This course will support professional development at the advanced BFA level. Students will be required studio practice and personal idea development to support the production of personal and individual art work. Three approved studio projects are required. Each person is responsible for mixing their own clay, glazes, and firing their own kilns.
As one advances; learning, the problem selection and its solution individualizes. The class will explore art ideas through readings, visual presentations, and group critiques. Practical professional skills including defining an artists’ statement, artists’ resources, and opportunities will be addressed in seminar fashion. Alternatives and possible professional directions within the Ceramic discipline will be discussed. Demonstrations, tutorials, and selective research will be defined for the semester by each student to address specialized areas of study.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Class Format:
Mondays – Individual Tutorials; You will have a regularly scheduled individual meeting time with me for an hour to discuss your work in progress. Group Critiques; We will have group critiques once a month. Glazed works are required.
Wednesdays – Individual Tutorials; In addition… the group will discuss professional practice topics and will be involved in group exercises to better develop professional practice skills.
Topics will include: Retouching Image files using Photo Shop, Power Point Presentation Tips, Business Cards- Layout and On-line printing companies, Resumes contents and layout, Business Card and Post card Layout, Artist Statements, Some thoughts about CD catalogues.
Fridays – Seminar Discussion; Lindsey Rogers will lead a one hour discussion of the assigned weekly readings. I will be in and will be glad to meet with you during my Friday office hours. Please schedule an appointment. The remainder of the time is devoted to working in the studio on your sculpture or pottery. Lindsey will keep the attendance record and assist you on Fridays. You are expected to work in studio during the scheduled class time. A one half hour lunch break will be given at noon and time will be allotted for scheduled HOT Clay meetings.
Wednesdays – Individual Tutorials; In addition… the group will discuss professional practice topics and will be involved in group exercises to better develop professional practice skills.
Topics will include: Retouching Image files using Photo Shop, Power Point Presentation Tips, Business Cards- Layout and On-line printing companies, Resumes contents and layout, Business Card and Post card Layout, Artist Statements, Some thoughts about CD catalogues.
Fridays – Seminar Discussion; Lindsey Rogers will lead a one hour discussion of the assigned weekly readings. I will be in and will be glad to meet with you during my Friday office hours. Please schedule an appointment. The remainder of the time is devoted to working in the studio on your sculpture or pottery. Lindsey will keep the attendance record and assist you on Fridays. You are expected to work in studio during the scheduled class time. A one half hour lunch break will be given at noon and time will be allotted for scheduled HOT Clay meetings.
Textbooks:
(1) “The Practical Handbook for the Emerging Artist” Second Edition, author Margaret R. Lazzari, Wadsworth Thompson Learning Inc., 2002, ISBN: 0-15-506202-6.(required). Weekly readings will be assigned from this textbook for professional practice discussions on Fridays.
(2) The course packet for Advanced Ceramics Professional Practices is required and available at Target Copy. It is listed under Art 4760C, Advanced Ceramics, Nan Smith, Professor.
Information regarding professional practice is pivotal for you, now and in the future. The readings and subsequent discussions will aid with the development of your personal professional packet; a key requirement the course.
(3) Optional (for those interested in studio pottery and interviews with such artists)
“Stayin’ Alive; Survival Tactics for the Visual Artist”, author Robin Hopper, Krause Publications, 2003, ISBN: 0873495713. This book is available through Axner Pottery, Ovieda, Florida (1-800-843-7057 or on-line.
“Studio Guide”; editor Julia Galloway, RIT Ceramics Program, School of American Crafts. I have a copy and Julia was responding to orders for copies. You will need to contact her directly to inquire about a purchase - jmgsac@rit.edu.
(2) The course packet for Advanced Ceramics Professional Practices is required and available at Target Copy. It is listed under Art 4760C, Advanced Ceramics, Nan Smith, Professor.
Information regarding professional practice is pivotal for you, now and in the future. The readings and subsequent discussions will aid with the development of your personal professional packet; a key requirement the course.
