Course Syllabus

Concept and Creative Thinking

Miss Van Auken

vanaukena@cmsd.k12.pa.us

Course Syllabus

Welcome to Concept and Creative Thinking!  This is a second tier studio course created to assist students to analyze artistic concepts and use them in new and creative ways.  Students will learn to look at things in a new and innovative light, how to “think outside of the box”.

Course Content:

• Unit 1- What is Creativity?
• Unit 2- Scale: Modeling and the Creative Thinking Process
• Unit 3- Ordinary to Extraordinary: Investigating Concepts
• Unit 4- Movement: Defining the Problem
• Unit 5- Metamorphosis: Implementing the Idea
• Unit 6- Real World Applications of the Creative Thinking Process
• Unit 7- Revisiting the Implemented Idea: Evaluation, Revision, and Further

Course Requirements and Grading:

• Class Notebook
• In-class exercises, handouts, and notes
• Homework assignments

• In-class Studio/ Research Assignment
• Studio and research projects will be completed for each concept discussed in class.

• Final Concept Projects
• At the completion of each unit you will be required to create an original art project that deals with that concept.
• Each final project must include: brainstorming, research, preliminary sketches and/or models, and an artist statement.
• There will be a class critique for each final project.

Course Blog:

• It is important to check the blog (vanaukencct.blogspot.com) frequently for the following:
• material presented when you are absent
• copies of PowerPoints and worksheets
• inspiration
• fun sites, activities, and artists/artwork to check out