PROPOSAL

DUE TUESDAY FEB 25th

Each group will create a detailed 3-7 page document that outlines their vision for their project

Each proposal will contain these elements (but may also contain anything else you deem relevant to your particular project):

• A WORKING TITLE FOR YOUR PROJECT 
• A MISSION STATEMENT that includes:
• The exploratory goal (what the artists seek to get from this process, what compositional strategies/structures they are investigating, what their working method will be)
• The communicated goal (what content/elements of this process they want to convey to the audience, what kind of experience they are curating for the audience)
• The Venues (where will you meet? where will the final work be shown/performed?)
• The Product (as clearly as they can possibly envision it at this point--and it may change over the ensuing weeks--provide a description of the Final Event and Final Object/s of your project)
• METHODS AND MATERIALS SECTION
• A comprehensive list of physical materials needed to complete the work (and here you may include your plans for gathering these materials-- this is a DIY project-- and materials are always a source of limitation... think of it as a challenge and one that is at the heart of most art making... artists are not, in general, a rich bunch)
• A WEEK BY WEEK calendar of your meetings with your group and what you hope to accomplish in each session/each week.
• Have you organized your group yet? Delegated certain responsibilities? Named a group manager to help keep the timeline running smoothly?
• PROBLEM SHOOTING/NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED LIST
• This takes the place of the budget in our case. This is the place where you highlight issues that need to be figured out at the onset--things that must be converted from vision to reality and how you plan to do so... this will necessarily be very different for each group.
• ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RESOURCE MATERIALS
• Please keep a running list of websites/books/people you are looking to for inspiration or for technical know-how. You would be surprised how useful it can be to return to your sources when you hit a sore spot. I'm certain that this list will expand as you continue to work--and you will have to turn in an updated list with the reflective response to the final project. But I am looking for your seriousness of purpose here, and the time you've spent thinking through facets of your project by connecting them with other work (analogy/translation/layering is at the heart of this class.)

GOOD LUCK!!!