(3) Optional (for those interested in studio pottery and interviews with such artists)
“Stayin’ Alive; Survival Tactics for the Visual Artist”, author Robin Hopper, Krause Publications, 2003, ISBN: 0873495713. This book is available through Axner Pottery, Ovieda, Florida (1-800-843-7057 or on-line.
“Studio Guide”; editor Julia Galloway, RIT Ceramics Program, School of American Crafts. I have a copy and Julia was responding to orders for copies. You will need to contact her directly to inquire about a purchase - jmgsac@rit.edu.
Assignments:
(1.) Each of the three studio projects you plan are to be proposed formally through drawings and/or a maquette. A clearly defined written statement describing the concept, aesthetic goals and technical or skill based intent is to be handed in to me as a contract at the beginning of each the project period. These will be reviewed and returned.
(2.) It is required that you complete all assigned chapter reading to prepare yourself to participate in Fridays weekly discussions. Lindsey will lead the discussions. Regular participation in seminar discussions will be recorded and factored into your grade.
I will do presentations and professional practices activities with you on Wednesdays to lead in to the Friday discussions.
(3). For BFA Ceramics majors the professional writing required includes all of the following materials. These will be presented with images on a CD in a jewel container at the final deadline. Each will have a separate deadline and will be reviewed and commented on. Expect to revise accordingly and place the updated version on the final CD/Power Point.
a. You must design, write and print a professional resume.
b. You are to write a one page artist’s statement about your current work and ideas. It is
suggested that you include information about your concepts, how you reflect these formally, design issues, processes used (forming, surfacing, firing). Please follow the information on artists
statements in the course packet and fill out the questionnaire before beginning to write this. It is required that this be double space and typed. To be considered for grading this must be handed in on time. Do not hand in your first draft. Rewrite this so that it sounds professional and well thought out. Each person participating in Senior Project Exhibition is required to post an Artist’s
Statement adjacent to work exhibited.
c. You will be shown how to design and use Power Point. We will also cover image information needed, formats for image identification. You will be required to hand in a sample sheet which can be used to identify your current portfolio.
d. You will be shown how to create a simple business card. You are required to design and create a card that coordinates with your resume design.
Your Professional Packet CD is to include: your resume, artist statement, images (labeled), business card. I ask that this be presented as a Power Point Presentation including labeled portfolio images, an business card image, and text pages with the artist statement and resume. In this format the business card would become the cover of the CD. Please carefully consider the layout and design of the show. If you do not have Power Point software please discuss other options with me.
Examples of the written materials etc. are available in the Art 4760C course packet which Target Copy has for each of you.
Special Study/Post Bacc students can choose to do the above or one of the following:
a. Grants – Find a grant you might wish to apply for within the next couple of years (i.e. The Albert Murray Scholarship for graduate students, Arts Council state grant for individual artists) and acquire the guidelines. You can learn proposal preparation, which supplementary materials to include, and design the slide portfolio.
Suggested book - “Grant Writing for the Arts: The Art of Writing About Art”, authors Hudson and Noonan Morrissey
b. Thesis – What is the written portion of the BFA or MFA Thesis all about? Learn how to write about your work and create an illustrated paper which represents you. Thesis papers completed by UF Ceramics MFA candidates will be used as resources.
c. Applications for graduate school or “The Job” – What is an excellent application, one that stands out from the rest?? Learn to write a letter of application, buff your resume, design an excellent slide portfolio, teaching philosophy (if applicable).
(2.) It is required that you complete all assigned chapter reading to prepare yourself to participate in Fridays weekly discussions. Lindsey will lead the discussions. Regular participation in seminar discussions will be recorded and factored into your grade.
I will do presentations and professional practices activities with you on Wednesdays to lead in to the Friday discussions.
