Art 80 Weekly Schedule, Fall 2013

Art 80 Weekly Schedule

Fall, 2013

Week 1

Tuesday, 08/27/2013

• Go over the syllabus, the text book, and supplies needed
• Introductions

Week 2

Tuesday, 09/03/2013

• Present a photograph you find interesting in class (please bring push pins).
• Bring your cameras and their manuals (if your manual is missing, download it online and print it out).
• Assign Project #1: Scanograms & Collages.
• Lecture: Scanogram/collage.

Week 3

Tuesday, 09/10/2013

• Have read and be ready to discuss Chapter 1: If This Is Art and Chapter 8: Physical and Material of The Photograph as Contemporary Art, Second Edition, Charlotte Cotton.

• Camera function lecture.

• Bring items for scanograms if you do not have access to a scanner at home. You can use my portable scanner and laptop computer, but you will need to provide a sheet of plastic to lay down and a thumb drive to save your file.

Week 4

Tuesday, 09/17/2013

• DUE: Project #1. Please arrive early, and bring push pins to install your work.

Week 5

Tuesday, 09/24/2013

• Assign Project #2: Exterior photographs.
• Have read and be ready to discuss Chapter 3: Deadpan of The Photograph as Contemporary Art, Second Edition, Charlotte Cotton.
• Lecture: Contemporary and historical examples of exterior photographs.
• Refresh on camera function, meet with students and look at their cameras again.

Week 6

Tuesday, 10/01/2013

LBCC Flex Day - No Classes.

• Read Chapter 6: Moments in History of The Photograph as Contemporary Art, Second Edition, Charlotte Cotton.

Week 7

Tuesday, 10/08/2013

• DUE: Project #2. Please arrive early, and bring push pins to install your work.
• 1 paragraph paper due on Chapter 6: Moments in History of The Photograph as Contemporary Art, Second Edition, Charlotte Cotton.

Week 8

Tuesday, 10/15/2013

• Assign Project #3: Interior photographs and nighttime photography
• Lecture: Photographing in low light environments, camera function, shutter speed, ISO, tripod and camera stabilization. Example of photographs rendered inside/nighttime.

Week 9

Tuesday, 10/22/2013

• Have read and be ready to discuss Chapter 4: Something and Nothing of The Photograph as Contemporary Art, Second Edition, Charlotte Cotton.

Week 10

Tuesday, 10/29/2013

• DUE: Project #3. Please arrive early, and bring push pins to install your work.
• Hand out assignment for Project #4: The portrait. Think about who you want to photograph.

Week 11

Tuesday, 11/05/2013

• Discuss Project #4: The portrait

• Have read and be ready to discuss Chapter 5: Intimate Life and Chapter 7: Revived and Remade of The Photograph as Contemporary Art, Second Edition, Charlotte Cotton.

Week 12

Tuesday, 11/12/2013

• DUE: Project #4. Please arrive early, and bring push pins to install your work.

Week 13

Tuesday, 11/19/2013

• ESSAY DUE.
• Assign project #5: The Narrative
• Have read and be ready to discuss Chapter 2: Once Upon a Time of The Photograph as Contemporary Art, Second Edition, Charlotte Cotton.

Week 14

Tuesday, 11/26/2013

• Written proposals due, individual meetings

Week 15

Tuesday, 12/03/2013

• DUE: Present Project #5. Please arrive early, and bring push pins to install your work.
• Bring some food!

Week 16

Tuesday, 12/10/2013

• Con't critiquing Project #5. Please arrive early, and bring push pins to install your work.

• Bring some food!