1. Social Commentary Project: Artist as Social Critic
Realized Through Linocut or Woodblock Printing

2. Social Commentary Issues
Age Discrimination
Animal Rights
Anorexia Nervosa
Bulimia Nervosa
Bullying
Child Labor
Environmental Pollution
Equal Pay
Global Warming
Homelessness
Hunger
Identity Theft
Identity Theft
NRA
Obesity
Poverty
Racism
Recycling and Conservation
Smoking/Tobacco Use
Social Networking and Privacy
Social injustice
Stereotyping
Terrorism
Texting While Driving
Unemployment

3. Proposal in your sketchbook
Why am I doing this? What are you passionate about?
What do I need? Materials, images, etc.?
Who cares? Who is your audience?
How do I go about doing it? Printing making.
Where does it need to be? Installation? Site-specific?
Thumbnail sketches. Plan it out before cutting.

18. Examples from Art History
Honore Daumier

19. Jose Guadalupe Posada

20. Projects Requirements
One fully developed series of 5 original prints, properly labeled and with a clean, precise 2-inch border around the image. (This will come from one block, just printed 5 times.)
Must include a diversity of line quality and mark marking
Must include a unique and dynamic composition. Be creative, not didactic!
Deadline: installed Friday, 11/20 for crit. with finished artist statement.