This document discusses the instructions for an art assignment where students are asked to recreate a painting from the Realist, Impressionist, Post-impressionist, or Symbolist periods using materials found at home, similar to the #gettychallenge on social media during museum closures. Students must discuss the original artwork, including the subject matter, style and period, and then discuss their own composition in terms of the materials used, what was enjoyable or difficult, and if they are satisfied with their composition. If recreating the artwork using non-art materials, students must include their name and date in the photo for originality verification.

1. Discuss your own composition. What materials did you use? What
Art question This week’s discussion is going to have a creative twist inspired by a social
media activity that began when the quarantine lockdowns began in 2020 and museums
were forced to close to the public. It started with the Getty in Los Angeles, and was known
as the #gettychallenge: People chose paintings and recreated them in their homes using
things that they had around them, often changing aspects of the artwork to fit the historical
of a global pandemic: Like this artwork by Frida Kahlo, where the exotic parrots were
replaced with cleaning items (arguably a luxury item in the year 2020) They also used non-
art materials to recreate artworks, like these: Edvard Munch’s The Scream replaced by
various textiles and a lightbulb: Initial Post: First, choose an artwork that fits in the Realist,
Impressionist, Post-impressionist, or Symbolist periods. It should NOT be one of the
artworks from the Learning Objectives pages, but feel free to use those artists. Next, choose
your method of recreation. Are you going to photograph a physical recreation, or are you
going to use non-art materials? 1 do NOT want you to just try to paint a painting. This is
about getting creative with the materials that you have around you! Begin your post by
discussing the artwork from which you took inspiration. Explain the subject matter, style,
and the period to which it belongs. What do you like, dislike, or find interesting about this
period? Finally, discuss your own composition. What materials did you use? What was
particularly enjoyable or difficult about this assignment? Are you satisfied with your
composition? If you chose to make a composition using non-art materials: to ensure that
you do indeed create an original artwork, please put a little piece of paper with your name
and the date next to your composition when you take a photo of it, Your completed post
should be a minimum of 250 words (a little less writing this week since you’re making an
original work of art CD) include two images, links to research, and be carefully edited for
grammar and clarity.