Rubric

1. Aim:	Clarity of subject matter and concept through continual development of ideas.
2. Organization and Development:	Effective use of the formal constraints and strengths of the medium/media employed with meaningful variation and complexity.
3. Method:	Clear and coherent aesthetic approach (method) to working with chosen materials, with effective integration of form and content conceptually.
4. Communication:	Concept conveyed with an effective sense of audience appropriate to the concept; student exhibits development of ability to talk about their artwork.
5. Technique:	Effective use of artistic techniques in the service of the concept.

Homework & Project research	19	Your homework is both academic and creative. Academic homework will always include specific directions. Creative homework – more properly called creative research – becomes more self directed as the course proceeds. Initially, creative homework is connected to class exercises. Once projects begin, students direct their own creative research. During one-to-one meetings, your ability to critique your paintings – and use that to develop – will be noted.
Engagement & Participation	9	Engagement & Participation in this course requires active engagement in discussions about homework readings; lectures; presentations of artists’ work, and in the critiques.
2 Mini-Critiques	9	Critique: An important feature of this class and your development as an artist is the ability to talk about your or someone else’s artwork cogently and confidently. There will be several opportunities for you to display and talk about your work, and gain feedback from the other members of the class.
Project 1: Transcription	19	For Project 1: Transcription you will be given a project description, and we will discuss it in class. The rubric for the project will be included on the description.
Project 2: Transformations	19	For Project 2: Transformations you will be given a project description, and we will discuss it in class. The rubric for the project will be included on the description.
Autonomy Project	25	For Autonomy Project, students are expected to present a complete final project, and explain the important aspects of the materials, ideas, and results of their work in addition to an artist’s statement and an essay. Hand-outs will explain this assignment in detail and will be given plenty of time for completion.
A note on Projects: Your painting project is self-selected and self-directed. What this means is that you are expected to manage and develop your painting practice and the kinds of preparation used to enable it. Remember that you are NOT alone in this – you have support. Please do not hesitate to ask for meetings and any other form of help I can offer. You need to paint as often as possible and make visible progress weekly. Sometimes that progress exists as experimentation, sometimes as finished paintings.