Student Self-Directed Projects

Self Directed Student Project Contracts 
Evaluation Periods = Week 4, 7, 11 + 15
i. The course will be divided into 4 evaluation periods that will assess how the SA321 student is progressing through the semester.  

ii. Each evaluation period will engage in a critique with the instructor and the other intermediate students. 
The grade that the student receives for each period will reflect the quality and depth the student presents.  

iii. The student will create a written contract of the work they plan to investigate beginning in the second week of the semester. 
The contracts establish the working relations of the student as a planner, researcher and artist of the ongoing work they wish to develop on an independent basis. 
The student's independent working ideas and goals will be organized in a minimum of a one-page paper submitted to the instructor.  

iv. The original working contract will be edited and revised additionally on two future occasions, illustrating the evolution and progress of the student’s work that is both influenced by their independent studio work as well as driven by their scholarly research.   
Each updated version will be handed into the instructor during the 5 and week 9 of the semester.  

v. Keep a copy in your sketch book for easy access and review at any time.

Areas of focus may include: Inspiration of work, independent historical research, a certain subject matter, painting applications and techniques, and or a combination there of some of these.

Evaluation periods . Critiques + Critical Dates
Each evaluation period the student will present their work to the instructor and class as a whole. During these periodic reviews the student should be able to demonstrate the following:
  • Develop a clear overview of what their goals are for the semester
  • Develop an artist’s project statement about their creative process that they will share with the class, and will be updated at each evaluation period set out by them. The student will be graded on accuracy and the depth of knowledge. Remembering that their Project Proposals need to be reevaluated and submitted in Weeks 5 and 9.
  • The student will be asked to respond to the specific comments about their presented works in critique
  • The student will develop a minimum of three paintings that conforms to the student’s main focus by end of week four, and will be on-going throughout the semester
  • At the culmination of the semester the student should have a minimum of 4-8 paintings
  • The student will self-grade as well as be in collaborative conference with the instructor
  • The student understands at the culmination of the semester to restore the area to its original form

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