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ARTIST Board Homework

In short, your Bulletin Board (BB) is showing why “your” artist is important. Hopefully, you chose your artist because you had a particular fondness for their art and therefore it is important to you. Because their important to you, you are showing why they are important to the rest of us. You should be giving us a good reason to stop and check your board.


 * A few lessons:**


 * 1.** When using an artist as inspiration, avoid copying one of their artworks.
 * 2.** When describing, outlining, or quoting (artist’s history, art works, life and quotes), avoid long sentences.
 * 3.** Avoid having everything the same size. Vary font and image size.


 * A few things to try:**

7a. 1st Layer – Artist, their style, monumental works, your work 7b. 2nd Layer – Interesting quotes, other works, important milestones 7c. 3rd Layer – Supporting info and facts
 * 1.** Respect the power of the visual impact of your BB. It’s the look that says, “READ ME.” Make certain every piece in your BB honors that.
 * 2.** You BB must to have a bold presence, which cuts through the clutter of everything else in the hallway. And in many cases, a dash of humor adds a whimsical element, making it that much more memorable.
 * 3.** Strong Typography. Fonts need to have a clear typographic personality that matches the artist.
 * 4.** Choose artworks that are famous as well as lesser-known works. Artwork collected from their childhood, art school, early career as well as their later work.
 * 5.** Have quotes from the artist describing their artworks, childhood or unique points of view.
 * 6.** Include images of their studio, house, their area of town or other environmental factors.
 * 7.** Organize space to communicate layers of understanding. Different people are going to have different amounts of time to invest and they should come away with something know matter how much time they spend at your board.