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 * Teacher Bio** - Your teacher, Mr. Zeiser, graduated with an Arts Management degree from a small school on the East Coast In New London, New Hampshire called Colby- Sawyer College with a Bachelor of Science in Arts Management. Mr Zeiser focused on wood sculpture in his upper class years in College and won a competitive Internship with renowned wood sculptor Jon Brooks Jon's site just outside of Manchester New Hampshire. After graduating Mr. Zeiser took a job at an Interior Design firm where he worked in the tech support arena. After several years he was asked to start up an HR function and he did just that. After two HR jobs in the Interior Design and Mortgage industries, Mr. Zeiser decided he wanted to get back to what he loved most - ART. He has obtained his Masters in Teaching Visual Arts from Dominican University and is now teaching you this course.


 * Unit Background** - This Unit is designed for students who have had little to no high school level art exposure and is intended just as an introduction to the history of art and the creation of eight major art projects. We will cover four major periods in Art History including pre-historic (Caves of Lascaux), Cubism (Picasso & Braque), Impressionists (Seurat), and some modern art (Chuck Close). Aside from the Art History and Cubism Web Quest we will be focusing on creating three major pieces this semester, closely following the identified process associated with each project. By teaching history I hope to emphasize how important process is in the art making process and grades will be determined more on how well students follow the process not on how aesthetically pleasing their work turns out to be. We will also cover the basics of drawing and painting in this course.

What is Art?