(3). For BFA Ceramics majors the professional writing required includes all of the following materials. These will be presented with images on a CD in a jewel container at the final deadline. Each will have a separate deadline and will be reviewed and commented on. Expect to revise accordingly and place the updated version on the final CD/Power Point.
a. You must design, write and print a professional resume.
b. You are to write a one page artist’s statement about your current work and ideas. It is
suggested that you include information about your concepts, how you reflect these formally, design issues, processes used (forming, surfacing, firing). Please follow the information on artists
statements in the course packet and fill out the questionnaire before beginning to write this. It is required that this be double space and typed. To be considered for grading this must be handed in on time. Do not hand in your first draft. Rewrite this so that it sounds professional and well thought out. Each person participating in Senior Project Exhibition is required to post an Artist’s
Statement adjacent to work exhibited.
c. You will be shown how to design and use Power Point. We will also cover image information needed, formats for image identification. You will be required to hand in a sample sheet which can be used to identify your current portfolio.
d. You will be shown how to create a simple business card. You are required to design and create a card that coordinates with your resume design.
Your Professional Packet CD is to include: your resume, artist statement, images (labeled), business card. I ask that this be presented as a Power Point Presentation including labeled portfolio images, an business card image, and text pages with the artist statement and resume. In this format the business card would become the cover of the CD. Please carefully consider the layout and design of the show. If you do not have Power Point software please discuss other options with me.
Examples of the written materials etc. are available in the Art 4760C course packet which Target Copy has for each of you.
Special Study/Post Bacc students can choose to do the above or one of the following:
a. Grants – Find a grant you might wish to apply for within the next couple of years (i.e. The Albert Murray Scholarship for graduate students, Arts Council state grant for individual artists) and acquire the guidelines. You can learn proposal preparation, which supplementary materials to include, and design the slide portfolio.
Suggested book - “Grant Writing for the Arts: The Art of Writing About Art”, authors Hudson and Noonan Morrissey
b. Thesis – What is the written portion of the BFA or MFA Thesis all about? Learn how to write about your work and create an illustrated paper which represents you. Thesis papers completed by UF Ceramics MFA candidates will be used as resources.
c. Applications for graduate school or “The Job” – What is an excellent application, one that stands out from the rest?? Learn to write a letter of application, buff your resume, design an excellent slide portfolio, teaching philosophy (if applicable).
Methods of Grading
Your final grade for the semester will evaluate overall performance including: quality of artwork produced, timely completion, conceptual and technical development. Projects will be evaluated in a group critique and formally graded after the critique. Finished glaze fired work is required for all three critiques
unless otherwise discussed.
Grades – methods by which students will be evaluated
75% of final grade comes from > 3 studio project requirements (including research, preparatory sketches and maquettes, craft/forming, design/aesthetics, concept (focus and effective communication, completeness of effort), technical difficulty (forming process, scale, experimentation), individual voice. (25 % ea)
15% of final grade comes from > Participation requirements: in group critiques and an evaluation of your ability to critically analyze and state ideas about visual art.
10% of final grade comes from > Seminar requirements: Participation in and preparedness for weekly seminar discussions.
Attendance will be considered into your grade with more than three absences resulting in a grade drop. Please keep in mind that an outstanding student attends class regularly, is on time, keeps the course work schedule, participates fully in kiln firing activities as well as producing great art work.
A = excellent, distinguished use of concepts, materials, and execution
B = good use of concepts, materials, execution
C = average
D = marginal
F = unacceptable, failure. No credit.
A+ 100%-97 B+ 89%-87 C+ 79%-77 D+ 69%-67 F 0
A 96-94 B 86-84 C 76-74 D 66-64
A- 93-90 B- 83-80 C- 73-70 D- 63-60
Please note: A grade of C- will not count toward major requirements.
