Guidelines for Art Student-Created Projects

This project packet is intended to allow students to show** MASTERY** of a topic of their choosing. This is a great resource to use at the end of a course, and allows for a lot of flexibility and student choice. Students are expected to develop their own projects by reflecting on in-class experiences, researching artists with interests similar to their own, planning in detail what they would like to do, and even developing their own rubric to keep them on track. Students are also walked through the process of writing an artist’s statement after completing their work. This resource also includes a peer-evaluation worksheet to allow students to evaluate each others work.

This resource was developed for an introductory-level high school Photography and Digital Art class, but was also used as a midterm or shorter project for upper level photography and digital art classes. This same resource could also be used for non-digital art classes to help students think independently and come up with a variety of ideas for projects as opposed to giving students a project where they all have similar results.

Worksheets include:

• Cover Sheet (Instructions)
• Reflections
• Research
• Planning
• Rubric
• Artist Statement
• Peer Evaluation