EXTRA CREDIT QUESTIONAIRE

1. Which assignment did you ENJOY working on the best? Why?

2. Which assignment did you ENJOY working on the least? Why?

 

3. How did you like using BLACKBOARD?

4. What is your opinion of the Discussion Groups in this course?

5. Did you participate in any of the extra credit projects in previous modules? If so, what was your opinion of them? (mandala, elgin marbles, culture, art critics)

6. If you had the opportunity to change this course:

What would you keep?

What would you remove?

What would you add?

7. Would you recommend this course to your peers?

8. Please list any other comments you would like to share.

1. The assignment I enjoyed the most was Project 4. I thought it was cool to basically create an exhibit of my own, for whatever artist or artists that I chose. This was also an amazing opportunity to discover an artist I know very little about

2. The assignments i enjoyed the least (really not at all) were doing the video reviews. This was because all of the questions were always the same, for every single set of videos. It became redundant and boring. I also did not like the most of the videos were an hour long.

3. I think blackboard is a convenient service. I think this class was a bit difficult to navigate and keep track of, while on blackboard though. Everything was in a different section and folder. It took a lot of searching and scrolling to be able to find anything. 

4. The discussion group was pointless to me because no one cared to respond to anyone else. And a lot of the times, the discussion questions were similar to our blog postings. It was very redundant. 

5. No, I did not do any prior extra credit.

6. I would change the class from an online course to in-room class exclusively. I think this class is much to in-depth to leave comprehension entirely up to the student.

I would remove the graphics from the modules because it was elongated the page and made scrolling down very annoying.

7. I would recommend this to my peers, only if there were an in-class alternative. 

8. Thank you, Professor Tabone, for everything you've offered to us and taught us. I appreciate this class and the information that it was presented to me. I definitely have a deeper appreciation not just for art itself, but also for the reason why the art came to be. I think without this class, I may not have considered that so deeply.

AED 200 Reflection

1. What were you expectations for this course and where they met?

2. Now that you've been through this course, What is art? How would you define it now compared to your intial posting?

3. Who was your favorite artist in your original posting and who is your favorite visual artist now? If there is a difference, why do you think so? If you have the same favorite artist, why do you think so?

4. Now that you've completed this course, how do you feel about taking an online course? Is your answer the same as it was in your first posting? How is it the same or different?

1.) I honestly had no idea what to expect for an art inquiry class. I did not know what art inquiry was. I am still a bit unclear on what exactly it is but I did enjoy the concepts and all of the videos and other media we were given during this course. 

2) After taking this course, I would define art as the creative expression of the human experience. I would have defined art as the expression of human emotion, at a point in time but I realize art is much more than that. It is more than just emotion. It is what we think, what we feel, what we do, want to do, and don't want to do. It really is the center of the human experience. 

3) My favorite artist was Takashi Murakami but now I would have to say It is George Condo. My answer definitely changed since my first posting after taking the time to dive into Condo's work. 

4) I still do not enjoy online classes. I think they are difficult to keep up with when you are already so enveloped in a full schedule of physical classes that all have their own homework schedules. 

Module 13-14: Video Review

In the first video I definitely learned the importance of thematics and consistency. In particular, I learned about the lowbrow art movement. Lowbrow art was un underground art movement in the 60's, next to the punk rock movement and the emergence of psychedelics. Lowbrow was characterized by heavy use of various colors, and edgy, sometimes morbid imagery.
Artists such as Edgar Leeteg and Big Daddy Roth played a large part in this movement. They did this by using different mediums, Leeteg painted on velvet and Roth - tattoos.

In the second video, I very much enjoyed the art show. What I enjoyed most about it was the huge difference in art, whether painted, drafted, sculpted or created by some other medium. What we call modern art, seems to be a movement of statement art. Through the use of some of the most important elements such as color, and composition, and most importantly form. I'm learning that art, does not particularly have to be about something to represent many things. Modern art seems to be more rebellious and negligent of rules. More free in its execution and infinite in it's creation.

In total, I enjoyed both videos very much. I think that they both definitely helped in my understanding of how to properly conceptualize my project and focus on exhibiting a specific art style.