INDEPENDENT RESEARCH project - HONORS PROJECT
In this project, you will research an artist who deals with social justice, creating a work reflecting their work.
Social Justice is the idea that everyone deserves to be and has the right to be treated equally in terms of distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. It relates to equality in treatment relating to race, gender, socio-economic status, sexuality, education and human rights.
The final presentation of this project will be on Friday, May 25.
Step 1 - find an artist
Find an artist that you feel addresses social justice issues in their work. It can be someone who works in any media. Social justice can be a theme through all of their work, or just one piece.
When you have your artist selected, send me a paragraph sharing your artist and how you see them addressing social justice issues in their work.
Resource sites:
Art21 - www.art21.org
Museum of Cotemporary Photography - www.mocp.org
Museum of Modern Art - www.moma.org
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit - www.mocadetroit.org
Brooklyn Museum - www.brooklynmuseum.org
PS1 Museum - www.momaps1.org
International Center of Photography - www.icp.org
You may also use other resources!
Step 2 - Research your artist
Collect the following info (don't worry about the presentation part yet!). the prompting questions after the bold headline are just prompts - you don't have to answer them all; they are there to guide you!
Please keep track of your sources. Wikipedia is not a source, but can provide a lot of great starting points/additional resources!
Step 3 - The Presentation
On May 25, you will have about 10 minutes with the class to share what you feel is important about the artist and the artist's work with the class. Consider how you want to do that. Will you show work, lead a discussion, do an activity, ??? How will you teach about this artist? What is the best way? What will make people fall in love with them and give them goosebumps? (You know what I mean, those goosebumps and chills you get when you see an artwork or artist you are in love with!)
Note that your presentation or activity does not need to contain all of your research, just what you feel is the most important - what is the hook that will get people geeked about this artist? What can you share that will make the other students excited to get involved? You can include more details in the take-home.
Take Home
You will also be expected to design a well-researched and well-designed take-home for your peers. Some type of printed document that shares more important information from your research, images of the artist's work and your sources - things that the other students can spend time with and dive deeper into the artist's work after class.
It should be thoughtfully designed (think about something that reflects the artist's work). I can make copies for you if needed (consider different shapes, layouts, etc. - be creative and think outside of the box!)
You will need to make 6 total copies.
If you need more time than 10 minutes, talk to me and we can make arrangements.
Social Justice is the idea that everyone deserves to be and has the right to be treated equally in terms of distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. It relates to equality in treatment relating to race, gender, socio-economic status, sexuality, education and human rights.
The final presentation of this project will be on Friday, May 25.
Step 1 - find an artist
Find an artist that you feel addresses social justice issues in their work. It can be someone who works in any media. Social justice can be a theme through all of their work, or just one piece.
When you have your artist selected, send me a paragraph sharing your artist and how you see them addressing social justice issues in their work.
Resource sites:
Art21 - www.art21.org
Museum of Cotemporary Photography - www.mocp.org
Museum of Modern Art - www.moma.org
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit - www.mocadetroit.org
Brooklyn Museum - www.brooklynmuseum.org
PS1 Museum - www.momaps1.org
International Center of Photography - www.icp.org
You may also use other resources!
Step 2 - Research your artist
Collect the following info (don't worry about the presentation part yet!). the prompting questions after the bold headline are just prompts - you don't have to answer them all; they are there to guide you!
- Background information about the artist. When were they born? Where did they grow up? Where did they go to school? What was their family like? What inspired them to become an artist? Where do they live/work?
- The artist's creative process. How do they develop ideas? What special media or techniques do they use? Why do they work in the media they do? How do they refine their ideas? What are the steps they take to develop ideas and create their work? Who inspires them? Are there any specific aesthetic choices that they make regularly?
- Why does the artist address social justice issues? What is the context in which the artist works that connects to social justice? What social justice issues does the artist feel passionate about?
- Information and analysis about 3 works (can be part of a series or three separate works) that the artist made that deals with social justice. Make sure you are able to give context and background about each work as well as describe it aesthetically (the way it looks) and technically (what media and technical decisions they made).
Please keep track of your sources. Wikipedia is not a source, but can provide a lot of great starting points/additional resources!
Step 3 - The Presentation
On May 25, you will have about 10 minutes with the class to share what you feel is important about the artist and the artist's work with the class. Consider how you want to do that. Will you show work, lead a discussion, do an activity, ??? How will you teach about this artist? What is the best way? What will make people fall in love with them and give them goosebumps? (You know what I mean, those goosebumps and chills you get when you see an artwork or artist you are in love with!)
Note that your presentation or activity does not need to contain all of your research, just what you feel is the most important - what is the hook that will get people geeked about this artist? What can you share that will make the other students excited to get involved? You can include more details in the take-home.
Take Home
You will also be expected to design a well-researched and well-designed take-home for your peers. Some type of printed document that shares more important information from your research, images of the artist's work and your sources - things that the other students can spend time with and dive deeper into the artist's work after class.
It should be thoughtfully designed (think about something that reflects the artist's work). I can make copies for you if needed (consider different shapes, layouts, etc. - be creative and think outside of the box!)
You will need to make 6 total copies.
If you need more time than 10 minutes, talk to me and we can make arrangements.