Due as part of Portfolio 2 on May 4
DETAILS ON
FIELD TRIP:
On Wednesday, March 30, we will be going on a field trip to the Danforth Museum of Art, located at 123 Union Avenue in the center of Framingham, less than 2 miles from the Framingham State University campus.
The morning class will meet at the
museum at 9 AM; the afternoon class will meet at the museum at 3 PM.
We will meet in the museum lobby,
accessible through the front entrance facing Union Avenue; please do not come
to our classroom in May Hall.
Bring a notebook, a pencil (the
museum does not allow ballpoint pens or markers in their galleries), and this
direction sheet (also available online at the class website).
We will be given a tour of the
museum by a docent, which will take approximately 1 hour. Then you will spend
30 minutes taking the notes you need for this project.
The morning class can expect to be
finished at approximately 10:30 AM; the afternoon class can expect to be
finished at approximately 4:30 PM.
For directions to the museum,
visit their website at DanforthMuseum.org;
click on the “About” section. Parking is available in the museum’s lot or on
the street.
If for any reason you miss this
field trip, you will be marked as absent for the day AND you will be
responsible for visiting the museum on your own time and completing the project
as assigned.
DIRECTIONS
FOR WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT:
Select 2 (two) of the artworks on
display in the museum, and answer the following questions about them. Answer
all 10 questions separately for each artwork.
Each answer must be a carefully
considered, carefully developed thought.
Each answer must consist of least
3 complete sentences; “Yes” or “Brown” are not sentences.
Each sentence must contribute to
the idea you are putting forth; answers like “I’m just guessing here” or “This
is just my opinion“ are not acceptable.
See additional handout for
examples of “good” responses to this project.
Give the title of the artwork, the name of the artist who created it, and the date the artwork was created; then respond to the following questions:
Give the title of the artwork, the name of the artist who created it, and the date the artwork was created; then respond to the following questions:
1. Describe
the artwork in detail.
2. Rename
this work of art, and explain why you would give it this title.
3. Describe
the sounds you would hear in the background of this artwork.
4. If
there is a person visible in this artwork, what might that person say to you,
and what makes you think this? If there is no person in this artwork, what
might a person who “lived” here look like and what might they say to you?
5. What
are the main colors in this artwork, and why do you think the artist used these
colors?
6. What
is the overall mood of this artwork, and what about it creates this impression?
7. What
do you think the artist wanted to communicate with this artwork?
8. What
do you think this work of art reveals about the artist's life, and what matters
to him/her as a person?
9. What
would you ask the artist about this work, if you could meet with her/him in
person?
10. Why
did you choose this work of art to write about? (“I liked it” or “It intrigued
me” are not specific enough as answers.)
This project must be printed out
and turned in as part of Portfolio 2. Hand-written or emailed projects will not
be accepted.
GRADE WILL
BE BASED ON:
Responses to all questions are
imaginatively considered and clearly expressed.
Each answer consists of three
complete sentences.
Effort spent on project.
Effort spent on project.
This project must be printed out and turned in as part of Portfolio 2. Hand-written or emailed projects will not be accepted.
