I am choosing to incorporate the NACE competency of communication in a my C405 course because strong communication skills empower students to articulate their creative vision, process, and intent clearly—both verbally and in writing. As emerging professionals, art students must be able to discuss their work confidently in critiques, artist statements, and artist talks. By emphasizing this competency, I hope my students can translate complex visual ideas into accessible language, fostering deeper engagement with diverse audiences. Effective communication also prepares students to propose projects and exhibitions, apply for commissions, and work with various clients, galleries, or museums. Ultimately, integrating communication into the curriculum ensures that students graduate not only as skilled creators but also as articulate professionals capable of connecting their artistic practice to broader social, cultural, and professional contexts. 

My capstone course aims to help students reflect on their creative innovation by integrating learning from across their educational experience. Through the development of an advanced ePortfolio, students will curate and present their artwork as a unified body of work, demonstrating explicit relationships among formal and conceptual intentions. They will refine advanced ePortfolio-making skills—such as reflection, curation, visual organization, and audience-centered communication—to craft an integrative narrative that connects their artistic growth to broader learning outcomes. Scaffolded activities will guide students in articulating how their creative decisions reflect interdisciplinary thinking, personal development, and professional readiness. By analyzing their learning across multiple courses and experiences, students will engage in recursive reflection—revisiting earlier works to contextualize their evolution as artists and thinkers. Ultimately, I hope the ePortfolio will serve as both an assessment and a professional platform, showcasing their ability to communicate artistic ideas effectively, synthesize diverse learning experiences, and present a cohesive, visually engaging story of their development as creative problem solvers.

I am especially interested building a framework and first-hand experience that I can disseminate about the ways in which ePortfolios can be valuable tool for reflection and communication in the field of visual art.