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Read through all the instructions for this assignment before beginning your work. Use this word document to complete the assignment. Then save it with your name in the title before submitting it through Blackboard.

Look at this list of artists and highlightONE whose name sounds familiar and/orwhom you know something about.

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Alice Aycock

Alice Neel

Adrian Piper

Anne Truitt

Annie Albers

Annie Liebovitz

Audrey Flack

Barbara Kruger

Camille Claudel

Carrie Mae Weems

Cindy Sherman

Diane Arbus

Elizabeth Catlett

Elizabeth Murray

Faith Ringgold

Grace Hartigan

Hannah Wilke

Harmony Hammond

Joan Jonas

Kara Walker

Karen Finley

Laurie Anderson

Lee Krasner

Louise Bourgeois

Lynda Benglis

Margaret Bourke-White

Mary Kelly

Martha Rosler

Miriam Schapiro

Nancy Graves

Silvia Sleigh

Tracy Emin

Yoko Ono

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Part 1: Without looking up any information on-line, in books, or talking to anyone about the assignment, write a brief paragraph or two (no more than 250 words) telling what you know about the artist, her work, her life, etc. AND where you learned it.

Part 2: Visit Lauringer Library’s Research Guide for Art, Art History, and Museum Studies at:

Read a little about the artist using ONE of the recommended on-line resources and correct any errors in your original text using the track-changes function in your word document processor. Indicate which source you used to check your facts. (You may want to click on the tab “Web Resources” to see a variety of sites to choose from, or use the Oxford Art On-line link on the site’s homepage)

Part 3: Write a brief statement reflecting on this assignment. Did you know more than you thought you did about the artist? Were you surprised to find some of your information was inaccurate? How did your research affect your initial impressions about the artist? What does this exercise suggest about how you learn about art? What might itsay about the relationship of art to popular culture? How does it impact your ideas about the role of women in art?

Evaluation criteria:

This assignment will be graded based on:

  • Following the directions
  • Completion of all three parts of the assignment
  • Completion by thedue date

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