Studio Art Foundations Virtual Art Museum Project
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STUDIO ART FOUNDATIONS VIRTUAL ART MUSEUM PROJECT YOUR NAME: ________________________________ DUE DATE: 1/11/21 You will visit four art museum websites from around the world. No admission fee, no travel expenses, open 24/7! Please see the attached list for suggestions. The assignment is broken up into several sections. Read the directions carefully before you begin. The final project will be presented as a Google Site that you will share. Browse Through Art Museums from around the World Begin your search by looking at museum websites: ➢ In the USA ➢ In the country of your family’s origin ➢ In a country where you would like to study abroad ➢ In a country that you think you will never visit The four art museums you choose must be used throughout this project: Art Museum 1 Name: ________________________________________________ Link: _________________________________________________________________ Art Museum 2 Name: ________________________________________________ Link: _________________________________________________________________ Art Museum 3 Name: ________________________________________________ Link: _________________________________________________________________ Art Museum 4 Name: ________________________________________________ Link: _________________________________________________________________ Browse through each museum website - take your time, enjoy the artwork - zoom in, zoom out. Get as close as you want - no museum guards! Part One: Museum Treasure Hunt Please find and save an image of a different work of art for numbers 1-8. Be sure to fill in the information on title, artist, date, materials, and museum link. Please answer why you chose each artwork and include 2 specific observations about the artwork. You will create a Google Site that contains all your information including images and links. Find a work of art with the color red. Title, artist, date, material, and URL link: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Why did you choose this work of art? List two specific observations: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Find a work of art that makes you say, “I could do that!” Title, artist, date, material, and URL link: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ What made you say I could do that artwork? ______________________________________________________________________________ Find a work of art that you would like to buy and put in your house. Title, artist, date, material, and URL link: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ What about this piece compelled you to pick it? ______________________________________________________________________________ Find a work of art that appears to have a rough texture. (hint: zoom in) Title, artist, date, material, and URL link: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Why did you choose this work of art? ______________________________________________________________________________ Find a work of art that shows movement. Title, artist, date, material, and URL link: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ How does this work of art show movement? ______________________________________________________________________________ Find a work of art that completely confuses you. Title, artist, date, material, and URL link: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ How does this work of art cause confusion? ______________________________________________________________________________ Find a work of art that makes you uncomfortable. Title, artist, date, material, and URL link: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ What compelled you to choose this work of art? ______________________________________________________________________________ Find a work of art that makes you happy. Title, artist, date, material, and URL link: ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ What made you choose this artwork? ______________________________________________________________________________ Part 2: Sketch Your Work of Art Choose one of the 8 works of art to sketch and “interview” (see part 3). Be sure to include the link to the work of art. You should spend at least ten minutes sketching what you see. Fill one entire page in your sketchbook. Take a picture of your sketch and upload to your Google Site. Part 3: Interview Your Work of Art The next part requires creativity and some research. You will pretend that you are the artwork and answer these questions on its behalf. Take notes while observing the artwork Copy and paste this interview into your Google Site 1.Please, work of art, describe yourself in detail… ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 2.When were you created? ______________________________________________________________________________ 3.What are you made of? ______________________________________________________________________________ 4.How big are you? ______________________________________________________________________________ 5.What was happening during the time you were created? Name one historical event that may have influenced your creation. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 6.What’s your story? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 7.Why did your artist create you? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 8.What are you doing tomorrow? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 9. What is a fun fact about you that you wish more people knew? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Part 4: Recreate a Work of Art Here is a challenge from the Getty museum: http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/getty-artworks-recreated-with-household-items-by- creative-geniuses-the-world-over/ We challenge you to recreate a work of art with objects (and people) in your home. ➢ Choose your favorite artwork from the museum websites you visited. ➢ Recreate the artwork with objects in your home. ➢ You can also use yourself, your family, your pets; use your imagination. ➢ Photograph your re-creation and post it side by side with the original artwork on your Google Site. HOW TO CREATE A GOOGLE SITE Create a Google Site to showcase your museum visit. Go to your Google Drive > Select the Google App dots Select Sites > Select New Google Sites Select the “+ Blank” to create your new site Where it says “Untitled Site” change that to “Your first and last name” Where it says “Your Page Title” list the four museums that you visited. Create a NEW PAGE for each part of the assignment. To INSERT images > select Insert > click on images > choose upload or select > insert To INSERT images from DRIVE > click on From Drive > select your image > insert To add a TEXT BOX > click on Text Box > you can then begin to type in the text box – if you need to move the text box you can click on it and drag it to where you need it to go. You can also use the premade LAYOUTS to add images with connected text boxes. Just click on a layout and it should appear in the next empty space on your site. You can easily move the layout templates around by clicking on them and dragging them to where you want them. For PART 3 – For the interview with your artwork, type your interview in a Google Doc, check your spelling and grammar, and then copy and paste the body of text directly into a text box in your Google Site. Be sure to PUBLISH and SHARE the link with your teacher. NEW YORK AREA MUSEUMS: The Metropolitan Museum of Art The MET Breuer The Guggenheim Museum The Whitney Museum of American Art The Museum of Modern Art Japan Society Asia Society The Rubin Museum The Aldrich Museum The Neuberger Museum of Art The Katonah Museum PepsiCo Sculpture Garden Storm King The Hudson River Museum DIA Beacon Brooklyn Museum INTERNATIONAL MUSEUMS: Europe Louvre Museum in Paris- https://www.louvre.fr/en Tate in London AFRICA- Iziko Museum of South