Mrs. Smiley's Art Room: Eighth Grade Project: Artists of the Great Depression

Hello Eighth Graders, I am excited for you all to explore these incredible artists of the Great Depression, and I am looking forward to hearing about what you think of them and how they inspire you. Please see the information below to help you with your art and research project.

Artists of the Great Depression

With your group, create a posterboard or a PowerPoint about the artist. Please send all writing components to Erica as a Google Doc for editing before you glue it down: esmiley@moodle.rashi.org

Include:

· -A piece of artwork inspired by the artist with a 3-4 sentence artist statement

This can be 2-D or 3-D and in any art media of your choice, even something we haven’t covered this year. It should be clear how the artist has inspired your work. For example, you can use similar subject matter and/ or similar materials. Type and print this.

· -A one-page typed double-spaced visual analysis of one of the artist’s works

See attached visual analysis guide for details. Don’t worry! This is not as challenging as it seems- you are basically writing about what you see and your reaction to the piece of artwork, and what it is about the artwork that makes you see it that way.

· -Two examples of themes or imagery in common with TKAM

These can be bullet-pointed but should be typed.

· Four examples of significant events in the artist’s life

Plus, date of birth and death should be included. These can be bullet-pointed but should be typed

· Four items that you imagine might be in the artist’s backpack/suitcase.

These can be listed, drawn, or sculpted from any media you like.

Resources: Any museum website, any PBS documentary and its supporting materials online, any books or articles provided by Erica. Please see Erica to approve any other sources. Please see the art room blog for links to additional resource pages.

Edward Hopper