SCENARIO: Dr. Smith, our school district superintendent, has approached the Art Department at our high school with the proposal to create the first ever research based artist index. Students in the art program must create pages to go into this artist index, to be used by future students when performing research or studying, as well as for use by educators in our district and in others.

ASSIGNMENT: To create your artist page, you must first choose from a list of artists from the ArtNet Main Page (click here to go to the main page). Choose an art movement from the main page, and from the movement page select an artist. Artists who already have pages cannot be chosen. When you have selected your artist, perform research on the artist. Write a short (one page equivalent) biography based on your artist. Using the tutorial (click here) create your Web page using Microsoft Word (you may also use OpenOffice.org’s text editor or a website creation program, if you are familiar with these). You must include a minimum of three images of artworks by your selected artist, and you must also include either a photograph of the artist or a self-portrait image. At the bottom of the page you must also include your research, cited in APA format; and minimum three off-site links. At the top of your page, you must include a title, and underneath that title but before your biography you must include “bread crumbs” (see tutorial).

PAGE REQUIREMENTS:

One self portrait or photograph of artist

Three images of artwork by the artist

One page typed biography of the artist, including birth/death dates, country of birth, where lived and worked (if available), and major life events (copy-and-paste this into your page).

Three APA style cited references, one of which must be a print source (magazine, journal, book, etc.)

Three off-site hyperlinks relating to the artist or their work.

Title on top of page.

“Bread Crumbs” pointing visitors to origin pages.

Attractive layout

Page named/saved as “artistfirstname_artistlastname.doc” and “artistfirstname_artistlastname.htm”

MODEL: Click Here to see a model Artist page about the artist Felix-Gonzales Torres.

TUTORIAL: Click Here to go to the tutorial page on how to create your artist page.

MAIN PAGE: artnet.htm to go to the ArtNet Homepage and begin your artist search.

GRADING RUBRIC: click here to view a copy of the grading rubric for this assignment.

Timeline:

Day one will be used in class to describe the assignment, show the model page, and to go over the tutorial. The remainder of the class will be spent researching artists.

Days two through four are computer lab work days.

Day five is a critique day.

EXTRA CREDIT: Extra credit opportunities are as follows:

One point possible for each image of artwork by the artist (to a maximum of three points)

One point possible for each hyperlink related to the artist, beyond the required three (to a maximum of three points)

One point possible for each source beyond the required three (to a maximum of three points)

One point possible for a creative layout of the webpage.

Total extra credit points possible: 10

Extra credit is at discretion of teacher.

If you have any questions, be sure to ask me in class or send me an email at keagan.omara@gmail.com