We’ve looked at Arts Funding from Lorenzo de’ Medici to the NEA 4 and beyond. And a few students have launched their own crowdfunded projects. Please consider becoming a backer!

Lots of fantastic Kickstarter pitch videos last week – congratulations everyone! This week it’s off to the beach for our Sculpture Experience in plaster casting.

A lot of fun was had last week on Instagram Day. We learned about our similarities and differences. This week we’re thinking about Arts Funding and trying out Kickstarter, a new (2009) way to fund our “fun” projects.

Great job hitting the ground running everyone! Here’s a few of your nice websites from last week, some notes about being careful with the art in the galleries, and the info on this week’s Instagram Activity.

Welcome to the 2014-2015 Academic Year at Long Beach State University, and Welcome to Art110. Here’s a little info on Designing your website and our Week 1 Activities.

Roster for CSULB, School of Art, Art 110, Section 2, Introduction to the Visual Arts. Fall Semester, 2014.

Syllabus for CSULB, School of Art, Art 110, Introduction to the Visual Arts, Fall Term 2014. Instructor: Glenn Zucman

Materials List for CSULB, School of Art, Art 110, Section 2, Introduction to the Visual Arts. Fall Term, 2014.

Schedule & Overview of CSULB School of Art, Student Art Gallery Exhibitions, Fall 2014. Links to Art110 posts about the exhibitions.

#1 Art 110 students Fall ’05 – Spring ’14. Art 110: Introduction to the Visual Arts, California State University, Long Beach, School of Art.

Help & Question page for Art 110: Introduction to the Visual Arts, California State University, Long Beach, School of Art.

A letter to the 12 CSULB School of Art, Program Heads, regarding an Art110 visit to their studios during our final on December 11, 2014.

Letter to Fall 2014 CSULB School of Art, Exhibiting Artists, asking them to open at 11am on Thursday for an Art110 visit.

We’ve come to the end of our 12-week summer Art110! I’ve tallied your Up & Down votes for our activities and worked on some ideas for a better course. You’ll never guess who wound up being the #1 student this summer. And finally a farewell message. It’s been a great summer. Thank you all for being a part of it.

Did you think your summer would never end? Here we are: Week 12! Time to wrap up this chapter in the novel of your life. To help us do it we have special guests: The Art of Our Time, Andy Warhol, and your chance to “teach one” art activity or idea to others.

Based on student feedback, video discussion groups are out. Text chat is possible, but commenting on each other’s blogs seems like an even more natural, valuable, and asynchronous way to go.

This week it’s Your Turn to pick the Activity! Try an art activity you’ve always wanted to. Also this week we look at the 21st century and the work of virtual performance artist Joseph DeLappe.

You guys seemed to have a lot of fun with Landscapes with a Corpse. It seems like even the few of you who weren’t so excited about the idea wound up having fun once you got into it. Here’s a few of your “landscapes.”