Grade 12 Focus Drawing & Painting: CPT
The final 30% of your grade in the grade 12 Focus courses, Drawing and Painting, is a presentation of your work to your teacher and peers. The various components will be prepared in the timeframe after your final art piece is due and the date of the presentations (below). Please continue to read for CPT preparation instructions and evaluation information.
CPT Assignment Instructions:
Artist Statement (Written & Presented Orally)
Write an artist statement that discusses your personal artistic approach and explains your body of work this year. Discuss themes you have explored and how you have tackled them visually. You can comment on how you have grown as an artist and how your art has evolved over your years an an SJA Art student. Some specifics about how to write an artist statement are provided in a file for downloading below. Your finished statement must be submitted in print form for evaluation and presented orally. Length: approx. 1-2 pages, single-spaced (12 point font).
Portfolio Presentation (on Powerpoint)
Create a visual presentation on powerpoint to accompany your oral presentation. Treat this as a visual portfolio. You are expected to present ALL FIVE of your Art Pieces created in this course in a professional manner. For each art work include the following...
(1) a clear photograph of the finished work - accompanied by the appropriate credit line information (title, medium, date).
(2) documentation of your process in developing the piece (can be images from your sketchbook, notes, etc.)
(3) optional: you may include short quotations from your artist statement, (but not whole paragraphs)
NOTE: Even though you have photographed your work, you must also have the art pieces on hand (in the classroom) for your presentation. Minimum length: 11 slides (1 intro. slide, 2 slides per art piece).
Summative Art Piece (Media of your Choice)
To finish this course, you must complete one final art piece. NO planning is required for this art work - the purpose is to demonstrate your learning from your experiences in this course. You have TWO options, but choose only ONE...
Option 1: Re-work an Art Piece from this Course
In this option, select ONE art work that you were not fully pleased with from this course and re-work it into a new piece. Often artists walk away from their work and approach it again later with new eyes. You can take the piece through a process of destruction and re-creation - the only requirement is that you are still working on the original art piece (no blank canvas!). The purpose of this work is for you to get past your "failure" to achieve success by boldly persevering with a work you have struggled with in the past - taking it further than what you had before.
IMPORTANT! Be sure to photograph the original art piece BEFORE re-working it for documentation in your presentation.
Option 2: Create an Art Piece about "Creative Freedom"
In this option you will create a NEW art piece purely expressing the concept of "Creative Freedom." You may reflect on what this means to you. The lack of planning and open-ended theme are designed to allow you the freedom to PLAY! Allow the work to evolve through a process of discovery. The main thing that I am looking for is you, as an artist, letting go of your fear of failure. The assigned mark will reward experimentation and evidence of layers of work demonstrated through the piece (through in class observation and your verbal explanation). Use whatever medium and format you like!
IMPORTANT: Be prepared to work on this several days in class to demonstrate that you are actively building the piece and experimenting with it - NO art piece will be accepted without being viewed in progress.
Write an artist statement that discusses your personal artistic approach and explains your body of work this year. Discuss themes you have explored and how you have tackled them visually. You can comment on how you have grown as an artist and how your art has evolved over your years an an SJA Art student. Some specifics about how to write an artist statement are provided in a file for downloading below. Your finished statement must be submitted in print form for evaluation and presented orally. Length: approx. 1-2 pages, single-spaced (12 point font).
Portfolio Presentation (on Powerpoint)
Create a visual presentation on powerpoint to accompany your oral presentation. Treat this as a visual portfolio. You are expected to present ALL FIVE of your Art Pieces created in this course in a professional manner. For each art work include the following...
(1) a clear photograph of the finished work - accompanied by the appropriate credit line information (title, medium, date).
(2) documentation of your process in developing the piece (can be images from your sketchbook, notes, etc.)
(3) optional: you may include short quotations from your artist statement, (but not whole paragraphs)
NOTE: Even though you have photographed your work, you must also have the art pieces on hand (in the classroom) for your presentation. Minimum length: 11 slides (1 intro. slide, 2 slides per art piece).
Summative Art Piece (Media of your Choice)
To finish this course, you must complete one final art piece. NO planning is required for this art work - the purpose is to demonstrate your learning from your experiences in this course. You have TWO options, but choose only ONE...
