STUDIOS
Gary Woodward,
Art Department
Checklist of important issues:
- Always give detailed safety instructions when
the use of small cutting instruments is required
for construction of class assignments.
- Make students aware of the necessity of spraying
any toxic materials away from the studio classroom.
Outdoor application is preferred.
- When possible, execute any creative problem
planned to discover its strengths and weaknesses.
Self execution is a process which can enhance
knowledge of predictable stereotyped student
solutions to problem solving.
- Have a firm understanding of personal goals
of all creative activities associated with
studio production.
- Demonstrate techniques when appropriate.
- Use handouts as often as possible to facilitate
background information.
- Plan the entire semester's activities to insure
continuity and sequencing of ideas.
- Implement a self-evaluation of creative problems
immediately after results are known.
- Explain grading process and the meaning of
letter grades.
- Follow studio problems with a formal critique
of student work. Critiques assist students
in the anticipation of evaluation criteria
and its application to future assignments.
- Individualize comments on student work.
- Try to visit each student more than once during
each studio session.
- During the process of development of student
ideas, use a specific student's work to demonstrate
general principles to be applied to specific
creative problems.
- Use senior faculty as an information and advising
resource.