Please Note: The date of the question indicates the date it is assigned, and not the due date. Answers to the questions are due a week after they are assigned. The current question is highlighted. Please play attention to these dates, as they relate to the material currently being covered in class.
| Date | Due Date |
Question |
| 9/04 | 9/09 | No question. |
| 9/09 | 9/16 | Do you think that artists have special gifts that other, "ordinary" people do not, or do you think they acquire their skills through practice and effort? Please explain why. |
| 9/16 | 9/23 | How would you define good and bad art? |
| 9/23 | 9/30 | Have you ever had a strong emotional reaction, good or bad, to a work of art? |
| 9/30 | 10/07 | Can a work of art be ugly and still be art? |
| 10/07 | 10/14 | Does art in public places have to appeal to everyone? |
| 10/14 | 10/21 | Have you ever been offended by a work of art? Please explain. If not, please explain what might offend you. |
| 10/21 | 10/28 | Should members of your community be able to restrict which images you can and cannot see? |
| 10/28 | 11/04 | Has controversy ever influenced which movies you would or would not attend? Please explain. |
| 11/04 | 11/11 | Can movie violence make the audience indifferent to real violence? Can it make an audience member more violent? |
| 11/11 | 11/18 | Can television, with its fast pace and immediacy, make people less appreciative of the other performing and visual arts, such as painting sculpture etc? |
| 11/18 | 11/25 | Should you pay taxes to support struggling artists? In other words, is it important or valuable that the arts be supported by public funding? |
| 11/25 | 12/02 | Would you got see a film, or a play, or an art exhibit or buy a book and read it simply because one of your favorite artists/authors/actors was involved in it, without knowing anything else about the project. (So, we are talking about the pull/influence of the artist alone). |
| 12/02 | 12/09 | Do we (humans) need the arts? Why or why not? |
Remember, on the week you present your Group Project, you are NOT required to do the Weekly Assignment.
| Syllabus | Course Outline | Weekly Question | Lecture Outlines | Grading | Group Projects |
| Midterm Project | Revised Course Outline | Midterm Exam Study Guide | Final Exam Study Guide | Group Presentation Schedule |