Art and Women FA 2012: Welcome!

Monday, September 3, 2012

Welcome!

Art and Women students,

It will be a fast-paced, lots of reading in record-time kind of semester. I will make it as fun and awesome as I can. It is up to all of you to do your part and make it awesome too! DO THE READING!

I look forward to spending the next semester engaged in great discussions, impressed with your projects and getting to know all of you. Welcome!

Prof. Caçoilo

Linda Hu, Marina (left) Artemisia (right)

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*Check out the syllabus as I have made adjustments and corrections for our final weeks.

Quiz 2 - 12/18 11:45am-2:45pm

Study guide HERE

Due 12/11

Remainder of presentations and Quiz review/good-bye party

DUE 12/4 and 12/6

SEMESTER PROJECTS!

-summary on the blog along with images and any videos

-link to your project (including pdf projects)

-presentations (3-5 minutes) will be from your blog post or linked directly from the post PLEASE TEST THIS BEFORE ARRIVING IN CLASS

-projects must be handed in to me on 12/4 with resources list/bibliography in addition to preparing the above for the presentations.

-I have invited guests to attend our final presentations.

*on 12/4 and 12/6 please arrive in class at 2:20- we will begin class exactly at 2:30pm and I will take attendance at 2:30pm

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Due 11/27 and 11/29
Readings: Chadwick Ch.15 pg.467-495

Post 4 Due 11/29
Can you name 5 women artists?
Concentrating on the artists and exhibitions you saw at the Newark Museum, choose 5 women artists (they do not all need to be in exhibition at the Newark Museum) to illustrate and briefly explain various themes we have discussed throughout the course about gender, race, class and art history. You can organize your post into genres, 'isms, political or societal messages, aesthetics, techniques or personal narratives. Choose a clear thesis and the 5 artists carefully. Your post should include artists working today as well. Be sure to illustrate your post with various images (and/or videos) and to cite your research.

Feel free to include the topic of your final assignment if possible. Use this opportunity to dive into that research here.

5-6 paragraphs, citations and bibliographic info and MANY images!

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In preparation for YOUR SEMESTER PROJECTS DUE 12/4

-summary on the blog along with images and any videos

-link to your project (including pdf projects)

-presentations (3-5 minutes) will be from your blog post or linked directly from the post PLEASE TEST THIS BEFORE ARRIVING IN CLASS

-projects must be handed in to me on 12/4 with resources list/bibliography in addition to preparing the above for the presentations.

-I have invited guests to attend our final presentations.

*on 12/4 and 12/6 please arrive in class at 2:20- we will begin class exactly at 2:30pm and I will take attendance at 2:30pm

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Due 11/20 - NO CLASS 11/22

Politics of Race

Readings Due. Chadwick, Ch.14 pg.423-466

Post 3 Due

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In your reading select a 20C woman artist to focus on. Please create a post about your artist analyzing the main issues from our discussion and explaining the societal conditions of the time in which the artist is working. Explain the subject matter and medium the artist chose, its significance to the work and the time it was made. Explain the meaning and historical significance of the artist's work as well as lasting influence on contemporary artists. Please cite from the class readings and include at least 2 other sources (not wikipedia!) for your post.

5-6 paragraphs, citations and bibliographic info and MANY images!

TRIP TO NEWARK MUSEUM
SUNDAY 11/18 at 12:45pm *mandatory assignment if you cannot attend, you must attend on your own before the assignment is due. We are meeting just inside the museum main entrance by 12:45pm.

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Due 11/13 and 11/15

Feminist and Performance Art

READINGS: Chadwick, Ch.12, pg.355-377 , Guerrilla Girls pg.89-91

Postmodernism

READINGS: Chadwick, Ch.13 pg.378-422

***IMPORTANT***

PLAN FOR TRIP TO NEWARK MUSEUM SUNDAY 11/18 at 1pm *this is a mandatory assignment. If you cannot make it to the museum on 11/18 you must visit the museum exhibitions of Angels and Tomboys and In Her Eyes: Women Behind and in Front of the Camera on your own in order to complete a writing assignment. Please retain proof of your visit.

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Classes canceled 10/30 and 11/1

*Reminder: groups must post a summary of their presentation (just one post per group) and link to the resources ASAP in order to be graded!! Title your post Group___ presentation: __________.

Now Due 11/6 and 11/8

Gender, Race and Modernism after World War II - Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism

Readings Due: Chadwick Ch.11 pg.316-354, Guerrilla Girls pg.80-88

Group 9 presents

*Updated Proposal and Draft Bibliography/Resource List due for Semester Project -- NOT DUE UNTIL 11/13
Please list examples of inspiration for what you would like to create and the sources you have already that are informing your project. Please address: why are YOU making this project, who is your audience, what is your message, how does this fit into your professional aspirations?

