Write a few sentences on “How did the subject, purpose, artistic effects, and cultural influence all work together to create an effective work of art?

Art Making – Cultural Collage (answer for two students)
Read Chapter 1, pages 1-30 in online textLinks to an external site..
Assignment: Let’s make some art to get an inside perspective on creativity and the creation of art. It is also another way to get to know your fellow classmates.
Materials: 8 1⁄2” × 11” background paper, glue stick, scissors, pencil, magazines, painted papers or solid papers for collage materials You can also create it on the computer.

Cultural Collages. See these examples:
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith infuses traditional Native American imagery and mythology with expressive textures and innovative technique, creating both layers of images in a collage format with layers of meaning with her use of symbolism.
Romare Bearden showed a different type of creativity in his depictions of the daily life he witnessed in the rural South and in Harlem, New York.

Create your own layered collage, infusing aspects of your culture to create meaning or in the manner of Romare Bearden or Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, of your campus or hometown environment. In choosing your images, you should consider personal history, culture, childhood memories, and key events. You may include in the collage a photocopied picture of yourself. You should communicate your environment and concepts to others. View other work by the 2 artists for inspiration.
Write a few sentences on “How did the subject, purpose, artistic effects, and cultural influence all work together to create an effective work of art?”
Complete the Collage assignment in paper or on computer is fine,
take a photograph or scan of it,
Save as a pdf, png or jpg
and EMBED it with a few sentences to this discussion from prompt for a class exhibition!

View everyone’s work! Respond to at least 2 others within 24 hours of the deadline.
How to embed pdf.
Watch this video on how to embed an image to the discussion or view the Student GuidesLinks to an external site. on how to embed the photo and size it for this discussion. Be sure you resize the image if it is a large file. It should only be 1 or 2 megabytes.

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