Students will work in pairs to research a famous 3D artist and create a place setting representing that artist for an imaginary "Dinner Party". They will study Judy Chicago's Dinner Party for inspiration. Each pair must provide biographical information on their artist, including name, dates, nationality, accomplishments, where they lived/worked, reasons for choosing them, what their art was about, examples of their work, any struggles they faced, and interesting facts. Place settings will be displayed together and graded based on inclusion of information and creativity.
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Artist'Dinner party
1. Artist Dinner Party
Inspired by Artist Judy Chicagos Dinner Party
For this assignment you and a partner will be researching the biographical information of a
famous artist. Then you will represent your findings visually by creating a place setting for your
chosen artist. For a list of famous artists, see Ms. Todd, or have her pre approve one of your
choice.
Steps:
Study the Dinner Party by Judy Chicago. See Art Talk (red book)
Choose an artist that creates 3D artwork and find the following information about
them.
Design a place setting to commemorate the artist of your choice.
The whole class will display their place settings together for a Dinner Party.
Information should be typed and spelled correctly. You will be graded on:
-all questions are answered
-provide sources or web links that you used
-placement of information is well thought out and organized
-creativity of presentation
1. Name
2. Date of birth/ death
3. Nationality
4. Major accomplishments
5. Where do they/ did they live and produce art?
6. Why did you choose this artist?
7. In your own words, explain what their art is about.
8. Provide several visual examples of the artist and his/her art work.
9. Were there any struggles the artist faced?
10. What are some interesting facts that you could share about this artist?