Starter of the day Pick your favorite art piece from this term. It needs to be one of the major projects. Fill out the paper about your art piece. The price can be no less than $15 (to cover you class fee, and you are worth more than that anyways)

Art B What is Art? Garbage art

Agenda Prepare our art for the art show. Set up art show. What is art discussion. Fill out worksheet on why we think something is art and why we think it is not. Argue what is art for the quiz and see how we do as a class. Recycled art proposals

How to write an argumentative essay We are just going with a skeleton for this but it’s very easy from there. First I give you a prompt, ours is what is art? Second you make a statement about how you feel, this is called a claim or a thesis. Third you need to sight 3 pieces of evidence that supports your claim. Lastly you need to come to a conclusion.

What is Art? We pose the question that many ask. What is Art? Brainstorm on chalk board. Is graffiti art? Is a Lego brick art? Is trash art?

Evidence that something is art Composition is present in a piece Art elements and principles of design are present in a piece

Is Graffiti art? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azolNnTCnMI

Is it trash or contemporary art? Quiz https://www.buzzfeed.com/colinheasley/is-it-garbage-or-contemporary- art?utm_term=.puadZMoRNJ#.uanzvMknex

Are Lego’s art? http://www.today.com/video/today/56803880

Conclusion You should have a thesis or claim You should have evidence from the text you read, the videos and the presentation. Now what is your conclusion on what is art? One sentence each. To turn this into a paper all you would do is make a paragraph of each section.

How will you make your trash art? You can have an idea and follow that idea. You can just start building and see what happens. You can change your idea or make multiple projects. We will have two weeks to complete this project. Questions?