Advice

This assignment asks students to familiarize themselves with public art and their city by finding one piece to describe, research and analyze. It encourages students to reveal the connections between artists, locations, and communities.

Sometimes grading seems like a mystery to students so helping them understand how we reach our conclusions is a beneficial step in their learning process.

To begin: I have students call out a list of abstractions. Usually we end up with some variation on the following: fear sadness joy depression ...