San Diego Mesa College Applying Creative Skills in the Visual Art Discussion

The purpose of this assignment is to think more broadly about What Art Is (and maybe What Art Is Not!)

Start with the fine arts: Painting, sculpture, architecture.

What other kinds of art are there? (for example, Books, Stained-Glass Windows, Couture, Coins, Comics, Automotive design, Toy design, Garden design, Silverware, Furniture …)

Now organize them. How would you arrange art objects in a museum, or in an introductory book like ours? Why?
Give one or two examples of each kind of thing in each category.
Give your thoughts, impressions and ideas on this medium.
Does it interest you?

Perhaps if your detailed list has a LOT of categories (e.g., High-Fashion design, Work clothes design, School clothes design, Uniforms design, Baby-clothes design, Baby-shoes design, Swimsuit design-Men, Swimsuit design-Women, Plus-size clothing design, Spacesuit design, Hospital protective gear design, Pet-suits design, Pet-harness/Leash design….), You could organize a list like the above under a larger category like “Clothing Design” … Which itself could be subordinate to just plain “Design”… This could be quite an outline!
…Likewise with “Communications,” with subcategories like “Advertising”, “Public Service Announcements”, “Warning Signs”, “Lists of ingredients”, “Television visuals”, etc., etc.

You could make a spreadsheet with scores from 1-5 for categories like, “Are you interested in this field?” … Or other ways to categorize these many forms of Art

I shall give points according to how many items you can categorize, and how many you can rate. This could be worth an extra 20-30 points, if you put a lot of thought into it. Only five or ten if you do the bare minimum.
…I always look kindly on essays with offbeat or clever ideas, turns of phrase, and surprising insights.