ESSAY OVERVIEW
2000+ WORD COUNT
(Word count refers to the body text and does not include references, footnotes, or headers)
For the Term Project, you are required to write an Expository Essay, which is a type of essay that requires you to investigate an idea, evaluate evidence, expound on the idea, and create an argument concerning that idea, in a clear and concise manner. The objective of the Term Project assignment is to analyze the major question of the course which is, In what ways can art effect change?
In 2,000+ words, your essay will focus on the ONE eco-topic (chosen from the list provided) and TWO eco-artists/artworks that create art about that same eco-topic. The selected artists/artworks will need to relate well to the chosen the eco-topic. Artists/artworks should be selected from this course (module materials or course textbook), however, one eco-artist may be selected from independent research outside of the course materials. The eco-topic and artist selection will need to be approved by the instructor for the proposal assignment prior to beginning the essay.
In the essay, the selected eco-topic will first be introduced to the reader using statistical data to support why it is an eco-topic that deserves attention. The artists will be introduced at the end of the introduction and their work will be linked to the eco-topic in the thesis statement at the end of the introduction. Each artist will then be introduced using relevant background information, and an artwork by each artist will be described and interpreted, and connected to the eco-topic, using research as support. The artists will then be compared/contrasted in various areas of artistic discipline, materials, and strategies. Next, a proposed idea will be developed for a project that these two artists could collaborate on together based on their previous experience. This is an opportunity to be creative and plan a detailed project idea that is new and unique to both artists, rather than simply a mash-up of previous projects. The essay will conclude with how two artists are affecting change within the environment and/or community and will evaluate how effective the two artists are in the conveying the eco-topic in the context of their work.
*** Please be sure to follow the *Required* Essay Outline, below.
ESSAY EXAMPLE: Please review the essay example listed in the Term Project Essay Module. The example essay shows a successful essay that follows the outline provided and properly uses CMS footnotes to cite referenced information.
POINT OF VIEW/ TONE: Please write your Essay using the objective 3rd person point of view, avoiding the use of “I, we, you, and us”. The essay should be written in the present tense and the tone should be objective. Please do not recognize the assignment in the writing for the essay.
*REQUIRED* CMS FORMAT FOOTNOTES: Your essay should also be formatted in the Chicago Manual of Style that uses numbered footnotes to identify ALL cited information. Your sources should directly reference your numbered footnotes and make your cited information clear to the reader. If you need help with CMS footnotes, please review the Resources Module at the top of the Modules Page for tutorials and help using CMS footnotes.
Essays WITHOUT CMS footnotes to mark all cited information throughout the essay, will receive a grade of ZERO, as it is considered plagiarism if referenced information is not acknowledged!!!
Please review FSU’s Academic Honor Policy: http://fda.fsu.edu/sites/g/files/imported/storage/original/application/0ab8e9de6a98c1377d68de9717988bda.pdf
*REQUIRED* SOURCES: All 6 sources selected from the Annotated Bibliography portion of your Proposal should be used in your essay. You can always add or change sources if needed, but 6 sources will need to be used. It is important to include reliable and high quality researched information in your Term Project, using a mix of both credible and scholarly sources.
ASSIGNMENT FORMATTING: This Expository Essay should be written in the 3rd person point of view and use Chicago Manual of Style formatting, including numbered footnotes.
SUBMISSION: Submit your TERM PROJECT ESSAY by using the assignment submission tool located in the “Assignments” tab. NOTE: Acceptable file format is PDF only.
This assignment is required and worth up to 400 points of your final course grade. This Essay fulfills the Scholarship In Practice Requirement for this course and is a required assignment.
*REQUIRED* ESSAY OUTLINE
(FIRST PAGE)
TITLE PAGE: Please include: Assignment Title, Your Name, Professor’s Name, Class/Section, and Date.
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PARAGRAPH 1: This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeECO-TOPIC INTRODUCTION + STATISTICAL DATA + THESIS STATEMENT
Please do not recognize the assignment in your writing and be sure to write in the present tense and from the objective third person perspective.
