Responding - Artist Research
Make a Visual Journal Blog Post that is focused on your artist research.
Criteria
Imagery: Did you
include at least one
artwork representative
of the artist in the blog medium, and date made.
post and cite its
reference page?
Link to a website: Did
you include a clear and
working link to a
website you found
information from?
Describe: did you Described the following from
describe the artist and the artist: n ationality (where
their artwork fully? they are from), age, training
VA:Re8.1.IIa
Analyze: did you talk
about salient elements
and principles of design
used by the artist?
VA:Re8.1.IIa
Interpret: Did you fully
interpret the meaning
of the artists work?
Connect to the impact
of the work on beliefs,
values, and behaviors
of society?
VA:Cn11.1.IIIa
Judge/Reflect: How
does the artists work
connect with your own
work?
Craftsmanship: Did the 0-2 errors
student use proper
grammar and spelling?
Name:________________________ Class: Adv Art Studio I Hour:_____
Advanced Proficiency Proficiency Partial Proficiency Developing Not able
10 8 5 Proficiency to assess
3 0
Used a high quality image Used a high quality image Used a low quality image Only posted a Not
and posted it in the blog and posted it in the blog and posted it in the blog photograph of the present.
post. Cited the artist, title, post. However may have post. May have cited the artwork with no
forgotten to cite the artist, medium, location (if reference.
Included the website title, medium, or date necessary), artist, title, and
address(es) where the image made. Included the website date made. Student did not
was found. address(es) where the include the website
image was found. address(es) of where the
image was found.
Included a link to the Made a link to the relevant Made a link to the The link is Not
relevant website (not website that the the biography and video that is somewhere on the present.
wikipedia) that the biography biography or information clear and easy to click on. post but not
or information was found, was found, but the link is The link does not work. accessible.
that is clear and easy to find, unclear. The link works
and works properly. properly.
Described most of the Described 1-2 parts of the Mentioned the Not
following from the artist: following from the artist: artists name and present.
nationality, age, training nationality (regional if type of artwork, but
(Degrees? Any other (Degrees? Any other necessary), age, training, did not elaborate.
education?), inspiration. education?), inspiration. inspiration. Described 1-2
Described the artwork as a Described the artwork as a parts of the artwork as a
whole: theme, mediums whole: theme, mediums whole: theme, mediums
used, development of work used, development of work used, development of work
over time, scale, where does over time, scale, where over time, scale, where
the artist install. does the artist install. does the artist install.
Student went above and Student mostly analyzed Student partially analyzed Student only named Not
beyond in analyzing the work the work by the artist by the work by the artist by the elements or present.
by the artist. Named three naming three naming elements and sed.
principles u
or more elements/principles elements/principles and principles and describing
and fully explained how they explaining how they are how they are shown in the
are used in the artwork to shown in the artwork to artwork.
convey meaning. convey meaning. However,
the description of the
elements and principles
was vague.
Student fully interpreted the Student mostly interpreted Student barely interprets Student begins to Not
work by addressing the the work by addressing the the work. Student merely discuss the meaning, present.
meaning of the work as a meaning of the work as a mentions the title of the but it is imcomplete.
whole. Student discusses the whole. Student discusses theme the class had
theme chosen by the class the theme chosen by the chosen.
and how this work fits with class, but neglects to
the meaning. discuss how it fits with the
meaning.
Student makes a connection Student makes a Student makes a Student starts to Not
with this artist by technique, connection with this artist connection with this artist make a connection, present.
theme, or both. The by technique, theme, or by technique, theme, or but does not finish.
explanation is thorough, and both. The connection is both. However, the
the connection is clear. clear, but the explanation is connection is unclear.
not thorough.
3 errors 4 errors 5+ errors Not
present.
Responding Score: _______ / 70