Silver poplars...

So I have been absent the last several weeks. Much has been happening in worlds both personal and art and I will be elaborating on that in posts to come. However, this week I have decided to post the homework assignment I am giving my Intro to Art Media class. I will be introducing them to assemblage and the work of both Louise Nevelson and Joseph Cornell. They will be creating small assemblages themselves. Because this is the week before Thanksgiving, their sketchbook homework has to do both with creating assemblages and giving thanks.

HOMEWORK TEN, DUE MONDAY NOV. 24, 2014

Introduction to Art Media

Monday evenings 5:30-8:20 p.m. Room G-34   Instructor: Marsha M. Pippenger

“Drawn” to Assemblage: a Cornell Thanksgiving Box

1. This is a very straightforward assignment. In your sketchbook draw a large box. It can be a 3D box or a simple square or rectangular shape.

2. Inside your box, place those things you are thankful for this year. Do this by drawing images of those things inside your box.

3. Spend some time on this drawing. Be mindful as you do this. It is more than a drawing exercise.

Indeed, it is more than a drawing exercise, and I hope they understand this. I am giving thanks all week and next, thinking of George Orwell’s thought as he lay near dying on a stretcher in 1936: “Isn't it wonderful to live in a world where silver poplars grow?” It is.