UF grading policy website: http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/policies/regulationgrades.html http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/policies/regulationgrades.html
Grade Values for Conversion May 11, 2009 and After
Letter Grade A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- E, I, NG, S-U, WF
Grade Points 4.0 3.67 3.33 3.00 2.67 2.33 2.00 1.67 1.33 1.00 .67 0.00
LATE WORK:
All projects must be completed on time to receive full credit. Specific due dates are stated on the class calendar posted in the classroom and on the class blog. Failure to complete any project on time will result in a drop of one full letter grade
The ceramic process requires that green ware be completely fabricated and detailed, then dried for an average of 7 – 10 days, depending upon scale and complexity. Please finish building all wet work on time for greenware due dates and manage the careful drying of your work so that you can meet all deadlines. Clay requires your regular attention to achieve good results. It cannot be rushed or neglected.
You must have work finished and installed before the start of class on critique days. It is the student’s responsibility to turn in all work on time. Full participation by showing completed work during all critiques is required along with active participation through shared ideas and commentary.
A semester grade of incomplete will not be given for late work unless there is an excused absence involved. To be approved for an incomplete:
1. Students must have completed the major portion of the class with a passing grade of C or better.
2. The student is unable to complete course requirements because of documented circumstances
beyond his or her control.
3. The student and instructor have discussed the situation prior to the final critique (except under
emergency conditions).
4. The student will fill out the College of Fine Arts incomplete grade contract, which will be signed by the instructor and the chair and will detail the work to be completed and the date by which this must be done .
unless otherwise discussed.
Grades – methods by which students will be evaluated
75% of final grade comes from > 3 studio project requirements (including research, preparatory sketches and maquettes, craft/forming, design/aesthetics, concept (focus and effective communication, completeness of effort), technical difficulty (forming process, scale, experimentation), individual voice. (25 % ea)
15% of final grade comes from > Participation requirements: in group critiques and an evaluation of your ability to critically analyze and state ideas about visual art.
10% of final grade comes from > Seminar requirements: Participation in and preparedness for weekly seminar discussions.
Attendance will be considered into your grade with more than three absences resulting in a grade drop. Please keep in mind that an outstanding student attends class regularly, is on time, keeps the course work schedule, participates fully in kiln firing activities as well as producing great art work.
A = excellent, distinguished use of concepts, materials, and execution
B = good use of concepts, materials, execution
C = average
D = marginal
F = unacceptable, failure. No credit.
A+ 100%-97 B+ 89%-87 C+ 79%-77 D+ 69%-67 F 0
A 96-94 B 86-84 C 76-74 D 66-64
A- 93-90 B- 83-80 C- 73-70 D- 63-60
Please note: A grade of C- will not count toward major requirements.
UF grading policy website: http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/policies/regulationgrades.html http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/policies/regulationgrades.html
Grade Values for Conversion May 11, 2009 and After
Letter Grade A A- B+ B B- C+ C C- D+ D D- E, I, NG, S-U, WF
Grade Points 4.0 3.67 3.33 3.00 2.67 2.33 2.00 1.67 1.33 1.00 .67 0.00
LATE WORK:
All projects must be completed on time to receive full credit. Specific due dates are stated on the class calendar posted in the classroom and on the class blog. Failure to complete any project on time will result in a drop of one full letter grade
The ceramic process requires that green ware be completely fabricated and detailed, then dried for an average of 7 – 10 days, depending upon scale and complexity. Please finish building all wet work on time for greenware due dates and manage the careful drying of your work so that you can meet all deadlines. Clay requires your regular attention to achieve good results. It cannot be rushed or neglected.
You must have work finished and installed before the start of class on critique days. It is the student’s responsibility to turn in all work on time. Full participation by showing completed work during all critiques is required along with active participation through shared ideas and commentary.
A semester grade of incomplete will not be given for late work unless there is an excused absence involved. To be approved for an incomplete:
1. Students must have completed the major portion of the class with a passing grade of C or better.
2. The student is unable to complete course requirements because of documented circumstances
beyond his or her control.
3. The student and instructor have discussed the situation prior to the final critique (except under
emergency conditions).
