3rd Quarter – Continued Exploration (staking new ground) 20 days (Oct.20- Nov. 6)

Assignments (see below for details)

1. Final Mid-term assessment (critique summary) with goals for 3rd quarter (also to be posted in studio).

Due Monday, Oct. 24

2. Create studio work to present at the 3rd quarter review (no less than three sketches and three completed works). Due Monday, Nov. 7

3. Complete research entries on at least three more artists and continue developing your visual reference library (as per mid-term critique feedback) Due Monday, Nov. 7

1. Assess and redirect

After drafting a summary of your mid-term critique and thinking about it further (our group discussion) it is now time to redraft your mid-term assessment and include your thoughts about your next steps. Before we used the approach of identifying questions that new work might seek answers to. As before be both broad (what are my overall expressive goals) and be specific (what are my immediate plans and what will you commit to complete by the next review on November 7th). This is akin to your first directions proposal but this time you have some results and lots of feedback to factor into your plans. Remember, plans are simply propositions that are explored as you make new work not a priori artistic decisions. Specific studio plans should be more like ‘what if’ questions than a formula to follow.

Your mid-term assessment should include:

a. A summary of your critique (what was perceived as strengths and weaknesses of the work, what were the issues that were said need addressing, what was perceived as some of the work’s future potential / what future directions were suggested, what resource references were mentioned (artists, history, non art etc.).

b. Your response to some or all of the feedback you got.

c. Goals for your 3rd quarter work (expressive intentions and specific production goals)

2. Studio work

What you do next really depends on how you are feeling (explored in your mid-term assessment). Do things need to be shaken up? Are you happy methodically continuing to developing the path you are on or do you feel like you need to add new fodder to the mix? If you are exploring new ground or plotting further development remember that initial brainstorming is still very important. This might be an excellent moment to re-look at the medium choices you’ve made, It is also far enough along that you might begin thinking about presentation (we’ll be hanging a show seven weeks). Ideally your studio work for this quarter should be a mixture of response to feedback in both exploration and developed work modes (in other words, sketch type activities to scope out new moves along with fleshed out works to see results). Even though this 3rd quarter is only 20 days long you are going to want to push extra hard to get a lot done because you’ll probably find you are extremely busy the 4th quarter preparing statements, journals, and exhibition samples.

3. Expand your research

Research at least three artists that were brought up during your mid-term critique or from other studio visits. Continue to add to you visual library particularly in the context of mid-term critique comments.