Option 1: Re-work an Art Piece from this Course
In this option, select ONE art work that you were not fully pleased with from this course and re-work it into a new piece. Often artists walk away from their work and approach it again later with new eyes. You can take the piece through a process of destruction and re-creation - the only requirement is that you are still working on the original art piece (no blank canvas!). The purpose of this work is for you to get past your "failure" to achieve success by boldly persevering with a work you have struggled with in the past - taking it further than what you had before.
IMPORTANT! Be sure to photograph the original art piece BEFORE re-working it for documentation in your presentation.
Option 2: Create an Art Piece about "Creative Freedom"
In this option you will create a NEW art piece purely expressing the concept of "Creative Freedom." You may reflect on what this means to you. The lack of planning and open-ended theme are designed to allow you the freedom to PLAY! Allow the work to evolve through a process of discovery. The main thing that I am looking for is you, as an artist, letting go of your fear of failure. The assigned mark will reward experimentation and evidence of layers of work demonstrated through the piece (through in class observation and your verbal explanation). Use whatever medium and format you like!
IMPORTANT: Be prepared to work on this several days in class to demonstrate that you are actively building the piece and experimenting with it - NO art piece will be accepted without being viewed in progress.
CPT Presentation Date (period 2 exam day): Tuesday, June 21st, 2016 (12-2:30pm)
Evaluation:
Overall weight - 30% of Course Mark (100 MARKS):
20% - Knowledge (20 marks), 20% - Thinking (20 marks), 20% - Communication (20 marks), 40% - Application (40 marks)
Portfolio Presentation:
Knowledge (20 marks)
- How well did you demonstrate understanding of proper documentation & presentation of your work? Specifically...
- quality & clarity of photographs of your FIVE art works (10 marks)
- credit line info. & labelling provided appropriately throughout (5 marks)
- overall organization and clarity of presentation (5 marks)
Artist Statement:
Thinking (20 marks)
- How well did you demonstrate thought about the themes / ideas presented in this course? (10 marks)
- How well did you reflect on your own learning and development as an artist? (10 marks)
Communication (10 marks)
- How well did you achieve written clarity, proper grammar, and accurate spelling?
Summative Art Piece:
Application (40 marks)
- How well did you demonstrate experimentation and / or creative expression in your art piece? (10 marks)
- (option 1 only:) How willing were you to destroy in order to re-create your work of art? (10 marks) OR...
- (option 2 only:) How willing were you to play with the materials to achieve a process of discovery? (10 marks)
- How effectively did you use the materials (building complex layers, using learned techniques, etc.)? (10 marks)
- How well did you apply composition strategies and elements & principles of design? (5 marks)
- How well did you achieve a sense of quality and completion in your final art piece? (5 marks)
Communication (10 marks)
- How well does the art piece communicate the idea(s) that your were trying to express?
20% - Knowledge (20 marks), 20% - Thinking (20 marks), 20% - Communication (20 marks), 40% - Application (40 marks)
Portfolio Presentation:
Knowledge (20 marks)
- How well did you demonstrate understanding of proper documentation & presentation of your work? Specifically...
- quality & clarity of photographs of your FIVE art works (10 marks)
- credit line info. & labelling provided appropriately throughout (5 marks)
- overall organization and clarity of presentation (5 marks)
Artist Statement:
Thinking (20 marks)
- How well did you demonstrate thought about the themes / ideas presented in this course? (10 marks)
- How well did you reflect on your own learning and development as an artist? (10 marks)
Communication (10 marks)
- How well did you achieve written clarity, proper grammar, and accurate spelling?
Summative Art Piece:
Application (40 marks)
- How well did you demonstrate experimentation and / or creative expression in your art piece? (10 marks)
- (option 1 only:) How willing were you to destroy in order to re-create your work of art? (10 marks) OR...
- (option 2 only:) How willing were you to play with the materials to achieve a process of discovery? (10 marks)
- How effectively did you use the materials (building complex layers, using learned techniques, etc.)? (10 marks)
- How well did you apply composition strategies and elements & principles of design? (5 marks)
- How well did you achieve a sense of quality and completion in your final art piece? (5 marks)
Communication (10 marks)
- How well does the art piece communicate the idea(s) that your were trying to express?