Aesthetics of Everyday: Photographs of the Ordinary

Lesson summary:  Creators will explore the meaning of art.  Questions students will answer are as follows:

What is art? What is an artist? Can it be art if it was not made by an artist?

Why is this considered art and not this?  Does art have to be beautiful to be considered art?  

Students will capture at least 10 photographs. Students will print out for critique their best 3 photographs edited in black & white format that glorify an object and makes an ordinary object aesthetically pleasing to view.  Prints should be at least 8x10. Students will hand in a contact sheet of at least 10 photographs and 3 finished images for critique by due date.