Choosing a concept for your semester-long Concept-folio can be dificult and is certainly challenging. Let's use this post to declare "working concepts", or initial ideas. Post your possible concepts by 9-21 and offer an explanation for your focus. After you post your concept and offer an explanation, be sure to view your classmates' concepts. Offer commendations or criticism and don't be shy. After all, wouldn't you rather reformulate your concept now as opposed to in November? And remember- your concept should transcend disciplines; it must be applicable to:
-visual references: at least 10 color copies of images which exemplify the chosen concept; a list of at least 20 additional images which exemplify the chosen concept- every work of art must be cited with artist, title, date, country of origin, and medium
-3 student-authored critiques of 3 of the chosen color images which display mastery of the visual vocabulary terms addressed in this course; 2 samples of existing criticism, critique, review, or biographical information regarding the other 2 chosen color images
-5 student-authored narratives based upon 5 relevant color images which display a comprehensive understanding of the grammar and sentence pattern techniques addressed in this course
-2 student-authored examinations, with quotes and/or excerpts, of the 2 remaining color images which analyze the works of art in relation to the philosophical viewpoints presented in Plato’s Republic and Leo Tolstoy’s What is Art?
-at least 5 excerpts from literature, poetry, or non-fiction which support or reflect the chosen concept- every excerpt must be cited with author, title, date, and country of origin; a list of at least 20 additional pieces of literature, poetry, or non-fiction which support the chosen concept
-list of at least 10 websites or links which contain highly relevant information regarding the chosen concept
-evidence (photos, journal entries, etc.) of interaction with the community based on the spirit of the concept; for example, a concept-folio entitled “Perceptions of Beauty” may elicit a community-wide visual survey and a concept-folio entitled “Nature and the Arts” may elicit the promotion of a landscape painting excursion to the Norton Conservation on North Worcester Street
-2 page typed reflection outlining the concept-folio conception, process and results (FINAL EXAM IN-CLASS COMPONENT)
-color copy/copies/original of student artwork inspired by the chosen concept
-other additions may include: list of musical references, music, performance, web publication of concept folio with links, power point presentation of concept folio
The bottom line is: choose a concept that interests YOU. If you do, you won't even notice that you are working; if you don't, it will be a long semester.
110 comments:
My idea for my concept folio is Materialism
Chris Lenihan
So basically my concept is the god of concepts and describes me in full detail. My concept IS me. Its called "Indie" which is the short memorable title when the longer meaning of the title is "The artistic views of indepent minds". Through this concept i will be describing artists such as Damien Hirst who is known for outlandish sculptures and paintings. Ben Gibbard who is the lead singer and lyrical genius behind such bands as, The Postal Service and Death Cab For Cutie, and many many more. So tell me what you all think of my concept.
1.Pain
2.Self Image
3.Heart Break
Aliya N Little
Well Cam you should talk to Jackie; her concept was VANITY.
Brian
Visual A
I saw a folio that was pink and it reminded me of the trashy BURN BOOK from the classic film Mean Girls. So I was inspired to do a concept dealing with high school cliques and stereotypes, the dynamics of adolescent behavior. Any ideas for sources for images? I got top model and some movie ideas but... Does anyone have any good songs in mind?
Brian Finney
Visual A
I have been thinking of many different concepts for my "conceptfolio." One of the ideas that I keep referring back to is the concept of "faith and religion." When I think of this concept, I see many ancient Roman paintings and many paintings from the Italian Renaissance. One of my favorite painters, like Michael Angelo, come from the Renaissance, and many of their paintings have to do with faith and religion. Another concept that I have been focusing on is "humor". I feel as if it is a general concept and everyone can find something humorous in some form of art; it is an individual decision.
Emily Medeiros, Visual Imagination (A), Blog
I am going to base my concept around the haze, chaos, and horror of war. Many great pieces of art have been done on the subject, including photography, paintings and drawings. I hope to explore these pieces to get a real understanding of war and its participants.
ok... My idea for my concept is Compassion. Please help me with some comments or ideas.
