Electives Class, Spring 2012, Ms. Rosenbaum

(Preferred) Teacher Contact via e-mail at deb_rosenbaum@dpsk12.org
Please call the classroom phone before 7:30 or after 2:40 at 720 424-1776

Current Class Work:   Complete both collage assignments (color Rex Ray and Surrealist).  Review for final exam (Monday and Tuesday).

Art History, Appreciation and Aesthetics

• Students will identify and connect characteristics of visual arts within various historical periods, styles, and cultures.
• Students will identify and employ the elements of art and the principles of design in the analysis and creation of artworks

Studio Work

Students will build on fundamental art concepts and 2D skills in the following areas:

Drawing

• perceptual skills to recognize and reproduce accurate line, shape, proportion, scale
• pencil rendering skills including shading, blending and expressive line
• development of spatial properties on a 2-dimensional surface

• Brush use and care
• Basic color theory and mixing
• tempera, watercolor and acrylic paint techniques

 Grading

1^st Quarter                 45%  (50% product and 50% process)

2^nd Quarter                45%  (50% product and 50% process)

Final Assessment    10%

Please use the parent IC portal to check grades on a regular basis.  Written work, homework assignments, artistic process, as well as projects are important components of this class.  Writing and verbal skills are integrated through class discussion, reviews,  and quizzes.   Students are presented a rubric for each assignment graded separately from the sketchbook.    Most assignments are worth 10 points each.  Longer assignments and projects are generally worth 15 points.  Class attendance, attitude, studio responsibility, on-task behaviors, and critiques are part of the process grade.

Late work is penalized 10% per school day. After 10 school days, work is accepted only at the discretion of the instructor.  No late work is accepted the last week of the quarter except in the case of excused absences.   Excused absences (including only illness or family emergencies) are allowed only 2 additional days per excused absence day to complete work.  After 3 late assignments in a semester, no additional late work will be accepted.

Behavior Expectations;

•  Class attendance is crucial in a studio class that meets for a double block on alternating days.  Class exercises, demonstrations, discussions and lecture are difficult to make up.    Please plan travel and routine medical appointments outside of regular school hours.  Teachers are not required to produce advance assignments for students who miss school for travel.  Submit assignments in advance if you know you will miss class for your major.
• Be open to trying new techniques, receptive to learning about all areas of art and maintain a positive, inquisitive attitude.
• Care for the studio space, equipment and supplies in a cooperative and responsible manner.  Clean up and replacement of tools is a group responsibility.
• NO FOOD (except water bottles with screw lids) is permitted in VA classrooms. Drink cups or cans left at the studio door will be thrown away.  Repeat offenders will be assigned studio cleaning duties after school.
• Students are not allowed in the Bookroom or Supply Room without teacher permission.
• Focus for the full period without excessive noise or horseplay.
• Respectful behavior toward the instructor, peers and the artwork of others
• District policy requires a teacher to be present if students are in the studio.  Check for availability of the studio during free periods, lunch and after school.  Students may not work in the studio without a teacher present. Wednesdays the studio is open until 4:30.
• Personal headphones prevent students from being part of a cooperative learning studio environment.  Use of headphones is discouraged and is allowed only with DAILY permission from the instructor.
• Cell phones are never permitted in the classroom and will be confiscated if seen or heard during class.  First offence:  phone kept until end of day.  Second offence requires a parent conference before the phone can be returned

Colorado Academic Standards for Visual Art to be Addressed

 1.Observe  and  Learn  to   Comprehend   The  visual  arts  are  a  means  for   expression, communication  and   meaning  making.

2. Envision  and  Critique  to  Reflect  Visual  arts  recognize,  articulate,   and  implement  critical  thinking   through  the  synthesis,  evaluation   and  analysis  of  visual  information.

3. Invent  and  Discover  to  Create  Generate  works  of  art  that  employ   unique  ideas,  feelings,  and  values   using  different  media,   technologies.

4. Relate  and  Connect  to  Transfer  Recognize,  articulate,  and  validate   the  value  of  the  visual  arts  to   lifelong  learning  and  the  human   experience.