1. Welcome to CFA I!

2. Year at a Glance….
September: The Intro/Review Unit: Workbook set-up and experimentation/RSVP Home Project/Elements and Principles of Art/Printmaking/Art and Meaning/Drawing Boot Camp
October: The Design Unit: 6x6 color Projects/Seedfolks Home Project/Color Theory/Drawing Boot Camp/Perspective NEW YORK TRIP!
November: The Fibers Unit: Tiny Tapestry Projects/Fall Showcase/Drawing Boot Camp/Still-life Projects
December: The Printmaking Unit with Guest Artist/Chair Home Project
January: The Comic/Illustration Unit: Cartooning with Guest Artist: Kirk O’Brien/Midterms!
Semester 2: Subject to change…based on guest artist schedules
February: The Portrait Unit: Digital Photography, Self-Portraits and advance color theory: Prismacolor
March: The Ceramic Unit: Spring Showcase!/Youth Art Month/Ceramic Project/ Field Trip to DC/Figure drawing-live model in class!
April: The Mixed Media Unit: Field Trip opportunity to NYC/intro to painting and collage techniques
May: The Painting Unit: Watercolor/Observational painting/Field Trip to Ginter Gardens
June: Final Exam

3. Curricular Highlights:
Each interim period-RWB comes in for a grade: subject to late policy
Each week, students receive grades on being on task and using time and materials well
Each week, students receive grades on completing weekly homework assignments…
During the nine weeks, students receive grades on various projects: home projects and in-class projects: subject to late policy
Each nine weeks, students have at least 2 tests on vocabulary and technique…
Each nine weeks, students must visit a gallery and write a short 4 paragraph critique on a work of art they see there. They must have proof in the form of a gallery card or a signed museum brochure or business card that they were in attendance during that nine weeks
Once during the year, students give a presentation on an artist of their choosing who coincides with their birthday…

4. Dowdy’s Website & Schoology as a Tool
Syllabus for reference (Schoology)
Calendar feature: daily information –if you are absent… (Schoology)
Rubrics Online (Schoology and website)
24/7 access to due dates and homework (Schoology)
College/Community Service/Event/Extra Credit/Gallery Information (Schoology and website)
All projects are linked as well as ppts and websites used in class (Schoology and website)
Remember to check powerschool for grades! I try to export on TUESDAYS by 5:30pm

5. CFA Level I Late Policy
Projects, Workbooks, Gallery Critiques and Community Service Forms
All materials should be turned into designated areas on the assigned due date.
If the student fails to turn the work in on time they may turn the materials in the next day the class meets for a loss of 10 points.
After the 10 point grace period the work can be handed in the next class day for a starting grade of 50%.
The workbook will not be accepted after the third day and will be marked as a zero.
If the student has an unplanned absence on the scheduled due date they must present an excused absence slip in order receive full credit. If the student is absent for an extended period of time a doctor’s note may be requested.
Any late work must be handed in directly to Ms. Dowdy.
Project extensions available upon request at least one date before due date
PLEASE USE THE WEBSITE AND YOUR OWN AGENDA BOOK TO KEEP YOURSELF ON TRACK TO TURN IN YOUR WORK BY THE DUE DATE!!!!

6. CFA SCHEDULE FOR THE YEAR: Important dates to remember: And be sure you are getting CFA newsletter!
September 19th: BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT!
Fall Showcase: MANDATORY to attend one night:
November 18th & 19th 5:00-7:00 Visual Arts Showcase
(followed by Performing Art Showcase-not mandatory)   
January 24th-27th: MIDTERM EXAMS
April 22nd: SPRING SHOWCASE IN THE JEFF HALL GALLERY!
REQUIRED ATTENDANCE
FOR ALL OF MRS D’s CFA STUDENTS 5:00-7pm ONE NIGHT ONLY!...
but all day Saturday
is the Henrico County Arts Festival on our campus!
May 26th: Visual Arts Senior Showcase at Fourth Fridays downtown at Artworks Gallery
June 3rd: FCFA Honors picnic for CFA students and their families:
Buy your gear wear now!!!!!!

7. Studio 2 Hours and Guidelines: Open Studio
MONDAYS:
OPEN STUDIO 8:35-8:55am*
(Students arriving before 8:30am can go to the cafeteria until the studio opens. You can stay there until 8:35 to sit and socialize or you can come to class to work quietly)
4:00-5:00: STUDIO OPEN by appmt only
TUESDAYS:
3:55-5:00: OPEN STUDIO SESSION WITH Ms DOWDY IN ST 2 -see schedule for art club meetings
WEDNESDAYS:
OPEN STUDIO 8:35-8:55am* the 2nd Wed of the month(CFA teacher meeting until the bell-please report to cafeteria until the first bell rings)
STUDIO CLOSED AFTER SCHOOL
THURSDAYS:
OPEN STUDIO 8:35-8:55*
STUDIO CLOSED AFTER SCHOOL/see schedule for Art Club Meetings
FRIDAYS:
STUDIO BY APPOINTMENT ONLY DURING SPECIAL TIME: HOMECOMING/SHOWCASES
*Students are expected to follow morning open studio guidelines to be able to participate in these sessions. The guidelines are posted in the room and students unable to follow them will be asked to leave to go to the cafeteria until the first block of the day begins.
**This schedule is subject to change-all changes will be posted online and on the classroom door throughout the year.