-Taylor Ferguson
ok... My idea for my concept is Compassion. Please help me with some comments or ideas.
-Taylor Ferguson
Cam your concept seems really good and you seem to know exactly what you are goin to do
Chris Lenihan
My idea for my concept folio is Emotion in Dance. Im a dancer and I love dance so I want to explore a mix of two of my favortie things: art and dance.
-Jess Quintanilha
Mr.Kefor i have no idea what i want my concept to be.
-Brandon Bessette
Chris L. can you elaborate?
Cam Morton
I don't quite understand the focal point of your concept, Cam. Will you be comparing the art of Damien Hirst and Ben Gibbard? Or are you using this as a forum to talk about yourself (What else is new? Kidding!)?
Aliya,
I think that there are plenty of different pieces of art on all of those subjects, and they would all make great concept folios. However, the strongest of the 3, for me at least, is pain.
My title for my concept folio is Companionship. I want to explore where people find companionship. I chose companionship as opposed to friendship or love becasue I believe companionship is open to interpretation. Do you find companionship in a friend, a family member, a pet, a boyfrined/girlfriend? I think I can find a lot of different paintings and stories that deal with some form of companionship. Let me know if you can think of any.
- Kate Baird
I have no idea what to do for my concept... but I was thinking something like the deception of friendship but I don't know.
- Sam Varney
Aliya
I like the idea of self-image and like self-perception. That could be really cool. If i think of any good ideas I'll definitely tell you. I think pain and heartbreak aren't as interesting and are more typical. Self-image could be really different and artsy.
You could maybe like deal with like mirrors, like literally and figuratively.
Brian
Visual A
Aliya N Little,
I feel pain would be the best topic for your concept folio. There is so much you can do from physical pain to emotional pain. For emotional pain you could do heartbreak or the pain of losing a loved one. Or even war.
-Chris J
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Jess I think dance would be a great concept for you. You love dance and will know exactly where to find your information
Chris Lenihan
My proposed concept is: The Sands of Time (time). I have thought about this for awhile and feel this is a topic that really interests me. Initially I considered paintings I like and remembered Dali’s “Moment of Explosion”. I want to incorporate the melting clocks, Big Ben, Flava Flav, shadows, time lapsed photos, and Pink Floyd in my concept folio. Also I found painting by Jennifer Bartlett on line and they are really interesting. The artist’s series entitled “Air: 24 Hours” works perfectly with my theme and is a cycle of paintings that catalogue each hour of the day with a clock hidden in each painting displaying the time of the day.
- Lauren Southworth
My concept folio ideas are the following:
1.The Innocence of Children
2. Growing Up
3. Childhood
--I am interested in these topics because I feel that children are opened minded and that they believe that they can do anything and that anything is possible. They are the future and somethimes they have a better outlook on life than some adults do.
~ Laura Ready
D.Mart..
I think so too!! Im so excited you agree.
Aliya N Little
I have no idea what I want to do for my concept yet. I'm thinking I want to do something involving dance or movement though, because I'm been dancing for 11 years. I don't know though. Anyone have any ideas?
~~Maddie Davern
I think that the concept of emotional and physical growth would be a stong concept for my concept folio. With this concept I can express the beauty of nature. I can also show how humans react to events both good and bad.
Chris J
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Well I have like some concepts il ike that I'm not gonna use that anyone can steal.
Beauty; in its many forms: What is beautiful?
But its a little cliche.
And i thought doing like a decade with a relevant theme would be cool and like retro.
Like...
The 60's and protest/revolutin
The 20's and rejection of tradition
The 50's and steretypes or
Brian Finney
Visual A
Finny, your topic owns. Although I don't really think that Mean Girls is a classic, per se.
Jess, I really like your concept idea. I think you could really expand on the idea of dance and art because you seem to know a lot about both subjects. You can definitely find a lot of pictures and such to back up your concept.