4. The student will fill out the College of Fine Arts incomplete grade contract, which will be signed by the instructor and the chair and will detail the work to be completed and the date by which this must be done .
Materials and Supplies:
It is expected that as you maintain the professional level of this course by buying, mixing and/or recycling your own clay. You have the choice of the clay you use and the temperature and firing done for your artwork. I suggest that you think about those tools and props to make studio life easier. I would be glad to help you design and make tools Please include these professional needs in our discussions, so that we can come up with appropriate solutions (i.e. recycling bats, slump, hump or sectional molds, rubber molds, sand bags, trimming chucks etc.). for moving work from studio to the kiln, studio turntables, special tools that you might fabricate, ways to get cheap dental tools, specialty tools I use).
When you purchase a specialty clay recipe through the UF Bookstore you are required to pay for your glazes separately through a $35.00 glaze materials fee. This permits you to use all mixed shop materials as well as mixing your own specialty glazes. You are required to pay this fee to the clay dispensary employee at the beginning of the semester.
Specialty Tools (can be ordered on-line):
1. Kemper Ribbon Sculpting tools (set of 6), available thru Laguna/Axner’s in Florida – 1-800-843-7057, approximately $8.99
2. Sculpture House Wax Modeling tool
Wax Modeling Tool
Item No. SH153 - $14.00 plus shipping
The SH153 wax modeling tool is hand forged and was specifically designed and constructed for use in the delicate art of wax modeling. Also useful for clay modeling and plaster work. Length - 6" is approximate.
http://www.sculpturehouse.com
3. Michael Sherrill red rib, SMT-R1, $6.00 (also suggest yellow rib same price)
http://www.highwaterclays.com/handtools/cooltools2.html#smt
When you purchase a specialty clay recipe through the UF Bookstore you are required to pay for your glazes separately through a $35.00 glaze materials fee. This permits you to use all mixed shop materials as well as mixing your own specialty glazes. You are required to pay this fee to the clay dispensary employee at the beginning of the semester.
Specialty Tools (can be ordered on-line):
1. Kemper Ribbon Sculpting tools (set of 6), available thru Laguna/Axner’s in Florida – 1-800-843-7057, approximately $8.99
2. Sculpture House Wax Modeling tool
Wax Modeling Tool
Item No. SH153 - $14.00 plus shipping
The SH153 wax modeling tool is hand forged and was specifically designed and constructed for use in the delicate art of wax modeling. Also useful for clay modeling and plaster work. Length - 6" is approximate.
http://www.sculpturehouse.com
3. Michael Sherrill red rib, SMT-R1, $6.00 (also suggest yellow rib same price)
http://www.highwaterclays.com/handtools/cooltools2.html#smt
Health and Safety
Please wear shoes and proper attire, tie back hair and loose clothing when working around shop equipment.
The ceramics program recommends that you wear a respirator when mixing clay and glaze materials and applying glaze with a spray gun. Fowlett’s Bookstore has ordered N95 Filtering Face piece Respirators. Tight fitting respirators can be ordered from Grainger’s or a similar lab safety supply company.
The link for information regarding the SA+AH H&S policy and handbook on health and safety is:. http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/healthandsafety
2) Each student must complete a H&S STUDENT WAIVER FORM (available next to the copier in the SAAH office) and on-line (see address above). Waivers must be turned into the SAAH Director of Operations before the end of the 2nd week of classes. Please staple the course sheets together.
University of Florida Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) has determined that the use of respiratory protection is not required for projects and activities typically performed in the School of Art + Art History. It is against the School of Art + Art History policy for any instructor to require students to wear respiratory protection however, you may recommend it, and you may voluntarily choose to wear respiratory protection: either an N95 filtering face piece, commonly known as a dust mask, or a tight fitting half or full-face respirator. Any user who chooses to wear such respiratory protection is therefore said to be a voluntary user. Environmental Health and Safety follows or exceeds OSHA 29CFR1910.132-137 standards for Personal Protective Equipment. Any voluntary user: student, faculty, or staff is required to follow all Environmental Health and Safety policy which can be found at: http://www.ehs.ufl.edu/General/resppol.pdf.
