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Our first priority as we get warmed up for the semester:  we need to relax.  How will we relax?  We're going to play! Before we begin our activities, each student will need to set up a Google account and a blog.  If you don't have a Google account, please visit this site : When/if you have your Google account ready, it's time to create your blog! Find the BLOGGER app by clicking on the icon shown above. Find "Blogger" and click "New Blog".  Follow the steps to create your blog for this course:  Think of a title that you'll be happy to share, as well as a blog address (you will share this address with me once your blog is created).  When it is up & running, feel free to play with the look and the theme of your blog -- I can help you with this too! To find your URL, click on the button "view blog".  Send this link to me (I'll give you my email address in class). ~~~ This week's challenge is PLAY.  We...

Senior art students have been busy these past two weeks! It's been great to get back into the swing of things and to reconnect with this class of artists. Our first major project has begun.  Students began this project by responding to a quote by Keith Haring : I am me. I may look like you, but if you take a closer look you will realize that I am nothing like you at all. I am very different. I see things through a completely different perspective because in my life I had experiences that you didn’t have, and I had feelings you didn’t have, and I’ve lived places and seen places and experienced life from a completely different point of view than you have. I may be wearing the same shoes and the same haircut, but that gives you no right to have any preconceived notions about what I am or who I am. ~ Keith Haring (Source:   Engaging Learners Through Artmaking , 2009) These responses extended into a studio assignment that was meant to challenge both their technical skills as ...

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