-Taylor Ferguson
My concept ideas:
1. Heaven and Hell
2. Passion
-Andrea Giglio
Some of my ideas for my concept could be like
1. love & hate
2. heaven & hell
3.history of rock music & its influence
4.pain
5. maybe self image
~Danielle Mutlow~
Laura,
I like all your ideas and I think your going to be able to find a lot of good stuff for them. Maybe you could think of one word that incorporates all three of them?
-Kate Baird
My idea for the concept folio is Romanticism! :)
:) lindsay forman
Taylor,
What kind of compassion, fake compassion or real compassion? Also if you do both then you can look at all sides of compasion good and bad, positive and negative and then you have more options to look at.
Aliya N Little
Laura,
I think your concept Innocence of Children is unique and you'll be able to find a lot for it. One artist I know of that does paintings that could fit that concept is Mary Cassatt.
-Jess Quintanilha
Laura Ready,
How do you plan on explaining these topics using artwork or music or.....anything what do you plan on doing for the actual project? i should say.
Cam Morton
For my concept-folio, I'm choosing to use fashion and combining vintage and the different time era's all into one theme. I want to get into the fashion industry when I graduate and I think that this folio would help to increase my odds of successfully entering the world of fashion. I will also be throwing in the cities around the world that are most known for Fashion such as Paris and Italy. Maybe I will even take bits of history and examine what Fashion was back then to what it is considered now. what do you think, opinions, comments, questions?
-Olivia Lavendier
Laura
I did like the poetry anthology about childhood last year. I mean i had no images but i could help with lyrics and ideas dealing with the concept if you need any help or suggestions.
Brian Finney
Visual A
Kate,
I like your idea for a concept. It certainly seems wide enough to have plenty of art to choose from, but also deep enough to be interesting.
Laura Ready,
I think your concepts are great and can probably all be combined somehow. If not, I think innocence would be your strongest topic.
Laura, I really like your first idea, The Innocence of Children. I think the other two might be al little to broad, but with The Innocence of Children you could definitely find pictures and such to support it.
Maddie,
Dance is an awesom concept. Many artists paint nothing but dance, such as Edgar Degas. And many artist paint abstract paintings that show motion... my idea is go from paintings and music and describe in detail what dance means to you.
Chris J,
The concept of growth is a very interesting one, and I can't wait to see what you do with it.
Maddie, you could like do like different types of dance and what they mean, what they represent. You could be sort of cultural with it and maybe relate it to the media and the new types of dancing. And maybe in your folio you could put a dance mix cd to listen. I love the CHA CHA SLIDE.
Just a thought.
Brian Finney
Visual A
Lauren I love your idea! I think that the idea of using time and using different artists and their most famous paintings is a great way to finalize your concept-folio. Good luck with it and you'll do an awesome job! :)
-Olivia Lavendier
Brian.Finnie
Vitamin C- Graduate
Fall Out Boys- Thanks For Memories
My Chemical Romance - Teenagers
School's Out," Alice Cooper
Aliya N Little
Taylor,
Your concept idea is a good one. I think someone had done the same concept last year, so you could look through it to help you get some ideas and possible artists you might like to use. I think you will be able to easily find a good amount of pictures and/or paintings for your concept. Plus, almost every poem and song is based on or about compassion towards another. Great idea! Keep up the good work!
~ Laura Ready
Jess,
Dance essentially is art, so I'm sure that your topic will work well as long as you can find enough pictures, which I'm sure you will.
Chris are you going to portray materialism as good or evil, or both??
-L South
1. oppression
2. strength
3. justice
4. peace
5. intelligence
Just some things I've been bouncing around...any comments would be extremely helpful; as you can clearly see, I'm undecided.
Jessica Lyn Quintanilha,
Dance will be great for you! Edgar Degas has tons of good dance pictures you should check out.
-Kate Baird
Kate,
I really like your concept. On the intro to Desperate Housewives they show famous works of art that have to do with companionship.