In the first paragraph, set the stage for the reader with opening statements to introduce the eco-topic.
Provide research based statistical data, as well as facts, to describe why the eco-issue deserves attention. Source/s should be used from the FSU library for the statistical data.
Next, you will introduce the artists and their artworks. (You will be extensively introducing them in the following paragraphs, so please be brief.)
To end the introduction, you will create a thesis statement that links the artists to the eco-topic. Be sure to describe the title of the artwork for each artist, along with the genre of the artworks and connect the eco topic to these artists work. The thesis statement is usually the last sentences of the introduction paragraph.
PARAGRAPH 2: This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeARTIST #1: ARTWORK DESCRIPTION + INTERPRETATION
Introduce the artist by discussing any relevant background information and describe the type of work they create.
Identify a specific artwork by this artist that relates to the eco-topic you have chosen to write about. Include: Title, date and materials used.
Describe the key visual aspects of a specific artwork in detail, using research as support. What does the artwork look like and how is it organized? Think about the scale, materials, and all of the visual components.
Based on research, interpret what the artwork is about, making connections with the visual and conceptual elements of the piece and the eco-topic, while examining underlying themes. Please use research as support.
PARAGRAPH 3: This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeARTIST #2: ARTWORK DESCRIPTION + INTERPRETATION
Introduce the artist by discussing any relevant background information and describe the type of work they create.
Identify a specific artwork by this artist that relates to the eco-topic you have chosen to write about. Include: Title, date and materials used.
Describe the key visual aspects of a specific artwork in detail, using research as support. What does the artwork look like and how is it organized? Think about the scale, materials, and all of the visual components.
Based on research, interpret what the artwork is about, making connections with the visual and conceptual elements of the piece and the eco-topic, while examining underlying themes. Please use research as support.
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome
PARAGRAPH 4: COMPARISON + ANALYSIS OF ARTWORKS
Compare how each artist/artwork are similar through the analysis and investigation of specific artistic approaches, disciplines, materials, and strategies used for each artist, using researched details as support.
Contrast how each artist/artwork are different through the analysis and investigation of specific artistic approaches, disciplines, materials, and strategies used for each artist, using researched details as support.
Evaluate how effective the two artists are in visually and conceptually conveying the eco-topic in their work, using specific supporting examples.
PARAGRAPH 5: ARTIST COLLABORATION
Develop an idea for a project that these two artists could collaborate on together, centered around the selected eco-topic.
First make an argument for why these two artists should collaborate together on an art project and later discuss how the project could impact the community and/or create awareness about the eco-topic.
What are new ways the artists can use their talents to create a new and dynamic project together? Think about a new idea instead of re-creating a project they have already done.This is an opportunity to be creative and plan a detailed project idea that is new and unique to both artists, rather than simply a mash-up of previous projects.
How will both artists be equally represented in the collaboration?
Include a specific location of the project, not just the city, but the venue and why you have selected this location.
What the project would look like? (scale and visual characteristics).
What materials will be used? What process will the artists use?
Will people interact with the project? If so, how?
PARAGRAPH 6: CONCLUSION
Analyze how the two artists are inspiring or affecting change within the environment or community, using specific supporting examples.
Conclude your essay with statements that support your thesis, synthesizing research in order to come to an original and well-informed conclusions about the eco-topic and the impact of the artists. Wrap-up the main points of your essay to the reader.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Bibliography should be on its own page at the end of your Term Project Essay, noting your sources in the proper Chicago Manuel of Style format. Please note that this a regular bibliography, without the annotations
References should be in Alphabetical order by author’s last name. If the author is not available, then the title should be used for alphabetical order.
Please single-space and indent after the first line for each reference.
Please include a working link for each source.
Please be sure you have used all the sources listed in your paper at least once.
