Note: This webquest complies with standard 2b of the NYS learning standards for the visual arts : Students will use the computer and other electronic media as designing tools and to communicate visual ideas.
Purpose:This website is designed for middle and high school art students researching famous artists.
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Task back to top Before you are thrown out in to the museum you will have to prove yourself to the museum director(Ms. Miller) and present information about your artist and their work via a power point presentation. Your audience is going to be ninth grade students so be sure that your information is geared towards that age level. You will have the opporunity to choose your own artist after participating in a class activity. .
Process back to top 1-choose an artist at the faculty meeting (in class). Refer to the Metropolitain Museum of Art link down in the resources section in order to choose an artist, we are going to sign up to create our very own online gallery of your favorite works from the museum in order to help you choose. 2- Once you have chosen an artist, you need to start gathering information about them. Refer to the information questions form in the resources section to find out what information you need. 3-Read the article on website evaluation I give you before searching for information so that you know whether or not the sites you look at are credible. write down what you think are the three most important criteria for evaluating a website and hand it in. 4-In order to find good scholarly information on your artist refer to some of the search engine links (at least two!) in the recources section that will help you to find the information that you need. 5-You will be responsible to tell me what search engine you have used and give credit to the sources that you have used. Refer to the attached sheet under resources (giving credit to your sources)to learn how to site electronic resources. You will need to hand this in so that I know how you found your information. 6-Once you have gathered all the information you need you may go ahead and start your power point presentation. Be sure to save everything including any changes that you make to your work. You may refer to the sample PowerPoint presentation located under resources to get an idea of what I am looking for.
Resources back to top http://www.metmuseum.org - enter the site and click on my MET museum and set up username and password in order to create your very own gallery of images http://www.artnet.com- If you aren't finding works that you like, refer to this site to see works by a wide range of artists http://www.artlex.com- All the definitions you could ever want about art! (look up movements) Conclusion back to top Further implications: Studio in Art-In order for you to gain a feeling for what the artist was going through while they were making their art you will be required to create a paper mache bowl designed in the style of your artist and collage biographical information on the inside. Studio in Media-Create a poster for an exhibit on your featured artist using at least three examples of their work in Adobe PhotoShop to be printed out. ***All images on this page were borrowed from http://www.metmuseum.org Web design by Erica Miller
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