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If there's some homework or a paper you haven't picked up, and you want
it, then just ask and I'll get it to you.
If you want to know your test scores I'll have them soon.
Extra credit may be turned in up until the morning (before noon) of Thursday, June 10. It may be turned in to my box in the Art Studio mailroom or through email, if appropriate.
End of term:
Bring blue scantron, half sheet to lecture on Wednesday for the final.
Your papers will be returned in section this week.
Check your absences and homeworks with me, to make sure that you're getting
appropriate credit.
| Week 10: the end |
Homework: Week 10 review sheet
(checked off and returned in class, so you can use it to study) |
| Extra credit point of the week: Same as last week. |
| News: Final exam in
lecture on Wednesday, no symposium. I won't be doing a review session in section. We'll be finishing up reading and doing course evaluations. |
| Week 9: So close, yet so far |
Homework: Due this week: Due next week: |
| Extra credit point
of the week: Google your way to extra credit! Find a good, useful website relating to each of our 10 weeks here in 1A. On your syllabus where the reading assignments are you'll notice that the theme of each week is neatly summarized (this information is also useful for the final). Find at least one website that relates to that theme for each week. Make them good ones! We want to build up good resources for next term's 1A students. You'll get 1 point for finding a decent link for each week, and more points if you do an even more wonderful, thorough, useful job than that. |
| News: Before next week, check in with me to make sure I have accurate records for your attendance and homeworks. Remember- 4 absences equal a 0! Be careful if you're on the edge! |
Paper 2 grading sheet: note that 2 (or more)
readings are required in this paper as well.
Also note that you are required to act on the advice in the "in the next
paper, be sure to" part
of last paper's grading sheet.
You must attach last paper's grading sheet to this paper.
If you cite the Sobachek article, you can cite the reader as it was not otherwise
published.
If you cite the 5 codes handout from lecture, you can cite it as a class handout.
| Week 8: Now we all know each other. And by the way, I'm happy with how well you're doing. |
Homework: Due this week: Due next week: |
| Extra credit point
of the week: This is a good one! Attendance slip competition! Create an attendance slip to be reproduced and used as an ACTUAL ATTENDANCE SLIP for 1A! Such fame you never imagined. It must be wonderful and somehow tie in to some Visual Literacy concept. Winner gets a percentage point added to final grade. Honorary mentions get either half or full percentage points, depending. This offer good through week 9. |
News: If you're reading this you're not a slacker but I'll give slacker warning anyway - remember not to let your absences pile off, and don't you dare fall asleep in lecture! Refer to the syllabus if you forgot what happens when you let these terrible things come to pass. Me, several of your other Art Studio TAs and some of your classmates (if your classmates are enrolled in the CCS Do It Together class) are in a very fun show in LA this weekend. More of a happening than an art show, really. 1770 Glendale Blvd in Silver Lake 6:00-9:00 on Saturday, May 22. Awesome and super fun! Contact me for directions and tips on what else to do while you're in the area. |
| Week 7: The week where you get your paper back, and realize that the final is just three weeks away |
Homework: Due this week: Due next week: |
| Extra credit point of the week: Same as last week |
| News: |
| Week 6: The first paper is over! Aren't you happy now? Why aren't you happy now? |
Homework: Due this week: Due next week: |
| Extra credit point
of the week: Semiotic codes. Find some artwork wherein you see all 5 semiotic codes as described in Monday's lecture handout (extracted from Barthes' book). Write down, 1-5, each of the codes, how they are represented in the artwork, and what effect they have. Really it will be just like in Wednesday's lecture while looking at the western movie clips, how Prof. Gardner described certain codes and how they showed up in the films. You can do a scene from a movie, a painting, a TV show, anything you want really. You can do this up to three times for one extra credit point each, and turn it in any time before the end of finals week. |
News Office hours are cancelled for this week - meetings can be made by appointment if needed. On Wed, 5/5/04 at 6:30 pm will be the opening of the show "space invaders" at gallery 1434. This show features undergraduate students Paula Hansanugrum, Howard Hung, Kim Iarossi, Cheryl Killingsworth, Lynn Rinek and Gakumei Yoshimoto. Since it will be Cinco De Mayo, Margaritas, chips and salsa, Chinese noodle soup, Thai finger food, Sushi and such will be provided. Please come join us for a night of fiesta. |
the story of the burning monk
in
the context of political protest
from
the point of view of the Quang Duc Buddhist Welfare Association
from
a 'historical' point of view
this event was famous enough that it can be considered common knowledge, so
you can assume that your reader has a general familarity with the photo
| Week 5: paper writing week |
Homework: Due this week: Due next week: |
| Extra credit point of the week: Same as last week. |
News: I'm available for meetings, emails, whatever about your paper as long as it's not the weekend beforehand (I'll be out of town). So get your questions to me by Thursday night! Remember, your paper should cite at least two of our class readings. Do you want to perform in the 13th annual Reel Loud Film Festival? |
| Week 4: almost halfway over? the quarter system is lame |
Homework: Due this week: |
| Extra credit point
of the week: Go to an art museum in Los Angeles, and choose an exhibition to critique. It can either be a big show like the Diane Arbus retrospective at LACMA, or simply part of the permanent collection - as long as it is curated under a theme. Write a critique of the presentation of the artwork, supporting your assertions with evidence. Drawings or other visual supplements are very welcome, but not required. The final critique should be at least two pages long. You can complete this assignment any time up until the end of finals week. You can repeat it up to three times. I wrote this guide to LA museums for my students last quarter, you should find it useful. |
| News: Mother's day is coming up... don't forget to send a card. |
| Week 3: so much to do, so little time |
Homework: Due week 4: |
| Extra credit point
of the week: You are the curator! Go to the University Art Museum, consider all of Dinh Lê's work that is shown there, and redesign the exhibition of his work. Your design should include drawings and a two page written explanation of why your design is the best possible way to exhibit the work.You should also include a new title that fits with your unique design and concept. This project will improve your paper, so I recommend doing it as soon as possible. However, I'll accept it any time before May 3. |
News: And don't forget office hours: Tuesdays 1:00-2:30, arts building 1344a. |
| Week 2: the real beginning |
Homework: |
| Extra credit point
of the week: Go to the library and look up some of John Berger's art criticism (from newspapers or magazines, not from books). Compare his approach to art in the review to that in Ways of Seeing. Write a one page comparison using quotes from both texts, turn it in with a copy of the text (not Ways of Seeing but the one that you looked up). |
| News: Dinh Q. Le is
the speaker in symposium this week. Good time to ask him questions for your
paper! See the symposium schedule for future speakers. Office hours start this week: Tuesdays 1:00-2:30, arts building 1344a. |
| Week 1: howdy! |
Homework (due in
section, week 2): a. In the subject
line of the email, write your name, last name first, then your section
(ex: Tuynman, Rebecca: Tuesday section) Last name:
d. Answer the questions
and send me the email |
| Extra credit point
of the week: Attend the opening reception for "Homecoming: New Work by Dinh Q. Lê" at the University Art Museum on Tuesday night from 5-8. Find either the artist or the curator, introduce yourself, and ask him/her an interesting and relevant question about the show. Turn in your transcript of the question and answer. |
| News: No symposium this week. |