What is art?

bell work #1

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Who can be an artist?

bell work #2

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

What is the difference between an art gallery and an art museum?

bell work #3

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

An elephant paints a picture using its trunk. Who is the artist, the

elephant or the man who trained it to paint?

bell work #4

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Can an object be considered as art today if it was not considered

to be art at the time it was created? Why?

bell work #5

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Must art be beautiful? Why or why not?

bell work #6

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Must art communicate something or be about

something? Should art tell a story?

bell work #7

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Must art be made by hand?

bell work #8

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Must a work of art be made by an artist? Why?

bell work #9

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

An artist picks up a piece of driftwood from the beach and

displays it in a gallery- is it art? Why?

bell work #10

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Can an object be art if the person making it did not intend for it to

be art?

bell work #11

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Must a work of art express feelings or emotions in order to

be considered art?

bell work #12

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Does art have to look "real"?

bell work #13

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Can furniture be art? Clothing? Serving utensils? Greeting cards? Musical instruments? Tapestries?

Quilts? Under what conditions are these objects art or

not art?

bell work #14

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Can found objects be sculpture?

bell work #15

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Can only art experts say what the true meaning of a work of art is?

bell work #16

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Who can say what is good or bad art?

bell work #17

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Must a work of art have good craftsmanship to be considered a

good work of art? Why?

bell work #18

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

How is it decided if something is art or not?

bell work #19

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Can a work of art be both beautiful and ugly?

bell work #20

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Must art be enjoyed?

bell work #21

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Should all works of art be judged by the same criteria?

bell work #22

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Can a work of art be good if it did not take a long time to make?

bell work #23

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Who decides the value of art?

bell work #24

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Are works of art made a long time ago more valuable?

bell work #25

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Do the materials utilized in making the work affect the value of the work? Is a bronze sculpture of

more value than a sculpture made with found objects like neon lights?

bell work #26

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Is it appropriate to alter a work of art if it is offensive?

bell work #27

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Should offensive art be banned from public exhibition?

bell work #28

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Do different people have different interpretations about

the same work of art?

bell work #29

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Is there only one true meaning of a work of art?

bell work #30

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Did cavemen think of their paintings as art?

bell work #31

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Is the meaning of a work that which the artist meant it to be or

what it means to the viewer?

bell work #32

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Can artifacts from past cultures (which weren't meant to be art at the time they were made) be considered works of art now for

a different culture?

bell work #33

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Is it acceptable to use a work of art and change it for use in

advertisements?

bell work #34

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Imagine that a museum has just acquired a Hopi Kachina doll. The

Hopi people want it back because it is sacred to them. Is the doll more important as a piece of art, or as a

religious symbol for the Hopi?

bell work #35

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Can animals be artists?

bell work #36

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

How are works of art different from other objects?

bell work #37

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

If you like an object, is it art? If you do not like it, could it still be

considered art?

bell work #38

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Is creativity the same as doing whatever you want?

bell work #39

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

If a person claims to be an artist, is that person an artist? Is anything

that that person creates art?

bell work #40

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Can a child be an artist?

bell work #41

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Should very old artworks that have deteriorated with time be restored

or left as they are?

bell work #42

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

People have paid millions of dollars to buy works by Monet, van Gogh,

and Picasso. Who decides how much the artwork is worth? Does a higher amount of money paid for a painting make it a better artwork

than one that brought in less money?

bell work #43

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Is a forgery of an artwork a work of art?

bell work #44

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

Should art only please the artists and the culturally elite, or should it touch a wider viewing audience?

bell work #45

- Write the question then your answer each day- Answers must be written in complete sentences- To be completed during the first five minutes of class- Questions will be collected at the end of each week

2 hour delay schedulePeriod Schedule

1 9:50 – 10:29

2 10:34 – 11:10

A lunchB period 3

11:15 – 11:51

B lunchA period 3

11:56 – 12:32

4 12:37 – 1:13

5 1:18 – 1:54

6 1:59 – 2:35

1st Lunch - A 2nd Lunch - B

LowryNelsonMullerZemkeReyesLinder

DawsonGrunewald

WallaceC. MillerBielawski

BeamerLazzaroSpencerFrancoDillon

WuetigBolandClouseStevensJ. Miller