(9) Week of October 30th (end Q1)

REMINDERS: 

1. Lunchtime Lecture, WEDNESDAY @ 11:35 am in the auditorium. 
2. D.C. field trip $/permission forms are due ASAP.
3. VAB Fall Art Walk, FRIDAY @ 6:00 pm, starting in room #153.​

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MONDAY: see HW

• Daily drawing - apply lessons learned with TVA, even when not drawing a figure...!!!
• Discuss AS #6 - use this information to help with final decisions for your still life drawings
• Continue/review Still Life notes in preparation for the quiz on Nov. 5 (open notes, including syllabus)
• Mini-process critique... What are we looking for?  How can you bring your work to a conclusion (when is art "finished")? How can you push yourself to the edge of your abilities (risk taking = growth)? What does your artistic voice sound like?
• Studio time: ​FOCUS on FINISHING at least ONE drawing that exhibits your ability to render the objects realistically (mimesis, naturalism, verisimilitude, the illusion of 3D form via value v. outlines) AND at least ONE drawing that exhibits your ability to stretch beyond realism to a more abstract/stylistic mode of expression, as inspired by the modernists who broke free of tradition (look carefully @ AS #3, #4, #5). ​BOTH drawings must be finished, matted, signed, labeled, and ready for critique by the start of class NEXT WEDNESDAY (the self-assessment may be turned in by the end of the day).

WEDNESDAY: see HW

• Modified schedule, 12:35 - 1:50
• Repeat of Monday but we'll skip the daily drawing in order to get right to work
• Time permitting: Mat drawings, make portfolios, sort and store figure drawings

FRIDAY: see HW

• SB DUE/SHARE
• Time permitting: Mat drawings, make portfolios, sort and store figure drawings

HOMEWORK:​ Depending on where you are with your still life drawings, you may need to find some time to work on your own. You may take work & materials home but you have to be very careful!!!

• ONGOING = Review the Still Life & Composition presentations posted on itslearning. Take notes & complete the vocabulary list; do this ASAP to be prepared for the open notes quiz on Nov. 5th. 
• DUE MONDAY = AS #6, complete & ready for class discussion
• DUE WEDNESDAY = Mural design with color and annotations as needed
• DUE FRIDAY = SB #2 AND make sure you have read/signed the open-notes honor pledge on Quia
• WEEKLY:
  • Check itslearning/mosleyart.com each Sunday evening, in order to be prepared for the week.
  • Once introduced, Artist Spotlight entries are to be complete by the same day of the next week.

HAPPENINGS:​​​

• WEDNESDAY @ 11: 35 am - 12:25 pm = Lunchtime Lecture in the auditorium; the daily schedule has been modified for the whole school/lunch has been extended specifically for this event/attendance is expected.
• THURSDAY = Parent/Teacher conferences (I am unavailable on this date)
• FRIDAY = Fall Art Walk (First Fridays); you and your family are invited!
• Nov. 6 = Election Day (no school for students); Parent/Teacher conferences
• Nov. 14 = NAHS @ 11:45 am - 12:15 pm
• Nov. 19 =  Field trip to VMFA during 5th AND 7th blocks 
• Nov. 21 - 23 = Thanksgiving break
• Nov. 28  = Art Club @ 11:45 am - 12:15 pm
• Nov. 30 = Figure Drawing Friday
• CHECK THE SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF EVENTS AND DETAILS​

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LUNCHTIME LECTURES 

• October 31, 2018, 11:35 - 12:25 - Amanda Adams, VMFA (Japanese Aesthetics)(extended lunch schedule will accommodate a longer lecture)  
• January 16, 2019 - Kirk O'Brien, cartoonist (Politics in Cartoons)
• February 20, 2019 - Sasha Waters Freyer, Dept. Chair, Photo/Film @ VCU
• May 1, 2019 - John Freyer, Associate Professor of Cross Disciplinary Media @ VCU (Social Practice Art)