AP Art: Young Arts, College Visits, and Artist Research Project

This week in AP Art is the last to enter the Young Arts contest which closes on Oct 16, 2015.  Enter for a chance for scholarships and a chance to be nominated for the U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts.  

We will also have the Hartford Art School visit tomorrow, Wednesday at 10:20 to discuss their program and review portfolios.  Above is a great video showing one of the school's recent pop-up shops in town.

Finally, we will begin our artist research project this week so each student will be assigned two artists that reflect their work in some way.  Create a presentation with a cover featuring the artist's image, a short 1 page bulleted biography with sources and 20 full size images of their work.  Below is the master list of artists.  After the research and presentation you should create a piece inspired by anything you learned about either or both of the artists.  We will share the presentations next week and have a short visual and written test on them afterwards.

Emily A- Alex Katz & William Kentridge

Emily B- Marjane Satrapi & Walt Kelly/Jeff Smith

Sam- Robert Rauschenberg & Starn Brothers

Kyle- Jasper Johns & José Parlá

Alana- Swoon & Judith Supine

Luke- Will Eisner & Farel Dalrymple

Kayla- Chuck Close & Gustav Klimt

Alix- Sebastião Salgado & Raymond Pettibon

Maria- Yayoi Kusama & Banksy

Rachel- Yoshitomo Nara & Takashi Murakami

Natalie- Jenny Saville & Lucian Freud

Nicole- Shepard Fairey & MCEscher

Jamie- Alphonse Mucha & William Klein

Rosalie- Gregory Crewdson & Marilyn Minter

Chrissy D- Sigmar Polke & Donald Baechler

Mikenzie- Nam June Paik & Valerie Hegarty

Isabella- Lauren Greenfield & Erwin Wurm