Lab 1:
Welcome!
Each week I will be posting all materials and assignments on our Blog page.
For the next class which will be on September 12th you have to:
Create a Blog and post it in a shared google doc here
Participate in a student survey
Write an artist statement and post it here
Below I will be discussing all the necessary steps to create a Blog.
Artist Statement
Resources about artist statement:
Why do we have to write artist statements?
How To Write An Artist Statement: Tips From The Art Experts
Examples of Artist Statements from Filmmakers
Questions to answer before writing an artist statement:
What is the intent and purpose of your art?
What does it say about you as an artist?
What keeps you motivated every day?
What is your artist story?
What questions are you often asked about your work?
Who is your audience
Be honest about your work. Use simple language and short sentences. Illustrate your ideas to your audience. Remember It is an opportunity to help the reader envision your work before actually seeing it, and present a picture of who you are as an artist.
How to create your first Blog at blogspot.com(Guide)?
Sign in to Blogger.
Go to http://www.blogger.com/home and sign in with your Gmail or create a new account for free. (click the “sign up” button at the top right corner)
Click “Continue to Blogger“.
Click New blog.
It’s time to create a new website,
Enter a name for your blog and choose a domain
You must know that since these domain names are free, they would be suffixed with blogspot.com by default. The domain name must be unique so there are chances that the domain name you wanna choose is already registered.
Start Blogging.
Now, you can start posting posts/articles, click on start blogging!
Publish a post/article on the Blogspot website
Write content, and title, and hit Publish to publish the post.
Change the look of your website
Blogger provides you with some free templates which you can use. Alternatively, there are many websites from where you can download the popular and good-looking website’s template for free.
Download the existing template backup and upload a new template to the blogger
Go to My blogs » Template, and you will find a Backup/Restore button. From there, you can download the backup of the existing template and upload a new template(Click Choose File), browse the XML file and click Upload. It may ask you for widgets, click on Keep Widgets.
For more info please visit the video lessons-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sDQfu9XqBM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n-ZpBo7cHI
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