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Learning Agreement

CPSA 250: College Park Arts Scholars Capstone: Solo Project, Spring 2017 Name: Daniela Salem Email: [email protected] Advisor: Kenna Weekly Meeting Time: Mon 11:30-12:00 Purpose/Mission Statement:The purpose for this research experiment is to demonstrate the healing power of art onthe mind. Through a set of group art activities I will prove that art therapy can reduce the stressof college students. I aim to learn which methods work the best for lowering the amount of stressthat college students feel. My goal for the end of the semester is to help find a copingmechanism that lowers the stress and anxiety of everyone that volunteers for my study. Learning Objectives: 1. I will learn how to hold group art therapy sessions that is a mixture of learning arttechniques and coping mechanisms to lower stress. 2. I will hold hour long group art therapy session each week that aims to lower the stressof the volunteers who participate. 3. I will present and analyze my data in hopes of concluding that my hypothesis iscorrect. Workshop Process:I will get together a group of about 10 student volunteers by writing an email and havingit sent to all art scholars in search of willing participants. To come in each week to a designatedroom. Half of them will participate in art therapy sessions while others will not. We will starteach session by having all the volunteers fill out a survey on how they are feeling and what theirlevel of stress and anxiety is based on a predetermined scale. Volunteers that are not in the arttheory session group will leave after they filled out the first survey. We will start our paintingsession by quickly paint what is causing use stress that week. Then I will present our art activityfor the week and guide them through group discussion while we work on our art. For our art wewill use unconventional methods to paint and express how we are feeling onto paper. After thepainting session, the volunteers that choose to will show the group what they have painted, thenall the volunteers will fill out the same survey they did before.The finished project will be me presenting the data I have gathered through the surveys and myanalysis of my findings. Then paintings from the first day and last day will be on display alongwith a final group project will be presented for people to see.Each volunteer will be given a number and when they take a survey or paint a picture they willwrite their number on their paper. All the surveys and paintings will be put up on my tumblrprocess binder each week with only their numbers written on them to keep their answers safe.Pictures of our group sessions will also be available. An agreement stating my expectations frommyself and all participants in my study. This will need to me signed by all volunteers or they willnot be able to participate. Materials: Skin friendly paint, 22 x 28 finger painting paper, plastic cups, paper towels. Resources:http://faculty.weber.edu/molpin/healthclasses/1110/bookchapters/selfassessmentchapter.htm Questions for the survey .0- never 1 - almost never 2 - sometimes 3 - fairly often 4 - very often____ 1. In the last week, how often have you been upset because of something that happenedunexpectedly?_____ 2. In the last week, how often have you felt that you were unable to control the importantthings in your life?_____ 3. In the last week, how often have you felt nervous and stressed?_____ 4. In the last week, how often have you felt confident about your ability to handle yourpersonal problems?_____ 5. In the last week, how often have you felt that things were going your way?_____ 6. In the last week, how often have you found that you could not cope with all the thingsthat you had to do?_____ 7. In the last week, how often have you been able to control irritations in your life?_____ 8. In the last week, how often have you felt that you were on top of things?_____ 9. In the last week, how often have you been angered because of things that happenedthat were outside of your control?_____ 10. In the last week, how often have you felt difficulties were piling up so high that youcould not overcome them? Project Timeline: 2/17/17 Find all volunteers 2/19/17 Establish best place and time to meet and meet that week 2/19/17 Paint a self portrait 2/26/17 Paint the last dream you had 3/1/17 First look presentation 3/5/17 Paint the best and worse memory you have 3/12/17 Paint your worse fear 3/19/17 Paint what you love the most 3/24/17 Digital show case poster due 3/26/17 Paint your partner 4/2/17 Paint something you are looking forward to (start turning in paintings) 4/9/17 Paint your favorite part of the semester (last day) (last day to collect paintings) 4/12/17 Second look presentations 4/16/17 Poster Prep time 4//21/17 Showcase posters due 4/29/17 ArtsFest 5/4/17 Academic Show case Revised Capstone: I changed my assignment so that instead of have test subjects I would be my one and only test subject. All the assignments and the timeline will be the same except it will just be me participating. I'll give myself 30 min once a week to complete each assignment. I wanted to do my original idea because I believed that hold session wouldbe more interesting and also give me better data so that I could turn thisinto actual research but the inevitable possibility of people not being ableto make it to every single session would ruin my data so I decided to do itmyself.

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CPSA 250: College Park Arts Scholars Capstone: Solo Project, Spring 2017

Purpose/Mission Statement: I will be conducting a research art project on the history and evolution of ancient Greek pottery from the years 1000-300 B.C.E. Using this research I will create replica ancient Greek pots that display the style and technique that was used back in history.

Learning Objectives:

I will research and learn about the technique, style, and design of ancient Greek pottery from 1000-300 B.C.E. and group it into major categories.

I will create drawings and sketches that illustrate the process of designing and creating the Greek pots.

I will enhance my current ceramics skills by creating 6 (or more) models of Greek pots using some pottery techniques that would have been done back then.