EXAMPLES OF ECO-TOPICS + ARTIST SELECTION
Please choose only ONE eco-topic + TWO artists (ONE artwork by each artist that relates to the eco-topic selected)
WASTE
• water pollution: Alexis Rockman, Betsy Damon, Bright Ugochukwu Eke, Mel Chin, Alejandro Duran, Sue Lipscombe,
Marina DeBris, Mandy Barker, Tan Xi ZI, Benjamin Von Wong, Hans Haacke, Pam Longobardi, Angela
Pozzi, Gilberto Esparza, Jeremy Gobe
• single-use plastics: Daniel Webb, Alejandro Duran, Mandy Barker, Bright Ugochukwu Eke, Mel Chin, Sue Lipscombe, Jean
Shin, Tue Greenfort, Pam Longobardi, David Webb, Benjamin Von Wong, Aurora Robison
• post-consumer waste/mass consumption: Jean Shin, Mary Mattingly, Chris Jordan, Reverand Billy Talen
• e-waste/planned obsolescence: Chu Yun, Eduardo Relero, Peter McFarlane, Haribaabu Naatesan
• up-cycling materials: Michelle Reader, Guerra de le Paz, Simon Starling, Pedro Reyes, Mel Chin, Wim Delvoye, Lin Evola-
Smidt, Ruganzu Bruno
• waste management: Hans Haacke, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Viet Ngo
GLOBAL WARMING
• global warming: Marina Zurkow, Tue Greenfort, Olafur Eliasson, Tue Greenfort, Tavares Strachan,
Edgar Martins, David Buckland, Daniel Beltra
• sea-level rise: Mel Chin, Eve Mosher, Haubitz + Zoche, Tea Makipaa, Mary Mattingly, Carolina Aragon
ENERGY
• energy conservation/ alternative energy: Amy Franceschini, Tomas Saraceno, Hehe
• fossil fuel dependance/air pollution: Hehe, Michael Pinsky, Anirudh Sharma, Kim Abele, Simon Starling
• industrial pollution: David Maisel, Beehive Design Collective, Mitch Epstein, Gilberto Esparza, David
Mainsel, John Sabraw, Mel Chin
SUSTAINABILITY
• sustainable farming: Nicole Fournier, Viet Ngo, Mary Mattingly, Artist As Family, Gerda Steiner and
Jorg Lenzlinger, Tissue Culture + Art Project
• biomimicry: Friedensrich Hundertwasser, Jae Rhim Lee, Mario Merz, Viet Ngo, Tomas Saraceno,
Jeremy Gobe
• urban farming: Mary Mattingly, Fritz Haeg, Ron Finley, Gerda Steiner and Jorg Lenzlinger
• green architecture: Friedensrich Hundertwasser
HABITAT
• preservation of land and natural resources: Alan Sonfist
• habitat loss/deforestation/loss of biodiversity: Alan Sonfist, Daniel Beltra,Yun-Fei Jei, Fernando
Garcia-Dory, Bonnie Ora-Sherk, Helen and Newton Harrison, Alan Sonfist
• extinction/species loss/ loss of biodiversity: Alison Turnbull, Maya Lin, Brandon Ballengee, Nick
Brandt, Esther Traugot, Cai Guo-Qiang, Helen and Newton Harrison
• species preservation: Brandon Ballengee, Maya Lin
• urban ecology: Basia Irland, Buster Simpson, Helen and Newton Harrison, Gerda Steiner and Jorg
Lenzlinger
ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
• environmental remediation: Mel Chin, Mart Tremonte, Viet Ngo, John Sabraw, Hans Haacke
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
• environmental education: Katie Holten, Fallen Fruit Collective, Amy Franceschini
• community healing/social change through art: Lily Yeh, Pedro Reyes, Chris Jordan
• innovative solutions to municipal problems: Viet Ngo, Hans Haacke
• urban development + globalization: Free Soil, Micheal Mandiberg, Dirk Fleischmann
From me: Topic – species preservation
lib.fsu.edu – for sources
My artists- Maya Lin, Brandon Ballengee
