Essential Ingredients:

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Writing - Each book must include a minimum of three: memoirs from the memoir project; quotes that serve to introduce the spirit of each section within the chapbook or illustrate the story of the chapbook; examples of other forms of writing, including poetry, exerpts from shortstories, vignettes, or other works worthy of sharing your story; and clear evidence of revision and editing.

Design - Use typography as imagery and/or photography or art/illustration to unite the theme of the chapbook. The layout should reflect the use of a grid (3, 5, or 7 columns). Powerful use of white/negative space is critical to the layout. Each book must include a minimum of three: collages, experimental pages that use diecuts, mixed media-different papers or materials, photographs that capture a moment in time, sketches or drawings that show your thoughts, and cover art and text that invite the reader to look further. Optional elements include page numbers and table of content.

Technology - Use any software, InDesign, Word, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. that will help readability and overall creative expression. In addition to software we encourage the exploration of mixed media and techniques that will take the chapbook to another level of "readability."

Due Date(s) for Steps of Creative Process:

5 02 05 - Concept Development (research, notes, brainstorming [graphic organizers, see CerebralFlatulence on Website], sketching, pre-writing)

tba - Draft Phase (organize research and create coherent product) Ready for Response

tba - Revision and Editing Phase (further develop and refine, get more response, proofread)

tba - Final (tight and as perfect as possible within the timeline and parameters of assignment) Ready for Assessment

Rubric: (scored plus, check, minus)

Meets WriteDesign "Rules of Thumb"

Writing

• Includes a minimum of three:
  • memoirs from the memoir project
  • quotes that serve to introduce the spirit of each section within the chapbook or illustrate the story of the chapbook;
  • examples of other forms of writing, including poetry, exerpts from shortstories, vignettes, or other works worthy of sharing your story.
• Shows revision and editing

Design

• Uses typography as imagery and/or photography or art/illustration to unite the theme of the chapbook.
• Creates a layout that reflects the use of a grid (3, 5, or 7 columns).
• Uses white/negative space to enhance the layout.
• Includes a minimum of three:
  • collages
  • experimental pages that use diecuts, mixed media-different papers or materials
  • photographs that capture a moment in time
  • sketches or drawings that show your thoughts
• Designs the with art and text that invite the reader to look further
• Optional elements include page numbers and table of content.

Technology

• Uses software, InDesign, Word, Photoshop, Illustrator, etc. that will help readability and overall creative expression
• Shows exploration of mixed media and techniques that will take the chapbook to another level of "readability."

Collage - 1. A technique of composing a work of art by pasting on a single surface various materials not normally associated with one another, as newspaper clippings, parts of photographs, theater tickets, and fragments of an envelope. 2. a work of art produced by this technique. Cf. assemblage (def. 3). 3. an assemblage or occurrence of diverse elements or fragments in unlikely or unexpected juxtaposition. (Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, p. 402)

Our goal for this project, you create a composition using assorted materials to show a snapshot of a memory, experience, feeling, thought, concern, blessing. To carefully craft powerful imagery to make a personal statement.

Collage - http://www.collageart.org/links/ - A list of links to collage and collage-related sites. The focus is on the sites of artists whose explorations involve collage. Be warned, we offer this site as inspiration, but some topics and images go beyond school appropriateness. Surf at your own risk.

Ray Johnson

Ray Johnson, http://www.rayjohnsonestate.com/gallery.php
Untitled (Moticos with Greek Statue and Swimmer), ca. 1954-60, Collage on cardboard panel, 14-3/4 x 12 in.

Ray Johnson, http://www.rayjohnsonestate.com/gallery.php
Untitled (Motico panel with Masonic Figures), ca. 1953-60, Collage on cardboard panel, 9-1/4 x 7-1/2 in.

Romare Bearden - http://members.aol.com/MenuBar/bearden/bearden.htm
"Mysteries" 1964, photomontage, 49 x 61-1/2 in.
Estate of Romare Bearden, courtesy ACA Galleries, New York and Munich
Photo: Morris Lane

Romare Bearden - http://members.aol.com/MenuBar/bearden/bearden.htm
"Jazz: (Chicago) Grand Terrace--1930s" 1964, photomontage, 35 x 47 in.
Estate of Romare Bearden, courtesy ACA Galleries, New York and Munich

Romare Bearden - http://members.aol.com/MenuBar/bearden/bearden.htm
"The Street" 1964, photomontage, 31 x 41 in.
Estate of Romare Bearden, courtesy ACA Galleries, New York and Munich
Photo: Jerry Thompson

A. Ariel - http://www.arielcollage.com/TF-Ifell.html,
"Tempting Fate--I Fell" 10 x 12 in., Collage and mixed media on masonite

A. Ariel - http://www.arielcollage.com/Edie-Lou.html ,
"Edie and Lou" 11 x 16 in. Collage, mixed media on paper

A. Ariel - http://www.arielcollage.com/Lesanges.html
"Les Anges Descendent a la Terre" 6 x 9 in., mixed media collage on paper, digitally altered

Laura Lein-Svencner - http://www.geocities.com/lonecrow4/collage.html
"229" 8 x 10 in., Canvas, handmade papers, magazines, old keys, metal numbers, wire, beeswax and acrylics

Gail Kinniburgh-Hänni , http://www.geocities.com/canadiancollage/cutarug2.html
"Nature of Memories" 7 x 5 in., 2000, Acrylic, paper, cloth, charms, and photo on canvas

Gail Kinniburgh-Hänni , http://www.geocities.com/canadiancollage/flyanywhere.html
"Fly Anywhere" 4 x 6 in., 2002, Acrylic, on paper