Brian,
I like the idea of Beauty as a concept, I think I might use it if I have trouble finding information about my other concepts.
-Andrea Giglio
Cam, I'm curious to see how you are going to interact with the community using your concept.
- LSouth
I have been thinking of another concept. I recently viewed a plethora of original illustrations in well-known novels and stories such as "Where the Wild Things Are" and" "Alice in Wonderland." In order to come up with a concept that pertains to this genre of art work, I have come up with the concept of Perception of Scenery and Characters through words.
Emily Medeiros, Vis. Imagin. (A)
Chris,
I like your concept but it could be hard finding art. You should try high fashion magazines like Vogue.
-Jess Quintanilha
I had an idea
How about comedy and what is funny?
Brian Finney
Visual A
Jess Q.
i didn't know art was one of your favorite things. I guess you learn a new thing everyday. I'm kidding. Okay, your portflio idea is a good one. Dancers do have many emotions while dancing, esspecially if the song being danced to has a strong message or feeling. My only concern however is that you might not be able to get a lot of stories and narratives out of them, esspecially since you can't hear the music and you only see the photograph. Just something to think about. Other than that great job!
~ Laura Ready
Brandon Bessette,
When trying to come up with a portfolio concept idea ask yourself this...What am I interested in or feel strongly about? This way you will enjoy working on your portfolio and it won't be too difficult to do if you enjoy the topic you pick. Are you interested in any sports? A certain type of music? Maybe you could try to tie the two together. Good luck! I hope you can find something you like.
~Laura Ready vis.A
Dmart,
Your topic is stong. I find it interesting because we are surrounded by war today. Can't wait to see what you can do with it.
Chris J
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Laura Ready,
I feel that there is a lot you can do with the topic of Innocence of Children. You could possibly mention environment and parenting in the shaping of children and innocence.
Chris J
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Olivia L.
I love your concept idea. I think it is very unique so you won't have to worry about trying to have a better portfolio than someone else with your same concept. You will easily be able to write stories and narratives since you will be having pictures from various places. My only concern is that you might not be able to find actual "art work" like paintings and such for your concept. Just a thought. Think about it. Good luck!
~Laura Ready vis. A
Emily Medeiros,
The concept of faith is endless. There is so much you can do with poetry, pictures, and even passages from the bible. Good luck.
Chris J
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Brian Finney,
Thanks. I would love any imput or advice you might have. I also like your concept idea and I think you will be able to find alot on it. Its very unique but at the same time an amazing topic to touch up on. Some songs that came to my mind right away are...
1. Rumors by Lindsay Lohan,
2. High School Never Ends by Bowling For Soup
Good luck!
~ Laura Ready
Aliya N Little,
Pain is a strong topic to choose because there are so many different types of pain you coul dwork off of. For example, emotional pain, physically pain, heartbroke...the list goes on and one. There are also so many songs, poems and pictures you could use to back it all up. Keep up the great work. Nice topic although you might get depressed at times doing it. Good luck.
~Laura Ready vis.. A
Olivia, I really like your idea! I am glad that you are incorporating something you love, since I hear you talking about fashion all the time; and like you said it will help you in the future to have a portfolio. Are you going to design any of your own outfits for this project, either on paper or with fabric.
-Lauren Southworth
Katie, I think your concept is really good and I immediately thought of Norman Rockwell's paintings that deal with family and relationships. Have you ever seen the one where the family is having Thanksgiving Dinner together or the boy and girl going to a school dance?
-Lauren S
Kayla, your idea of intelligence is different and grabbed my attenion. Are you going to depict book smart or worldly smart? You gotta use "The Wall" or "Hot for Teacher" as your music seletions.
-L South
Brian, The concept of comedy is a great idea. You can definitely develop and expand it, plus it is a very interesting concept which would most likely be fun to do.
-Taylor Ferguson
Kate, Your concept of companionship is a great idea. You probably find that theres a whole lot on just companionship, so you might want to narrow it down, but its a great idea nonetheless.
