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Week 5 Final Project

Week 5 Final Project

Q Final Gallery Exhibition [WLO: 6] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] If you are having trouble starting this video, please access it here (Links to an external site.). Prior to beginning work on this assignment read all instructions carefully. Your local art museum has asked you to curate a gallery dedicated to the artist of your choice. Drawing from your Week 3 Assignment as reference, create a gallery presentation on your artist. You may use Word or PowerPoint to design your gallery. The Ashford Writing Center’s How to Make a PowerPoint Presentation (Links to an external site.)can help you put together an attractive and successful presentation. You will design your gallery as if you were guiding a visitor to each work of art. You may draw from images that you find in the textbook or a website listed on the ART101 Museum and Images Website downloaddocument. In your gallery exhibition: Draft an introduction, drawing from your Week 3 assignment, which describes the movement or period, region, and individual artistic styles of your artist. Curate five images of works from your artist that are emblematic of your artist, or that trace their growth and include the appropriate citation. Summarize how the media (materials), methods, and subject are significant to that time period and region, using appropriate art terminology. Works of art that you have already examined in this class are acceptable for this assignment. Summarize how political, social and other applicable contextual factors are reflected in each work of art. Discuss your artist’s use of symbolism, iconography, or metaphors in their works. Assess how your artists’ work relates to both their society and the society of people viewing the exhibition. Make use of at least three credible sources in addition to your textbook. You can find credible sources by visiting the Ashford Library’s ART101 page. The Final Gallery Exhibition Must be six to eight double-spaced pages in length (not including title and reference slides or artwork) or 16 to 20 slides. Must be formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) or How to Make a PowerPoint Presentation (Links to an external site.) Must include a separate title page or slide with the following: Title of Gallery Exhibition Student’s name Course name and number Instructor’s name Date submitted For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.). Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance. Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph or slide. For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) refer to the Ashford Writing Center resources. Must use at least three credible sources in addition to the course text. The Ashford Library’s Art101 page provides guidance for finding credible sources. The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment. To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view this Ashford University Library Quick ‘n’ Dirty (Links to an external site.) tutorial, which introduces the Ashford University Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips. Must document all information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) Must include a separate references page or slide that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications. Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

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