For simplicity, the regulations are outlined below. You must follow each step in order:
1. I want to wear an N95 dust mask. a. Complete “Request for Respirator Use” form (http://www.ehs.ufl.edu/OCCMED/respreq.pdf).
Mail to: Environmental Health & Safety
attn: OCCMED
PO Box 112195
Gainesville, FL 32611
b. Complete “Medical History Questionnaire for N95 Filtering Face piece Respirators” form (http://www.ehs.ufl.edu/OCCMED/N95.pdf) and “UF Voluntary Use Respirator Supplementary Information Memo” (Below) Mail to:
SHCC OCCMED
Box 100148
Gainesville, FL 32611
c. Include Payment: i. There is a $5 charge for the review and processing of this form. 1. Graduate student payment options: a. Enclose a $5 check with drivers license number written on the check
b. Bill to Gator Grad Care by filling out enclosed UF Graduate Student Voluntary Use Respirator Payment Memo
2. Undergraduates must make payment in person. Go to:
Health Science Center
Dental tower, second floor Room D2-49
On the corner of Archer Road and center drive
West entrance
ii. Contact SHCC OCCMED at 352.392.0627 with questions.
The ceramics program recommends that you wear a respirator when mixing clay and glaze materials and applying glaze with a spray gun. Fowlett’s Bookstore has ordered N95 Filtering Face piece Respirators. Tight fitting respirators can be ordered from Grainger’s or a similar lab safety supply company.
The link for information regarding the SA+AH H&S policy and handbook on health and safety is:. http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/healthandsafety
2) Each student must complete a H&S STUDENT WAIVER FORM (available next to the copier in the SAAH office) and on-line (see address above). Waivers must be turned into the SAAH Director of Operations before the end of the 2nd week of classes. Please staple the course sheets together.
University of Florida Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) has determined that the use of respiratory protection is not required for projects and activities typically performed in the School of Art + Art History. It is against the School of Art + Art History policy for any instructor to require students to wear respiratory protection however, you may recommend it, and you may voluntarily choose to wear respiratory protection: either an N95 filtering face piece, commonly known as a dust mask, or a tight fitting half or full-face respirator. Any user who chooses to wear such respiratory protection is therefore said to be a voluntary user. Environmental Health and Safety follows or exceeds OSHA 29CFR1910.132-137 standards for Personal Protective Equipment. Any voluntary user: student, faculty, or staff is required to follow all Environmental Health and Safety policy which can be found at: http://www.ehs.ufl.edu/General/resppol.pdf.
For simplicity, the regulations are outlined below. You must follow each step in order:
1. I want to wear an N95 dust mask. a. Complete “Request for Respirator Use” form (http://www.ehs.ufl.edu/OCCMED/respreq.pdf).
Mail to: Environmental Health & Safety
attn: OCCMED
PO Box 112195
Gainesville, FL 32611
b. Complete “Medical History Questionnaire for N95 Filtering Face piece Respirators” form (http://www.ehs.ufl.edu/OCCMED/N95.pdf) and “UF Voluntary Use Respirator Supplementary Information Memo” (Below) Mail to:
SHCC OCCMED
Box 100148
Gainesville, FL 32611
c. Include Payment: i. There is a $5 charge for the review and processing of this form. 1. Graduate student payment options: a. Enclose a $5 check with drivers license number written on the check
b. Bill to Gator Grad Care by filling out enclosed UF Graduate Student Voluntary Use Respirator Payment Memo
2. Undergraduates must make payment in person. Go to:
Health Science Center
Dental tower, second floor Room D2-49
On the corner of Archer Road and center drive
West entrance
ii. Contact SHCC OCCMED at 352.392.0627 with questions.
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