Checklist Assessment Requirements Tips & Support 1. Select ONE material: clay, paint, charcoal, paper Link to corresponding chapter in Encounters with Materials Clay - not play dough, not modelling clay. It in Early Childhood Education (Chapters 2-5) must be close to 'earth' as possible. Paint - any variety is accepted, including Only 1 material is required; do not mix and match home-made Charcoal - can be store bought or from fire You may use other tools to support your experimentation Paper - any variety; consider the possibilities e.g- paintbrushes, carving tools, sponges 2. Select another reading from the unit (sessions 1-3) Recommendation titles: to support your artistic statement and overall Excerpt from: A vision for the arts in education process of experimentation Connections', Beautiful stuff: Learning with found materials Available on VU Collaborate - access readings The hundred languages of children: the Reggio Emilia experience in transformation 3. Document the process of play and Transcript must match the audio in the video experimentation: What are you doing, thinking, feeling, challenged by? You may like to reference some readings in your audio/video Link to EYLF? How to describe the material? What - state the author or title of text briefly. emotional responses/memories do you have? Where does it come from/cultural ideas? What is it used for "You do not need to show your face in the video or images; normally, and what else can you use it for? as long as the process of your experimentation is clear (e.g. Demonstrate how you played, manipulated, hands painting, sculpting, feet scrunching paper). experimented, adapted and modified the material Do not show 'steps' or 'instructions' of how you got to the Video (5 minutes max), with audio voiceover final product. The process should include your thought & transcript (the transcript should be a written processes and reflection. form of what is presented the audio exactly) Link to inspiration here: OR Documentation Panels Images & explanation/descriptions of process Thinking With Materials 1500 words 'approximately' for the written parts 4. Show your final product This may not be what you set out to do in the first place Evidence of finished product in the Do not have a goal/outcome in mind video/photo at the end of the process 5. Artist statement (200 words) Agora Gallery What are you exploring? How did you get to the final product? Thinking with Materials Why? What influenced your process? Submission must include: Video submissions: Please upload to Youtube and add a link. Dropbox will not 1. Documentation of your process/encounter accept video files. with one material Video (no more than 5 minutes) & transcript Presentation/image submissions: ensure that your photos OR and text are all visible. Any hidden elements will lose you Photos & explanation (1500 words marks. approximately) 2. 200 word artist statement Example video sequence: video link to Youtube, direct 3. Reference list transcript of audio, artist statement, reference list Combine your work and submit as one file (PDF is Example presentation sequence: presentation of images and best) explanation, artist statement, reference listKey Assessment Information Document how you play and experiment with Artist statement 200 words 30% Saturday, end of Week materials and artistic languages. PLUS your documentation of your 1, 11 :59pm Using one material, create a response to a reading process. (If submitting video or demonstrating a conceptual understanding of the audio: maximum 5 minutes). material. (Equivalent to 1500 words) PURPOSE The purpose of this assessment task is to: 1. Personally explore the languages of art and materials 2. Demonstrate that you understand how to play and experiment with materials through documentation 3. Get to know your artistic self. For this task, you are the artist. 4. Apply the unit readings and resources to your own artistic process Your submission will include: . Documentation of your play and experimentation with the material - this can be presented as a combination of written and photographic documentation, a Video or a combination of different mediums (on a word document, powerpoint, pdf, or Padlet, for example). Please note that any spoken wordlverbal documentation must also be transcribed and submitted as text. . Your final creative work (how this is submitted will depend on what it is) . Your written artist statement (200 words) - this is a summary of your process and the journey to your final artwork. . A reference list Common misunderstandings_of this assessment task in the past have included: . Following step by step instructions for making origami (making paper boats or similar) . Only including the final art work (and not the process) - Showing each step of the process in making a final art work, but not showing how you played and experimented with the materials - Not connecting to the reading in Encounters with Materials in Early Childhood and concepts outlined within