final - artist presentation

Final – artist presentation

For our final project you’ll have a chance to reflect on questions that we’ve asked ourselves this semester: Who are you? Where do you come from? How did you get here? What have you done since you arrived at Tyler? What makes you who you are? Where are you going?

All of these things define who you are, how you make your art, and who you make art for. Now you’ll collect images of any artwork made in any foundation class this semester, and create a simple powerpoint presentation that highlights your work. You’ll walk us through an 8 minute artist statement showing examples of your work and explaining how these pieces relate to your identity, telling us why you think they best describe you as an artist, and describing your intentions for each piece. Your slideshow will be no longer than 12 slides and will be projected on the big screen. After your presentation, your presentation will be collected and archived by the Foundations department.

As an artist, you’ll be called on to explain yourself and your work for the rest of your creative life, and getting used to this format now is incredibly helpful. I want you to consider what you expect in a slideshow presentation, what you hate about these things, and what makes an artist’s talk spectacular. Finally, I’d like your own presentation to be credible, professional, thoughtful, and dynamic. Avoid cliché, be honest, spark conversation and challenge your audience.

Your images should be saved as jpgs (no psd files) and the largest dimension set to 1000 pixels – any larger and the slideshow will be bogged down.