Emily, You have a really good concept, you can definitely have a lot of fun with it. Plus there are endless possiblites of finding art to back up your concept
- Taylor Ferguson
Olivia,
I really like your concept, I love fashion and I can't wait to see your folio. I would look through magazines and try to find sketches from designers for artwork.
-Jess Quintanilha
Lindsay,
I think you'll be able to find a lot for your topic Romanticism. You should try the artist Delacroix.
-Jess Quintanilha
Taylor,
Compassion overlaps with many other topics, such as relationships and
love, so you should definitely be able to find some good pieces.
Something depicting a parent and child, a kind act of a stranger, or a marriage will demonstrate this concept. Great choice.
Kayla Hindle, Per. A
I'm wondering if something to do with reading or literature or knowledge would be doable for this project. Any thoughts?
Kayla Hindle, Per. A
Kayla,
I really like your concept oppression and I think you can find a lot. You should try Diego Rivera.
-Jess Quintanilha
Brian, I think basing you concept around high school cliques is a great idea. Some movies that invlove them are Odd Girl Out, The Breakfast Club, and High School Musical. Also the song The clique by Good Charlotte =]
- Sam Varney
Olivia, doing your concept folio on fashion is a good idea. It'll be good since you are so interested in it and want to enter the world of fashion when you graduate. I also think showing how fashion has changed through out the years would be good and help make your portfolio stronger.
- Sam Varney
Kate, compassion is a great concept. Compassion can be shown by many things like sports and music. You could find many different forms of relationships as you mentioned like husband and wife, or even a relationship between same sex marriages.
-Sam Varney
Jess, basing your concept folio around dance is a great idea. It will be easier and more interesting since you are a dancer and you can learn a lot more about it. You can show all different types of dance. Also, along with paintings there are many movies based around your concept, like Save the Last Dance and Step up.
-Sam Varney
Aliya, I think self-image is a strong idea for your portfolio. Since many people struggle with how they feel about every aspect of themselves, you could show many examples and express peoples feelings well.
-Sam Varney
Kayla,
I also love the idea of intelligence! I think it will be interesting to see what people consider intelligence. Maybe you should include many different views.
-Kate Baird
Olivia,
I love the fashion idea! I think it would be cool to have both fashion pictures and the places that inspire them.
-Kate Baird
p.s. Italy is a country haha :]
Chris,
Materialism sounds like a great concept. You should use "Material Girl" by Madonna!
-Kate Baird
My idea formy portfolio is ballroom dancing and how the art of dancing can be expressed in many different ways. Maybe a painting of a dance move that may look beautiful to someone and to someone else, they may look at it in a totally different way. For one of my songs I was thinking, "So She Dances," by josh Groban. Does anyone else have any other ideas. Let me know Thanks.
Lindsay Bailey
Lauren, I love the title and theme for your concept, it sounds like you have really thought it through. Another thing thatyou might want to do is link other bands that their songs remind you of your concept, maybe with the lyrics and some of the emotions that they talk about.
Lindsay Bailey
Brian, I like your concept, the only thing that i am worried about is how you are going to explain each stereotype and make sure that you point out the positives and negatives.
Lindsay Bailey
Changed my mind, I am doing my concept on two different lives. Specifically, the busy city life versus the layed back country life. My family is from West Virginia and i absolutely love it there, so I would like to incorporate that into my portfolio. For a movie I am going to use We Are Marshall, which takes place in West Virginia. Also I am going to incorporate a WV song and show alot of the steel mills and coal mining. For the city, I was thinking of using the song, When Your Caught Between the Moon and NY City and show the big buildings and people always on cell phones. Does anyone have a one word that i can sum this all up in, Let me know what you think.
Lindsay Bailey
Ailya, i think that you ahve too many things going on and you need to bring it all together, maybe how someone's self-image is pain and heartbreak. Keep thinking about it, I think your on the right track.
