Saturday, November 19, 2011

Questions to consider in revising Artist Statement

1.  What motivates me to make art?
What inspires my creative process?
2.  What elements of my work are most important to me?
         -materials, emotions, technique, form, politics, spirituality, color, scale, clarity, nature, memory, beauty, function, etc.
     What is the significance to me of the elements that I've identified as important?
3.  What sensations and emotions do I experience when making a work of art?
     What are my sources of gratification?  Of frustration.
4.  How does my mind work while I am creating?
What Kinds of decisions do I make?
5.  From the perspective of craft, what steps do I go through in making a work?
6.  What artists and/or works of art have most inspired me and/or influenced me?
     With whose Art do I feel the greatest Kinship?
7.  How has my work developed or changed over time or throughout this course)?
8.  What  would I like viewers of my work to experience when looking at my work?
     What kind of responses would I like them to have?
9.  If somebody else had made my work and I saw it for the first time, what questions would I like them to have?
10. What are my hopes, plans or ideas for future work?
11.  What do I think the role of artists in society should be?

      What would I like my role in society to be...(any)

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