follows:
100 points possible
 Oral presentation: _____________ (out of 10)
 Grounding experience __________________(@5 pts ea. Total of
70)
 Creativity of Poster________________(out of 20)
 Overall presentation total_______________
Comments:_______________________________________________
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