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The class will be randomly assigned a team of 3 or more students.  Within a team, each team member will select 1 work of art from an approved professional art gallery.  The team will be creating a PowerPoint with images of each of these art objects. The team will attempt to contact one another via eCampus.  You all have to all visit the same gallery website. The assignment can be completed by merging the individual team members’ PowerPoints together through the TEAM GALLERY CRITICAL REVIEW GROUPS tab.  Under this tab and your selected group, you will see GROUP TOOLS including: ·  SEND EMAIL (allows you all to communicate with your group only through eCampus) ·  FILE EXCHANGE (allows you to upload your partial PowerPoint for others to add to) ·  GROUP TASKS (allows each of you to set tasks and deadlines for the group). Each student will need to complete the following three levels of discussion for their selected piece:  Description, Analysis and Interpretation. See rubric below and PowerPoint template on eCampus for more details. Write the title of the artwork being discussed, the artist’s name, year created, name of gallery, estimated size of the piece, and a description of the piece.  In the description, create a visual image with words. Based on the description provided in the introduction, the artist’s intent or message within the work of art.  Provide notated research if needed to further the background of the artist and the era in which it was created.  The and of the artist should be better understood through this research.  Discuss the Visual Elements and Principles of Design.  Which Visual Elements and Principles of Design are present in this work of art? Provide specific explanation. Discuss the content of the piece.  Why was it created? Does it have a narrative or discuss social issues? What emotional feeling is present?  Summarize your reaction to this art object. To find out who is on your team, click on the tab to the left “TEAM GALLERY CRITICAL REVIEW GROUPS”.  You

will see your group and possibly a link for the whole class.  Click on your Group/Team.  Then you will see everyone’s name on your team, and you will be able to email each other through the functions on that screen, and share files with each other. I know group or teamwork can be scary and/or frustrating, but you will be evaluating your group afterwards, so be the best team player you can.  The only thing you have to do together is combine your parts together, compare your work to another teammate’s work selected in one of the sections of the assignment. Then, one of the team members will need to upload the finished team PowerPoint for the whole group. (This should only be submitted as a PowerPoint) Art museums and art galleries are two different types of entities. The primary difference is that while one goes to an art museum to view art and learn about art from an educational or cultural experience; one goes to an art gallery to view art, discover new artists, possibly from the perspective of purchasing the art. Most museums are funded by governments, foundations, and corporate and private donors, and they are operated on a non-for-profit basis. Galleries seek to make profit and gain exposure for themselves and the artists they represent. Art galleries, are usually small businesses or centers that exhibit art for the purposes of promoting and selling art.  One would typically visit an art gallery to discover an artist, possibly with an interest in buying the art. Art museums, on the other hand, are larger and are intended for education and cultural experiences.  One would typically visit an art museum to view and study its permanent collection or to visit a touring exhibit of works on loan from another museum or institution. ·  For art galleries across DFW and the United States you can search this handy website: ·  Make sure the website has all of the information about the works of art you need. o  A great example is Conduit Gallery: ·  Make sure it is a gallery and not a museum. ·