This is the Home page for Critique and the Creative Process class at Berkeley City College, Fall 2010.

On this page I will post what is new and what to check out on the site. Please check here frequently. You can also look under Updates(on the tool bar above) or recent Site Activity (on the left hand bar) to see all the new activity on our site.

UPDATED AS OF November 13th.

***VERY IMPORTANT INFO TO COMPLETE THE CLASS!! ***
PLEASE READ THE FIRST FEW STEPS Below..

Hey There,

I will be having 15 minute consultations for students who are wanting help preparing for the Final Panel Review, or who want to know how they are doing with class projects, their grade or anything else related to their art practice and the class.

Slots are now filled for this week.. Feel free to sign up for NOV 30th or email me with a request for an alternate time.
5:45:- Aaron
6:00 - Ingrid

November 30th I will also hold these sessions before class. Feel free to sign up below.

5:00- Aaron
5:15
5:30
5:45 Annamarta
6:00 Rani

If you are not able to make one of these sessions but still want to meet with me please email me seisenbcc@eyezen.org

This week NOVEMBER 16: We will crit the remainder of the Body and Humor pieces. Please sign up on the body/humor page so we know who is showing work.

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Please look at the links and videos I've posted on the page for the BODY AND HUMOR PROJECTS!! <<-- This link will take you almost all the way there. That page is your lecture on the two of them. It is meant to stimulate the work. PLEASE take advantage of it!!

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Please look at the updated FINAL PANEL REVIEW PAGE. << Click here!
I gave this as a hand out Tuesday Nov2nd. Please read this carefully to prepare.

On that page there is also information about the Photography Date with Dana Davis and Philip Ringler. If you are showing at the final review you must have good quality images to work with.
THE DATE AND TIME IS: Saturday November 13th.11am-6pm
Please see instructions on how to prepare.

You must sign up on that page for the FINAL REVIEW PANEL.
Please don't wait. SIGN UP NOW!! It will help with organizing the event.

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IF you are not participating in the Final Panel Review you must complete the three part final Artist Research Project, artwork and paper. Artwork due Nov 23rd Paper Due Nov 30th. <<----Click here to read the instructions.

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PLEASE POST YOUR PAPERS and Comments!!!! So we can all read them.
THIS IS IMPORTANT!!

POST PAPERS HERE! <<-- Click here to go to the "post papers here" page to post your mid-point papers.

DUE NOVEMBER 16th -- Post the SF MOMA field trip papers on the sf MOMA PAPERS page. Click the link here to get there. Please read a few and comment. We all want more than the instructor to see our hard work! RIGHT??

On the Mid-point review evening at my studio I handed out 3 articles. Your assignment is to read them and write some comments on them. PLease write a few sentences to a paragraph on at least two of them. This is part of your grade.
Please post comments on the articles on this page. <<Click here!!

When we critiqued the Symbolic piece and The Series and Body /Humor projects people committed to writing their feedback on each others' pages. Please go to the person's page and go to the bottom of the page and add a thread/comment. I will grade you on whether or not you have made comments on each others' pages and papers. You must comment on the pages of at least two people. Your comments could be about their work in a crit or it could be about one of their papers.

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THANK YOU RANI FOR DOCUMENTING THE
THE ONE HOUR COLLABORATIONS. <--CLICK HERE
GREAT SHOTS OF THE CLASS AND THE PROJECTS!! THANK YOU.
FEEL FREE TO COMMENT ON THE PIECES AND YOUR EXPERIENCE OF THEM IN THE THREADS IN THAT SECTION.
YOU CAN CLICK THE LINK ABOVE TO GET THERE OR LOOK AT THE TOP OF THE LIST OF OUR PAGES ON THE LEFT SIDE BAR UNDER THE HEADING HOME.


TO SEE ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE 2ND HALF OF THE CLASS CLICK ON ASSIGNMENTS AND THEN ON 2ND HALF PAGE. YOU WILL SEE THE BODY AND HUMOR PAGES LISTED THERE.
PLEASE SIGN UP ON ONE OF THE LISTS TO LET US KNOW WHICH DAY YOUR CRIT ON BODY OR HUMOR WILL BE. NOVEMBER 9TH OR 16TH

PLEASE CHECK OUT THE SYMBOLIC PROCESS RECAP BY PAT. VERY COOL. THANKS FOR DOING THIS! GO TO ASSIGNMENTS--> SYMBOLIC PROCESS AND CLIC THE LITTLE ARROW TO SEE THE PAGE ON THE BOTTOM.


Check out the writing link that Tara added with writing exercises to develop your art writing practice.

There is a new page called Crit Groups which lists the two groups we will be splitting up into from the mid point review on.

