This guide has been compiled by our friends at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). You're free to consult other sources of information about artist statements, both online and in print. However, be careful. Remember our cautionary tale about the joke Michaelangelo artist statement.
Last semester in FYE you wrote a version of an artist statement. This semester we're taking a closer look. Also, remember that your artist statement for this assignment is prospective: It looks forward to you as an art worker in the year 2033. You can't recycle language from your earlier document for this assignment. The information should be thematically and factually linked to the information in your Artist Bio.
A polished draft of your freshly written (no recycled material please) artist statement is due an hour before your next class meeting. Cut-n-paste it into the Discussion board tab on our Populi page.
This document is much more difficult to write than the Artist Profile or Bio that you wrote last week. You will need to dedicate at least a couple of hours to this. Pay close attention to the advice on the SAIC page.
Here's another interesting article from a photography point of view.
I like David Kessler's no-nonsense approach, but he should emphasize more of the "why" questions rather than just the what and the how.
Questions: csmith@dcad.edu
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