Artist Statement take home assignment

Part 1: Studio Description

Write a one- page description of your studio or workspace. Do it quickly, and don’t worry about grammar, spelling, or jargon. There is no format to this, just get the words down.

• What does it look like? (size, objects, relationships, colors, light?) Make it visual.
• What identifies it as uniquely yours, distinct from some other studio?
• How do you relate to it? (order, arrangements, processes, methods, equipment, materials, habits)
• What are you working on?

Part 2: Artistic Process Description

Write a one- page description of the process you use to create your work. Again, do it quickly and don’t fuss over it- just get down on paper every single thing you can remember about how your work is created. Think in concrete terms: influences, physical qualities, and emotion.

• What materials, elements, surfaces, processes, methods, equipment do you use? Why?
• Where does your inspiration come from?
• Where does the impetus for a piece come from in you, personally speaking?
• What concerns guide you in execution? Are they visual/ physical/ sensual/ thematic/emotional?

Please bring your descriptions to our next class.

Artist statement exercises adapted from Virginia Commonwealth University Senior Seminar materials.