Workshop Process:

I will be conducting research on the Protogeometric, Geometric, Orientalizing, Red-figure, Black-figure, and White Ground styles of ancient Greek pottery. I will learn the unique characteristics of the styles and the process by which they would have been made. I will then throw modern day pots that will embody the aspects of the different styles. I will be doing pencil sketches to plan out the pottery, and then I will make the models out of clay using various ceramics tools. My work will be displayed with descriptions and some of the planning illustrations to show the process.

My planning work will be documented through sketches and descriptions in my process binder. I will also photographically document the process of making the pottery at different stages.

Resources:

Cartwright, Mark. "Greek Pottery." Ancient History Encyclopedia. N.p., 12 Jan. 2013. Web. 24 Jan. 2017. <https://www.ancient.eu/Greek_Pottery/>.

Cook, Robert Manuel. Greek Painted Pottery. 3rd ed. London: Routledge, 1997. Print.

Cook, Robert Manuel, and Pierre Dupont. East Greek Pottery. London: Routledge, 1998. Print.

Grace, Virginia. “Standard Pottery Containers of the Ancient Greek World.” Hesperia Supplements, vol. 8, 1949, pp. 175–456. www.jstor.org/stable/1353892.

Sparkes, Brian A. Greek pottery: an introduction. Manchester: Manchester U Press, 1991. Print.

Sparkes, Brian A. The red and the black: studies in Greek pottery. London: Routledge, 1996. Print.

Walters, H. B., and Samuel Birch. History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman. Vol. 2. London: J. Murray, 1905. Print.

Project Timeline: Include dates and deadlines set by the course syllabus, as well as self-imposed benchmarks for what you would like to have done at certain points in the semester.

2/16 – Have research complete and begin first pot

2/23 & 3/2 – First look 2-minute presentation. Have at least 2 pots started.

Spring Break – Have at least 4 pots finished.

4/6 & 4/13 – Second look 2-minute presentation. By end of 4/13 have all pots finished.

4/21 – Showcase poster due

4/29 – ArtsFest

5/4 – Academic Showcase

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Final Advising Conference

In the final advising conference I reflected on my time this semester working on my capstone project. I think that I really have done a better job now than in the past on getting parts of my project done. In the past, I probably would have just started and finished the whole project (including planning, and executing) all at once, and at the last minute. This time, I think that I planned too much, and should have executed more. All in all, I think that my project turned out well, and I learned a lot about my self and my work style. I pushed myself to get it done, and I am glad that I did.

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I was successfully able to display my project at Academic Showcase. I had a great time explaining what my project was about and really enjoyed watching people’s reactions to my project. Many of the people that I talked to seemed to take away some sort of new understanding on the braid that they didn’t have before watching.

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Journal: Artist pitch

My project, The History of the Braid: Explored through 3D Art is a different outlook on history, in this case, specifically the history of the braid. As a person that uses the braid on an almost daily basis, I began to wonder where it came from, and sought out the answer in this project. I narrowed the search down to four major regions and cultures within these regions that used the braid and applied various meanings to the braid. The braid’s origin was said to have started in Africa, where it was worn for practical reasons, and they made it an art by adding gold and jewels to their hair, and incorporating the styles worn into the carvings that they made. In the Greek society, the braid represented femininity and purity of the woman who wore it. In Native American society, the braid represented the “infinite” of life, whereas hair loose and flowing represented the free flow of life. Finally, in Asian culture, specifically in an era in Chinese culture, a conquerer made his male subjects shave half of their head and braid the remainder of their hair to represent their defeat. Later, the descendants of these once conquered people wore this same style of braid as a normal everyday hairstyle, phasing out its previous negative connotation.

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Second Look Presentation Critique Reflection

In my presentation, I showcased my updated project, which included the nearly done Greek Scene and the completion of the background of the African scene. I also mentioned creating the paper mache tree, and if I did not create the tree, I explained that i would still orient the portraits in a circular, sort of hierarchical order. The feedback that I got was positive and everyone seemed to be really excited to see what I was going to do and that my project was so informative.

Some questions that I got were:

How long do you think the tree will take? Do you just want it to be a cut out on a panel?

-- I think the tree would take no more than two hours, and essentially it would just be a cut out on a panel, but I would hang the portraits on it.

How large would the paper mache tree be?

-- The tree would be flat, and a few inches taller than me, so about 5′8″ tall.

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Advisor Conference #2

In my meeting with Heather, we talked about being more realistic with my project and the deadlines that I set for myself. I still want to add the paper mache tree to my project, and I think that I can get it done, but I will consider it to be something that is not necessary. I know that I need to be more realistic with what I need to get done, and I have a plan to finish the project before Arts Fest; I just have to dive in.

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Critical Binder Week 4, Entry 16:

I have sewn int he hair to the canvas! This is most likely the hardest hair I will have to sew into a canvas in my Capstone because they are not individual braids, but rather loose hair that then forms a braid. It is very sturdy and the braid turned out really well!