The calendar is updated weekly as well. So keep checking back.

Check out the link to the slides I showed for the Symbolic Process lecture on the artstor website. Go to Links--> Topics ----> Art movements Isms----> You'll find directions on that page.

Hey Y'all. Great day with you at SF MOMA and 5M.
I'd love to hear your thoughts on this NEW BLOG page about the day/experience.
GO HERE TO THE NEW PAGE --> SF MOMA/5M BLOG TO JOT DOWN YOUR THOUGHTS AND ADD ANY PICS. CHECK out the new videos and links of all 4 artists.

• Everyone should look at the Assignments and Calendar page to see what is upcoming!
• Remember, to comment on another student's work, go to their page and start a thread at the bottom.
• Look under Artists Resources for lots of interesting information. And feel free to add to these resources.
  

If you are just joining us please follow these steps below...

First Step

Sign on, make a pass word and a profile. Add a picture and then...

Before anything happens you have to sign-on and then... wait for me to approve you as a member. I forgot to mention this tiny but significant step. Sorry for any confusion. So there IS a lag time between the first time you sign on and when you are able to edit and add pages on your own. It is a two step process. This keeps the site secure from outsiders coming onto the site and making any changes. It's a security thing... I will approve you usually withing 8-24 hours. And then you can move on to the next step. You will have to Check back to the site to see if it's working yet. I will leave you a message on the site once I've approved your membership. Inbox is at the top right.

Step Two

CLICK ON "My Profile" in the top right.
1. Upload a picture to your profile if you haven't by clicking edit button and selecting a photo from your computer.
2. This page is also the area where you can change your email preference for notifications about updates to the site.
3. Give yourself a profile name (use your real name in it please- It can be clever and wacky and artsy too).
4. No need to fill out the other info like birthday favorite books etc....unless you like.

Step Three

START BY CREATING YOUR OWN PAGE:

1. Go to student pages 2010 in the left hand column
   
2. Click on the little blue page icon in the left "Add a new page"
3. Type "your name"... Page" . Or something clever with your name, so we make the association of who it is.
   
4. When you are done Click the save button. If you don't, the changes will not be saved and you will have to start over! Yuk!
   
5. Remember you can edit your page and almost any other page by clicking the EasyEdit button on the top middle/left. Please do not edit other student pages.
6. If you want to add multiple pages as sub pages of your page where you will divide up your class work from your resume/artist statement or pictures of your work etc etc. feel free. Make separate pages how ever you like. Start on your main page and click new page from there they will all be accessible by a little arrow next to your main page. See the Artists' Resources page for an example of how that works to have sub-pages by clicking the little arrow next to Artists' Resources. Look at the archives for other examples.
   
7. Add Images: I recommend that you start selecting your images now that you want to show us. Some may end up being in your final presentation. Feel free to add older images of past work. As you make new work you can put this up too and later we can decide which work best suits your final presentation theme. Upload the ones that you would like to show and we can decide together which work best supports the vision of what you do later. If you need someone to photograph your work I make recommendations under Resources. We will also hopefully have a day to photograph your work as a group.
8. PLEASE NOTE: The file size restrictions when adding photos is listed in the dialog box when Add Photo is selected. It reads:
   "Please limit photo dimensions to no more than 400x500 pixels. Image size should be less than 500k" THERE IS ALSO A HELP BUTTON ON THAT DIALOGUE BOX THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO MANY STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS.
   
9. Post a current artist resume if you have one. That can be on a separate page.
   
10. Post artist statement if you have one. A work in progress statement is great. We will work on this all semester. Don't be shy about it. It will get edited multiple times.
    
11. Post a link and or photo of the work of a favorite artist.

Step Four and on...

BROWSE THE PAGES ON OUR SITE

Browse around at the many links under ARTISTS' Resources, LINKS and ARCHIVE Student pages BY LOOKING IN THE LITTLE BOX IN THE LEFT HAND COLUMN UNDER "HOME". THE LITTLE ARROWS NEXT TO A PAGE IN THE LEFT HAND COLUMN MEANS THERE ARE OTHER PAGES BELOW THAT ARE HIDDEN. CLICK ON THE LITTLE ARROW NEXT TO THE PAGE TO GET THE DROP DOWN MENU OF THE OTHER PAGES UNDER RESOURCES SUCH AS FUNDING, WEB, ETC.

THREADS

Feel free to comment on any of the content at the bottom of any page under Threads.
Please sign, date and title your THREAD entries. We will all be able to read what you write. This is how a dialogue is born.
Click on the Bar at the top "Discussions" To read threads that have been posted previously.
Click on the Bar at the top"Updates to see what is new on the site.

Messages
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-Seth