ARTS 240

Assignments (M/W Section)

• Project 1:  Making in 3D - Elements & Principles Exploration

• Project 2:  The Masks We Wear

• Project 3:  Insect Machine

• Project 4:  Staff of Power

• Project 5:  Companions

Assignments (T/R Section)

• Project 1:  Making in 3D - Elements & Principles Exploration

• Project 2:  The Masks We Wear

• Project 3:  Staff of Power

• Project 4:  Insect Machine

• Project 5:  Companions

Research Links

NOTE:  Each assignment has a research component.  See assignment sheets for specifics.  

Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker, "Describing what you see: Sculpture, Henry Moore’s Reclining Figure," in Smarthistory, April 6, 2019, accessed June 9, 2020, https://smarthistory.org/describing-moore/

Dr. Tom Folland, "Jeff Koons, Pink Panther," in Smarthistory, August 9, 2015, accessed June 9, 2020, https://smarthistory.org/jeff-koons-pink-panther/

Alejandro Durán - How I use art to tackle plastic pollution in our oceans
https://www.ted.com/talks/alejandro_duran_how_i_use_art_to_tackle_plastic_pollution_in_our_oceans?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

Allison Glenn, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and Dr. Beth Harris, "Ruth Asawa, Untitled," in Smarthistory, September 12, 2018, accessed June 9, 2020, https://smarthistory.org/ruth-asawa-untitled-2/

TED Talk:  Antony Gormley - Sculpted space, within and without
https://www.ted.com/talks/antony_gormley_sculpted_space_within_and_without?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker, "Light, time, and transcendence," in Smarthistory, September 25, 2018, accessed June 9, 2020, https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/skyscape-sa/

Dr. Allison Young, "Yinka Shonibare, The Swing (After Fragonard)," in Smarthistory, September 7, 2018, accessed June 9, 2020, https://smarthistory.org/yinka-shonibare-the-swing-after-fragonard-3/

Dr. Allison Young and Dr. Steven Zucker, "Xu Bing, Book from the Sky," in Smarthistory, December 14, 2015, accessed June 9, 2020, https://smarthistory.org/xu-bing-book-from-the-sky/

Dr. Allison Young, "El Anatsui, Old Man’s Cloth," in Smarthistory, September 7, 2018, accessed June 9, 2020, https://smarthistory.org/el-anatsui-old-mans-cloth-2/

Dr. Jordana Moore Saggese, "Identity Politics: From the Margins to the Mainstream," in Smarthistory, August 9, 2015, accessed June 9, 2020, https://smarthistory.org/identity-politics-from-the-margins-to-the-mainstream/

Dr. Mindy Besaw, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and Dr. Steven Zucker, "Nari Ward, We the People (black version)," in Smarthistory, June 27, 2018, accessed June 9, 2020, https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/nari-ward-people/

Dr. Halona Norton-Westbrook, Toledo Museum of Art and Dr. Beth Harris, "Turning Uncle Tom’s Cabin upside down," in Smarthistory, April 9, 2019, accessed June 9, 2020, https://smarthistory.org/seeing-america-2/saar-topsy-sa/

JP McMahon, "Bruce Nauman, The True Artist Helps the World by Revealing Mystic Truths," in Smarthistory, September 7, 2018, accessed June 9, 2020, https://smarthistory.org/bruce-nauman-the-true-artist-helps-the-world-by-revealing-mystic-truths/