Arts Colony Assignment: Further Details

Attending the Art Walk is key and should be on your schedule. But it is really an introduction to the galleries in the area. They can be visited during regular business hours. This is important because I have scheduled open time during Week 5 (my furlough days). You should use this time to do a follow up visit of one or more of the galleries you discovered on the Art Walk. On your follow up, talk to one of the gallery staff. Ask questions about what's new, interesting and valuable. Do some mutual appreciation of one of the works on display. Then do a "follow up" posting on your Blog.

Week 5 is also the opportunity to visit museums in the area, including LACMA, the Norton Simon, the Pacific Asia Museum (Pasadena -- you can catch it along with your visit to the Norton Simon), The Getty Center (Brentwood) and the Getty Villa in Malibu. (I am not expecting you to get to all, but I am expecting you to get to at least one in Week 5 and to post your reflections in your Blog.

Once you have your Arts Colony, your Arts Colony Follow-Up, and your museum Blog postings, you have finished your required Blog work. It will then be possible for you to add one or possibly more Blog postings for extra-credit during the last part of the quarter.

Arts Colony Assignment

The Art-Walk in the Arts Colony gives a "one-stop-shop" for a number of interesting aspects of the art community. You can see lots of new works, often talk to artists, talk to fellow-viewers about their respective perceptions, take pictures of favorite works (usually--if in doubt, ask), and so on.

The "Second Saturday" and End-of-Month events at the Arts Colony fit this bill admirably. So I would like everyone to attend the January 30 (corrected date!) Arts Colony Event. See the Events Website here.

An art-walk is just a walk from one art opening to another. It's leisurely and spread out in time and over several blocks (in the vicinity of 2nd and Main in Pomona). So don't feel pressed. Enjoy yourself. Move at your own pace from gallery to gallery. Talk to people. Make notes. Take pictures (or videos, even). Then think about (and address) these questions:

See if you can play the "game." What galleries are "hot"? What works? Can you identify what makes what what? Reflect on that interview with the artist. How does this help in understanding art?Are there general criteria here? Taste-sets? Is there intra-subjective agreement?Post some of the pictures of art on your Blog. Label them. Comment on them. (See some examples from the London Quarter.) Due by Thursday of the 6th week. [See next post for further details.]

Paper Assignment

In a 3-5 page paper, defend Rosenberg's generalist model against Isenberg's critique, or the reverse, defend Isenberg's anti-generalist critique against what Rosenberg would say.

Whichever you do, engage the other side. Think creatively, use examples, include images, as you see fit.

Due Thursday of Week 8. Hardcopy.

If you are interested in seeing an example of a student who defended the generalist model intensely, click here.