✿.｡.:* ☆:**:. Elisa Tucci  Art Educator  Saugerties High School .:**:.☆*.:｡.✿

STUDIO ART

Contact Info: email me @ etucci@saugerties.k12.ny.us
or reach out to me via my school phone number (845) 247-6651 x 2503

Extra Help most Wednesdays and Thursdays  9th period

please visit my Google Site > Ms Tucci's Google Site< 

Or visit the Saugerties High School Art Gallery

In my class students will explore artmaking processes through the use of various materials.
As the instructor, I will demonstrate procedures to teach skills and techniques in order to create a foundation of knowledge.
Students will apply their knowledge to teacher developed assignments as well as free choice projects.
I will strive to develop assignments that focus on the process of creating art
while encouraging students to find their own voice. 

The goal is to: 

• Develop an understanding of visual language and identify its usage in our world 
• Develop an appreciation for visual art and an understanding of our own personal aesthetic
• Develop skills that we attribute to artists such as learning to properly use and care for tools, embracing problems, envisioning possibilities, creating art that expresses meaning, observing, reflecting and learning through experimentation

Instructional Platform
This course blends instructor demonstrations, art history presentations, discussions and critiques with hands-on art making. Students are expected to attend class daily and actively participate in all aspects of the course including set-up and cleanup. Students are expected to come to class prepared and ready to work. School policies regarding behavior and technology will be honored in the classroom.

Submission of work:
Students must hand in work on the due date by placing it in the appropriate labeled box int he art room. If a student is a absent they must make arrangements with teacher to make up m,issed work and will have 5 days upon returning to school to submit their work.

Late Work:
Life happens & sometimes gets in the way. Late Work will be accepted up to 5 days after the project was due.  If you are having any other issue with the assignment it is up to you to communicate with me prior to the due date;  I would be happy to discuss possible accommodations.  

Missed Work:
If you are absent from class, it is your RESPONSIBILITY to find out what work you missed.  Assignments and other work must be made up within 5 days of the absence.

Cheating/ Plagiarism:
Any assignment, project or work in which a student has plagiarized or copied another person's work or attempted to cheat on a quiz, will result in an immediate zero. If the plagiarism occured between 2 students, both will receive a zero.

Cutting class:
Cutting class results in a zero for whatever work is scheduled to be completed or due for class that day

Participation/Preparedness:
Attendance and participation in class discussions and activities is instrumental for your success in this class.  Your participation grade will be assigned based on your effort, involvement and cleaning up and maintaining your space in the classroom. 

PLEASE NOTE : Cellphone usage, earbuds and hoodies will not be allowed during class 

Grading:

Projects: 60% 

Participation/ Preparedness: 20%

Skill building assignments (Bootcamp), worksheets: 20%

Final Grade is 80% class average and 20% FINAL PROJECT  

All grades will be in Google Classroom for students to monitor. If a parent/ guardian would like access to “guardian email summaries” please email me with “request for guardian email summaries” in the subject line > etucci@saugerties.k12.ny.us  < . 

Materials You Will Need for Studio Art: 

(2) Good Quality Pencils

(1) White plastic or vinyl eraser

(1) Large Black Permanent Marker 

(1) Medium Black Permanent Markers (sharpie calls theirs Fine Point~)

(1) Thin Black Permanent Markers (sharpie refers to it as Ultra Fine Point~)