Art and Women Spring 2018: Mickalene Thomas

FINAL EXAM in class Thursday 4/26 11:30am

Be on time!

Due Tuesday 4/17 and Thursday 4/19

READINGS: Chadwick, Ch 15

Due (EXTENDED TO Sunday 4/29 at 11pm)

POST 4 *mandatory if you DID NOT ATTEND The Brooklyn Museum trip (extra credit +5 if you attended)

Can you name 5 women artists?

Concentrating on contemporary artists, choose 5 women artists to illustrate and briefly explain various themes we have discussed throughout the course about gender, race, class and art history. You can organize your post into genres, 'isms, political or societal messages, aesthetics, techniques or personal narratives. You must choose a clear thesis and the 5 artists carefully. Your post MUST include artists working today. Be sure to illustrate your post with various images (and/or videos) and to cite your research.

Please reference Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party and the exhibitions of the Sackler Center and the Brooklyn Museum if you visited.

~1000 words, citations and bibliographic info and MANY images with captions. See checklist from previous posts.

Extra credit visit to Brooklyn Museum on your own (+4pts Due date EXTENDED TO Sunday 4/29 at 11pm)

If you were unable to attend the Brooklyn Museum with the class on Sunday but can still make the trip you can receive +4pts of extra credit. You must visit Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party at the Brooklyn Museum. Read all of the supporting materials in the exhibition and browse the information on the small interactive tablet outside the installation. Spend some time in The Dinner Party paying close attention to the details of the place settings, note the names and techniques, the imagery and patterns. Choose a few of your favorite place settings. Note how many names might be familiar to you. Write 2 paragraphs about your experience with The Dinner Party. Include names, details, techniques and your own reactions. Check out the Radical Women exhibition next to the Dinner Party. Visit at least one other gallery in the museum!! Have fun and explore!

TWO TWEETS tagged #artandwomen

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*Class visit to the Brooklyn Museum Dinner Party Sunday 4/15. We will meet in the lobby of the museum at 1pm. Give yourself extra time for traveling on the weekend. Directions to the Brooklyn Museum can be found here. Please feel free to invite a guest. *Please let me know if you plan on coming to the museum and if you plan on bringing a guest by Thursday in class or via email before Sunday so that I know to expect you.

Due Tuesday 4/10 and Thursday 4/12

READINGS: Chadwick, Ch 14

Group 9 presents

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FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE (to be finalized by 4/19)

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Due Tuesday 4/3 and Thursday 4/5

READINGS: Chadwick, Ch 13

POST3 (*Due Tuesday 4/3) - mandatory for all

Modernism/Postmodernism

What is modernism? How did women artists in Europe influence the techniques and development of modernism and the movements of abstraction, German expressionism, dada and surrealism and other movements in modernism? What important circumstances aided these and how were women integral in applying the techniques of design and craft in these new approaches to art?

Compare and contrast these with Post-Modernism. What is Post Modernism? How have women artists been instrumental in the development of its main themes? Please include examples of each of the movements within modernism and examples of post-modern art. Explain the specifics of these new approaches to art and art-making in the 20C.

~800 words. Include citations of the class readings in your post (Chadwick and Guerrilla Girls). Please be sure to include at least five images (examples) and two links.

See checklist below for other issues to consider and include in your post. Refer to this checklist for guidance on the post structure and expectations:

-Images should have captions. What is the image? Why is it included? Is it referenced in your text?

-Edit!! grammar, spelling, sentence and paragraph structure.

-Links must link!

-please make sure your links LINK. Why is the link included? Think about how the hyperlink is used online. Integrate your links into your writing. They should augment the information provided.

-Images must be sized correctly and should fit in the body of the blog.

-Check your formats in general. Spacing issues, indentations, font sizes, are your images appearing correctly?

-In body CITATIONS of the READINGS (author, pg)

-Include a brief "works cited" at the bottom of the post with the two (or more) readings you are citing from.

Group 8 presents

TWO TWEETS tagged #artandwomen

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Due Tuesday 3/27

READINGS: Chadwick, Ch 12 and and Guerrilla Girls pg. 89-91

2 quotes from each chapter/reading

Group 4 (aka the other group 6) presents

Due Thursday 3/27

Group 7 presents

TWO TWEETS tagged #artandwomen

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Enjoy Spring Break!

Due Tuesday 3/20 and Thursday 3/22

READINGS: Chadwick, Ch. 11 and and Guerrilla Girls pg. 80-88

2 quotes from each chapter/reading

Group 6 presents

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CLASS today 3/8 is CANCELLED

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Due Tuesday and Thursday 3/6 and 3/8

READINGS: Chadwick, Ch. 9 + 10

Group 3 presents

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Midterm exam in class on Thursday 3/1

Midterm Study Guide here

Due Tuesday 2/27

NO NEW READINGS

Exam Review see study guide above

Due Thursday 3/1

MIDTERM EXAM in class 11:30am

TWO TWEETS tagged #artandwomen

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Due Tuesday 2/20

READINGS: Chadwick, Ch.8

2 quotes from the chapter

Group 3 presents

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Due Thursday 2/22

Post 2 Due

Gender Roles, Subject and Power

What were the expected roles of women in Europe in the Middle Ages? How did roles for women change throughout the Renaissance and into the 19C? Please explain how these roles influenced the lives of women artists and the subjects of their work. Citing references to the readings, please use examples through the 19C to illustrate the challenges women artists faced. How did they overcome these or reference them in their work?

