M2 - Journal Prompts

Module 2 - The Process of Art

JOURNAL PROMPTS

Directions: Choose one or more of the following prompts and update your class journal by responding to the question or questions in the prompt. Try to write roughly a page on each prompt you select.

Journal Prompt #1: Who Makes Art?

Who makes art? Do you think artists have innate ability or acquired skill (or both)? How do artist’s roles change with different cultural considerations? Support your answers with examples, and provide any links or images that help in your explanations. You can use the External Links to help you in your image search.

Journal Prompt #2: Art21

View at least five short videos from ART21 Links to an external site.. You can search for artist’s names by alphabet at the top middle of Art: 21’s homepage. Watch how they work and what they say about their process. Then place one artist in each of the following categories:

Artist most concerned with the process of making the work.
Artist most concerned with creativity in the idea for their art or the work itself.
Artist most concerned with materials
Who surprised you the most?
List the artists you viewed.

Journal Prompt #3: Social Art vs. Creative Art

Instructions: Compare and contrast art created as a social activity and as a singular creative act.

• What are the differences?
• Why are they important? 
• Do their functions ever overlap? How?

Here are some resources to help you:

• The Quilts of Gees Bend Links to an external site.
• Michael Hayden’s light and sound sculptureThe Sky's The Limit Links to an external site.. Here’s a video Links to an external site. of the work.
• AIDS Quilt Project Links to an external site.. See image below
• The Day of The Dead Links to an external site.celebration
  • Adriaen Coorte’s Strawberries in a Wan Li Bowl (see image below)
  • Large-scale sculpture Links to an external site.
  • Photography Links to an external site.