Assignment #2

There are four domains of creativity.  These domains include: fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration.  The first domain is fluency and it means generating many ideas. Flexibility is the second domain.  Flexibility is generating different types of ideas or ideas from different perspectives. The third domain is originality.  Originality is generating unusual ideas.  The fourth and last domain is elaboration which is adding to ideas to improve on them.

The Feldman method of art criticism is how we as the audience look at the arts.  The Feldman method includes four steps including: describe, analyze, interpret, and judge.  The average time spent in front of artwork at a museum is three seconds and by using this method it allows the viewer to take time to really look at every piece of art.  To describe one can ask themselves a series of questions.  These include: Who is the artist?, What is the Medium?, How big is the work of art?, and What are the characteristics of the work of art?.  To analyze means to use the elements and principals to further describe the work of art.  The 7 elements of art include: line, shape, form, space, color, texture, and value.  The 7 principals of design include: rhythm and movement, balance, proportion, variety, emphasis, harmony, and unity.  Questions to ask yourself while you are analyzing include: How do the colors relate?, How do lines create tension, movement, or emphasis?, and  What is the texture or emphasis?.  The third step in the method is to interpret and this is your reaction to the art piece.  Questions to ask yourself while interpreting would include: How does it make you feel?, Does it move you?, What does it mean?, or How do the images create a metaphor?.  The last step in the method is to evaluate. The evaluation of the piece is the viewers’ judgment.  Questions that you could ask yourself include: Do you like it? Why, why not?.  This method could be used with every piece of art that you come across whether it be a painting, an art film, or a sculpture.

Assignment #1

a.    I have made art before. I like to draw, paint, and be creative.  I enjoy being creative and doing anything that involves art even though I am not amazing at it. I still enjoy painting and creating things.

b.    I have tried to paint and draw on multiple occasions.   I like to paint pottery and ceramics.

c.    I have been too many museums including the Columbia Museum of Art. I also have been to multiple galleries such as the Red Piano gallery in Frogmore. I have not been to an artist studio before.

d.    I have never been to an art film or an Opera.  I like to go to plays and have been to many including Phantom of the Opera, Guys and Dolls, and The Little Shop of Horrors.

e.    I dance when I am with my friends and having fun, but not for a dance team.

f.     I learn best when I am actually involved in what I am learning.  I learn best through actually doing what I am learning.

g.    I am taking this class as a requirement for an Early Childhood Education degree.

h.    I have been moved by art before. I enjoy historic pieces the most. Items that have a history and story behind them.

i.     I am inspired by my friends, family, and events that happen in my life.

j.      I believe that everything is a different form of art because it was created through someone imagination in some way.

k.    Everyone can make their own decisions on what they think good art it, but everyone is entitled to a different opinion and to think differently about what good art it.  

l.     When I listen to music, I hear the words and the story that is being told through the words.  My brother on the other hand plays instruments and when he listens to music he hears the different instruments and the sound they create together.

m.   The best movie I have seen in the last year was The Blind Side because it moved me emotionally.

n.    I believe that an art film is a film that is nothing like a Hollywood movie.  They are not the typical films that are mainstreamed.  I belive they are independently made and are usually more serious.

o.    I like a variety of music including Country, Christian, and some pop.  When I am looking for music I like, I look for songs that tell a story or music that I can relate to.