~800 words. Include citations of the class readings in your post (Chadwick and Guerrilla Girls). Please be sure to include at least three images and two links. See checklist below for other issues to consider and include in your post.

Refer to this checklist for guidance on the post structure and expectations:

-You must reference the bell hooks and John Berger readings in your post. You can (optional) also reference additional readings: Linda Nochlin, Guerrilla Girls and the Whitney Chadick textbook.

-Please include in-body citations of the readings (author, pg)

-Include a brief "works cited" at the bottom of the post with the two (or more) readings you are citing from. You can use APA, MLA or Chicago formats for citation

-Images should have captions. What is the image? Why is it included? Is it referenced in your text?

-Edit: grammar, spelling, sentence and paragraph structure.

-Links must link -please make sure your links LINK. Why is the link included? Think about how the hyperlink is used online. Integrate your links into your writing. They should augment the information provided.

-Images must be sized correctly and should fit in the body of the blog.

-Check your formats in general. Spacing issues, indentations, font sizes, are your images appearing correctly?

TWO TWEETS tagged #artandwomen

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Due Tuesday 2/13 and Thursday 2/15

READINGS:

Chadwick, Ch. 6 + 7, and Guerrilla Girls pg.47-57

2 quotes from each chapter

Group 1 presents Tuesday 2/13

Group 2 presents Thursday 2/15

TWO TWEETS tagged #artandwomen

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Due Thursday 2/8

READINGS:

Chadwick, Ch. 4 + 5, Guerrilla Girls pg.39-45

2 quotes from each chapter

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Due Tuesday 1/30

READINGS:

Chadwick, Chapter 1

and

Guerrilla Girls pgs. 7-37

2 quotes from each reading

Due Thursday 2/1

READINGS:

Chadwick Chapters 2+3

2 quotes from each chapter

POST 1 : Male Gaze and Patriarchy
Please answer the following questions based on the readings and class discussion. Use your own experiences and realizations to help illustrate your understanding of the material. You must cite from the readings in order to explain and analyze the arguments made in the readings. What is the male gaze (as described by John Berger) and why is it pervasive in art and in popular culture? Give illustrative examples. What is patriarchy (as described by bell hooks)? Give examples. How have you come to understand these structures and in what ways has this understanding changed your views about various art and media examples and of your own identity and role in these structures?

~800 words. Include citations from both of the readings in your post. Please be sure to include at least two images and two links.

Refer to this checklist for guidance on the post structure and expectations:

-You must reference the bell hooks and John Berger readings
in your post. You can (optional) also reference additional readings: Linda Nochlin, Guerrilla Girls and the Whitney Chadick textbook.
-Please include in-body citations of the readings (author, pg)
-Include a brief "works cited" at the bottom of the post with the two (or more) readings you are citing from. You can use APA, MLA or Chicago formats for citation

-Images should have captions. What is the image? Why is it included? Is it referenced in your text?
-Edit: grammar, spelling, sentence and paragraph structure.
-Links must link -please make sure your links LINK. Why is the link included? Think about how the hyperlink is used online. Integrate your links into your writing. They should augment the information provided.
-Images must be sized correctly and should fit in the body of the blog.
-Check your formats in general. Spacing issues, indentations, font sizes, are your images appearing correctly?

TWO TWEETS tagged #artandwomen

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Due Tuesday 1/23

GET THE TEXTBOOKS

Whitney Chadwick's Women Art and Society 4th or 5th edition
and
The Guerrilla Girls' Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art

MINI POST due - Critical Artist Expression
(a SHORT POST on the blog)
Find and research a female identified artist whose work (you believe) critically addresses a cultural, social or political issue. Share this on the blog with a short description and one or more images of their work. If you have trouble posting to the blog, bring in the information about your artist to class as a print out and be sure to hand it in to me.

READINGS On Blackboard:

two readings can be found as pdfs on the class Blackboard site under "Course Documents" in a folder called "Readings: Ways of Seeing"

1. John Berger, Ways of Seeing, Chapters 2+3

2. bell hooks, Understanding Patriarchy

READINGS Online:

3. Linda Nochlin, Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?http://deyoung.famsf.org/files/whynogreatwomenartists_4.pdf

4. Report Card: Guerrilla Girls and Pussy Galore
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/20/sexism-art-_n_6721318.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/women-artists-what-this-term-means_us_5626a52be4b0bce34702b7dd

TWO TWEETS tagged #artandwomen

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Link to the Syllabus

Link to the Class Video Screenings

It is helpful that everyone in the course reviews several key terms crucial to the course material. Please review this important list of terms on gender and sexuality.

Readings on the syllabus, unless otherwise specified, refer to chapters in your texts:

Whitney Chadwick's Women Art and Society

and

The Guerrilla Girls' Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art

**Additional readings can be found on the class Blackboard site and will be specified here for each class. Please check the blog each week for all readings.

Art and Women Spring 2018

Monday, January 15, 2018

Mickalene Thomas

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