Lindsay Bailey
Emily, I love the idea of religion. That is a strong topic, there are so amny good works of art and songs for you to use. I actually have quite a few songs, let me know and I will be happy to give the names of them to you. Great Job,
Lindsay Bailey
Linds, I like the idea of Romanticism, what pieces of art and songs and movies are you going to incorporate? It sounds like a great idea.
Lindsay Bailey
hey linds,
im doing a style of movement in romanticism. The pieces that i am doing consists of skakespearean times and very old love songs
lindsay! :)
olivia,
i love your idea about fashion. Using ideas about fashion from Italy, and Paris will make your concept stronger.
*lindsay
lindsay b, i like your idea of ballroom dancing because i think it will really make a nice connection with the art theme! i think josh groban would be a good idea :) he's a good singer. maybe you would also want to incorporate a dance movie along with your ballroom theme? just trying to help you out! good luck :)
-olivia lav
sam, i like your idea of friendship because its a very deep subject to talk about. you could talk about the different friendships you have made or lost and what good comes out of having someone close as a friend! i am sure there is alot of artwork on it too :) good luck!
-o.lav
lindsay b! never mind i just saw that you changed your mind :) but i think that this idea is as equally beneficial to the first one. i love the city and the idea of comparing and contrasting the busy life to the small town life. i hope you do well with it.
-olivia L.
brandon, i would start off by thinking of what you LOVE and what most interests you. maybe making pizzas? kidding. haha. well thats what works best for me and its also especially important to take into consideration for after we graduate to do what you love most! good luck buddy :)
-olivia L
emily- i feel that your idea is going to be very strong and successful :) religion can be shown in so many ways and alot through art. good luck!
-olivia L.
cam- i love your idea!! you find alot of interest in the indie scene and all of the art that goes along with it. i also think that since you love deathcab and similar bands you can definetly show art with that as well. good luck :)!
-OLIVIA L.
I've also thought about doing something with nature, landscapes, scenery, that sort of thing. If I needed to expand on that, I could maybe contrast the beauty of nature with the coldness of development and civilization. What do you think?
Kayla Hindle, Per. A
I changed my mind about doing either Heaven and Hell or passion, instead I think I'm going to do Beauty because I have more ideas for beauty than I did for my other concepts. I'm thinking of describing how beauty has changed over the years, like form Marilyn Monroe to Britney Spears, Madonna etc. Let me know what you think.
-Andrea Giglio
Kayla,
I think you have a really good idea for your concept. I think that comparing civilization with nature is going to be a really strong concept.
-Andrea Giglio
Liv,
Thanks for your comments, I love your idea as well, I am going to Italy in the summer for graduation. It will be amazing, that will be great to incorporate with fashion. Keep up the good work and see you at school.
Lindsay B.
I was thinking I might do 'Mother Earth' or 'Peace' for my concept folio. I am very passionate about both subjects. Let me know what you think.
-Caroline Alm
Laura,
I think that your idea has a lot of potential and would be great! If you do it you can use all those 'children in grown-up clothes' photos you like! Wicked awesome idea. =]
-Caroline
I've decided that my concept should be light and darkness. I might tweak the title of it to make it sound better, but I think that I could do alot with that, find alot of images, and show the good and bad sides of both light and dark. I'm very excited to get started on my concept-folio, and have even started collecting some photos and taking some of my own.
I'm very undecisive but a few of my ideas include imagination, determination, and peace, love, and happiness. I'm leaning towards the determination because I think I can get more out of it rather than the others. It is also a broad subject and I can connect it to many things. I just also like the idea of being determined to accomplish something nobody thought you could.
-Jess L.
As we have already discussed, I have selected my concept:ANIME.
-n.hanlon
The concept I would like to do is music. I was wondering if this was too vaugue.
-A. Blye
Well Jess L. I like the idea of Imagaination. It is vaugue so you'll have lots to write about yet not too vaugue that you won't know where to begin. I also like the ideas of Peace and Love, both seem to go well with each other.
-A. Blye
i decided to do my concept on self-image/self-perception
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