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What Price Freedom?
free·dom (frdm) n.
1. The condition of being free of restraints.
2. Liberty of the person from slavery, detention, or oppression.
3. a. Political independence.
b. Exemption from the arbitrary exercise of authority in the performance of a specific action; civil liberty
4. Exemption from an unpleasant or onerous condition: freedom from want.
5. The capacity to exercise choice; free will
6. Ease or facility of movement
7. Frankness or boldness; lack of modesty or reserve
8. a. The right to unrestricted use; full access.
b. The right of enjoying all of the privileges of membership or citizenship
9. A right or the power to engage in certain actions without control or interference
Objective: As Americans we often talk about freedom. But what does it really mean? Do we all really have the freedom to do whatever we want, when we want to? Why or why not? Think about current situations in which people are still fighting for freedoms, are there any that touch your life directly? How have artists in history tackled these touchy subjects?
You will choose one issue that deals with freedom and expand upon it. Do the research, check for artists who have explored this subject. Create a work of art that symbolically address a certain freedom you hold dear, or believe should be brought to attention.
Directions
Who doesn't have it?
How do artists play a part in freedom?
What about censorship and copyright? Are those freedoms?
What Issues are we dealing with now that impact our freedoms?
free·dom (frdm) n.
1. The condition of being free of restraints.
2. Liberty of the person from slavery, detention, or oppression.
3. a. Political independence.
b. Exemption from the arbitrary exercise of authority in the performance of a specific action; civil liberty
4. Exemption from an unpleasant or onerous condition: freedom from want.
5. The capacity to exercise choice; free will
6. Ease or facility of movement
7. Frankness or boldness; lack of modesty or reserve
8. a. The right to unrestricted use; full access.
b. The right of enjoying all of the privileges of membership or citizenship
9. A right or the power to engage in certain actions without control or interference
Objective: As Americans we often talk about freedom. But what does it really mean? Do we all really have the freedom to do whatever we want, when we want to? Why or why not? Think about current situations in which people are still fighting for freedoms, are there any that touch your life directly? How have artists in history tackled these touchy subjects?
You will choose one issue that deals with freedom and expand upon it. Do the research, check for artists who have explored this subject. Create a work of art that symbolically address a certain freedom you hold dear, or believe should be brought to attention.
Directions
- Begin by reading the definition of freedom. Answer these questions in your sketchbook with a partner.
Who doesn't have it?
How do artists play a part in freedom?
What about censorship and copyright? Are those freedoms?
What Issues are we dealing with now that impact our freedoms?
- Create a brainstorming list.
- Select an issue that means something to you and start to think of ways to visually represent it.
- Narrow down the most visual ideas to two and create two thumbnails for each. Remember to think outside the box.
- The media is open. Think creatively. How can I represent my topic in a unique and innovative way?
Many topic ideas
Academic Freedom Adoption Advertising, children's Affirmative Action Ageism AIDS/HIV Air Pollution Airline Issues Alcohol Abuse Animal rights Anti-Muslim Discrimination and Violence Anti-Semitism Arson Arts Funding and Censorship At Risk Students: Higher Education Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder Autism Automobile and Highway Safety Bi-lingualism Birth Control Campaign Finance Reform Cancer Capital Punishment Census Issues Cheating, academic Child Abuse and Molestation Child Labor Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Church-State Separation Civil Liberties Civil Rights Coastal Pollution and Wetlands Protection College Sports Computer Crime, Hacking Consumer Debt and Bankruptcy Corporal Punishment Corporate Crime Crime Criminal Rights Cults and Alternative Religions Defense Spending and Preparedness Deforestation and Logging Disability Rights Divorce and Child Support Domestic Violence Downsizing, corporate Drought and aquifer depletion Drug Abuse Drugs, War on Eating Disorders Energy Dependency Environmental Justice Environmentally-inducred Illness Euthanasia Evolution Education Extinction and Species Loss: Biota Invasion and Habitat Destruction Farm crisis Food and Drug Safety Foster Care Gambling Gangs Gay and Lesbian Rights Genetic Engineering Gentrification Global Warming Gun violence and gun control Hate Crimes Hate Internet and Radio Hate Speech Health Care Reform Heart Disease Homelessness Housing costs Human experimentation Identity Theft Immigration Immigration, Illegal Indoor Pollution Infectious Diseaseand Epidemics Infrastructure Deterioration Intellectual Property Rights Journalistic Ethics Judicial Reform Juvenile Justice Legal Services for the Poor Literacy Mandatory Sentencing Marijuana Mass Transit Media Bias Media Consolidation Media Sex and Violence Medical Malpractice Medicare and Medicaid Reform Medicine, alternative Mental Illness Migrant Workers Militia Movement Minimum and Living Wages Money Laundering N(ot) I(n) M(y) B(ackyard) Y(ard) Issue Native Americans and Government Policy Natural Disasters and Disaster Relief Needle Exchange Programs Noise Pollution Nuclear Power and Waste Nuclear Weapons Obesity Occupational Safety and Health Organ and Tissue Transplants Organic Foods Organized Crime Plagiarism Police Abuse and Corruption Pornography Poverty and Wealth Prison Reform and Prisoner Rights Privacy Prostitution Public Opinion Polling Racial Profiling Rape Recycling and Conservation Red-lining and loan discrimination Reproductive Rights and Technology Rioting School Standards and Testing School Violence School Vouchers and Privatization Scientific Research Ethics Secrecy, Governmental Sex Education Sexual Harassment Single Parenting Social Security Reform Space Exploration, costs and benefits Special Education Stem Cell Research Stress Student Rights Suicide Superstores v. Main Street Sweatshops Tax Reform Term Limits Terrorism, Domestic Terrorism, Foreign Terrorism, War on Tobacco and tobacco-related health issues Tort Reform Toxic Waste Traffic Congestion Unemployment Unions Urban Sprawl Veterans' Issues Voluntarism and Volunteering Voting Issues Waste Disposal Water Pollution Weapons of Mass Destruction Welfare and welfare reform Wilderness Protection Women's Rights Xenophobia and Nativism
Critique
Objective: Analyze and Evaluate your classmates images, ideas and technique Remember
1. Introduce your work 2. Why it is important to you 3. What successes or struggles you encountered |