Outcome 2: Development of Context and Concept
Students will be able to develop ideas that are relevant and responsive to the world around them

Context

Individual

• Articulates one’s role as an artist or designer relative to personal and cultural values & events
• Articulates a personal set of guiding values relative to studio practices
• Describes relationship of work to short- and long-term goals
• Describes motivation and preparation for work

Disciplinary

• Identifies historical and contemporary domain(s) or genre(s) that practice references and draws from
• Identifies exemplars and models for individual practice

Social

• Describes the relevance of the work in today’s society
• Describes cultural values that drive the work  
• Describes intended or implied audience (respondents) for work
• Describes the work’s intended impact on audience

Ecological

• Describes the origin(s) and extraction/manufacture process of resources used
• Describes potential environmental impacts of work and how/why those were or were not addressed
• References natural models or source material for work

Concept

Development

• States a clear and concise description of the idea being presented
• Presentation Incorporates visual evidence that supports the concept
• Explains how the body of work reflects and explores variations of the concept throughout  

Analysis

• Explains relevance of concept relative to the generating spark
• Explains context relative to self, as well as to disciplinary, social, and ecological systems
• Identifies and justifies the formal attributes of the work in relation to the concept