Starting an assignment = Brainstorming

Artistic Expression and Creativity

Definitions:

Art– a visual object or experience consciously created through an expression of skill or imagination.
Britannica.com. Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Copyright © 1994-2008 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way to affect the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music, literature, film, photography, sculpture, and paintings.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artistic_expression

Creative thinking is both the capacity to combine or synthesize existing ideas, images, or expertise in original ways and the experience of thinking, reacting, and working in an imaginative way characterized by a high degree of innovation, divergent thinking, and risk taking.
Association of American Colleges and Universities http://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/pdf/CreativeThinking.pdf

Creativity is the act of bringing something into existence that is genuinely new, original, and of value either personally (of significance only to the individual or organization) or culturally (adds significantly to a domain of culture as recognized by experts).
http://creativity-innovation.metiri.wikispaces.net/Rubric

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Here is part of the Art Department Rubric:

4 Excellent Performance
3 Proficient Performance
2 Performance Needs Improvement
1 Unsatisfactory Performance

I. CONCEPT

INNOVATION
4 Takes intellectual and creative risks.
3 Willing to experiment and explore.
2 Evidence of original, creative thought and its application.
1 Minimal evidence of original thought or imagination.

Strength and Clarity of IDEA
4 Idea is strikingly original, inventive and fascinating. Grabs and holds viewers attention
3 Message is original and clearly conveyed
2 There has been an attempt to convey a message but the message is vague, confusing or simplistic.
1 There has been little attempt to convey a message.

Image: http://www.rogeryostgallery.com/fine-art/jim-warren/assets/thumbs/steve-jobs-warren-art.jpg

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