Curriculum and Assessment/Studio Methods and Practice Winter 2019

1. What issues is he working with in the piece about basketball?              - He is working with the idea of roadblocks, like gender, race, or culture. He is saying that like the giant hoop skirt he was wearing, the blocks are there trying to prevent us from succeeding, but it is important to continue and keep going, and in the end you will always be able to make the basket no matter what is blocking you.  2. Learning goal using 3rd pedagogical site               - Students will draw inspiration from their own hobbies/interests to create a series of drawings portraying what is important to them, and why.

1 .What rationale for figure drawing or studying the human form can you find in this article?                Drawing and studying the human figure can help students engage in a variety of topics, including identity, body, gender, race, sexuality, and beauty. It is one of the most expressive art forms, through which many important ideas can be conveyed. Students are flooded every day by images in visual culture that romanticize, glorify, and demean the human body. Studying and drawing the human form can encourage reflection, exploration, and confrontation of these issues. It also teaches important skills in the form of hand and eye discipline, and promotes originality in artists’ work. Students will be able to realize the expressive possibilities in drawing the human figure, and gain a greater appreciation for the complex issues surrounding depictions of the human form in art, advertising, and popular visual culture. Students will also become familiar with how the human form is used by