Semester project -
Based on the discussions and projects presented in class and on the blog please create a short piece of media which focuses on an artist, art movement or social issue addressed by artists. How does the issue specifically address how this affects the lives of women artists, women and/or how artists can be instrumental in solving or raising awareness about this issue?

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Due 10/23

Readings Due:

Chadwick, Ch. 9 pg.252-278, Guerrilla Girls pg.59-79

1 page Project Proposal for final projects printed and handed in. Explain/describe the content of your project and the medium you will use to create it. Use visuals if necessary: sketches, still images etc. Also includepossible resources (a full bibliography will be required later.)

Group 7 presents

Due 10/25

Readings Due:

Chadwick, Ch.10 pg.279-315

Group 8 presents

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Due 10/16
Post 2 Due
Gender roles, sex, power
What were the expected roles of women in Europe in the Middle Ages? How did roles for women change throughout the Renaissance and into the 19C? Please explain how these roles influenced the lives of women artists and the subjects of their work. Using references to the readings and to discussions in class, please use examples through the 19C to illustrate the challenges women artists faced. How did they overcome these or reference them in their work?

5-6 paragraphs. You must cite the readings and any other research you use for your writing. Please include at least one image and links to additional resources

No new readings - review for your exam.

DUE 10/18
EXAM 1

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DUE 10/9

19C Victorian England and American Craft

Review: Chadwick Ch.6 pg.175-204, Chadwick, Ch.7 pg.205-227 + Guerilla Girls pg.47-57

DUE 10/11

Impressionism

Readings Due: Chadwick, Ch.8 pg.228-250
Group 6 presents

(prepare for) Post 2 (*Due 10/16)

What were the expected roles of women in Europe in the Middle Ages? How did roles for women change throughout the Renaissance and into the 19C? Please explain how these roles influenced the lives women artists and the subjects of their work. Using references to the readings and to discussions in class, please use examples through to the 19C to illustrate the challenges women artists faced. How did they overcome these or reference them in their work?

5-6 paragraphs. You must cite the readings and any other research you use for your writing. Please include at least one image and links to additional resources.

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Due 10/4

Group 5 presents

Readings Due: Chadwick, Ch.7 pg.205-227

Due 10/2

Group 4 presents

Reading Due: Chadwick Ch.6 pg.175-204, Guerilla Girls pg.47-57

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Due 9/25 and 9/27

Group 3 presents

Readings Due: Chadwick, Ch. 4 + 5 pg.115 – 174, Guerilla Girls pg.39-45

3 comments on fellow classmates writing assignments - Ways of Seeing.

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Due 9/20

Group 2 presents

Readings Due: Chadwick, Ch. 2 + 3 pg.67-113, Guerilla Girls pg.29-37

Due Tuesday 9/18

Group 1 presents
**POST 1
Please answer the following questions based on your readings and class discussion. Use your own experiences and realizations to help illustrate your understanding of the material - cite from the readings.

What is the male gaze and why is it a pervasive in art and in popular culture? Give illustrative examples. What is the oppositional gaze and why (as described by bell hooks) has it developed? Give examples. How have you come to understand these structures and in what ways has this understanding changed your views about various art and media examples and of your own identity and role in these structures?

5-6 paragraphs. Include citations of the readings in your post. Please be sure to include at least one image and one link. Watch the videos (from class and additional ones) to help your analysis.

Readings Due: Chadwick, Ch. 1 pg.43-65, Guerrilla Girls pg.19-27

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Due Tuesday 9/11 and 9/13

Introduce yourself on the blog - MINI POST
Please post 1 paragraph about yourself and your professional and academic goals. How does feminism, art and art history fit into your studies and your interests. You must include one image and one link.

READINGS:
-review Guerrilla Girls, pg.7-17
-John Berger, Ways of Seeing (on Blackboard or emailed)
-bell hooks, The Oppositional Gaze (on Blackboard or emailed)

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Due Thursday 9/06

Make sure you are signed up for the class blog and experiment with drafting a post. (first post due Tuesday 9/11)

READINGS:
-Guerrilla Girls, pg.7-17

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Link to Syllabus

Links to online videos from class screenings

It is helpful that everyone in the course reviews several key terms crucial to the course material. Please review this important list of terms.

Readings on the syllabus refer to chapters in your texts: Whitney Chadwick's Women Art and Society and The Guerrilla Girls' Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art

**Additional readings can be found on the Blackboard site and will be specified here for each class. Please check the blog for additional readings.