Welcome!!!

Welcome to Ms. Keenon's art classroom! I look forward to an exciting year creating art. I am a new teacher and experienced artist who is eager to share my passion and love of art with my students.

A little about me: I am a working artist with gallery representation both here in Chicago and in L.A. I graduated from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a Bachelor's of Fine Arts in 2005 and received my Master's in Art Education from Columbia College in 2010. My focus is in getting to know my students so that they enjoy the art making process while incorporating art theory, history and criticism. Every project will be accompanied by a piece of writing, a historical context and some form of criticism.

Through the school year, I will be showcasing students' work on this site. I will also be posting pertinent information such as assignments, the syllabus and events as well as information on artists we discuss in class.

This is going to be a fantastic year!!!!!

Egon Schiele Questions for article

Questions from the article: Medical and artistic observations
1.)  Both the arts and medicine (science) use observation techniques, what are they called? (2 answers).

2.) According to the article there are 5 steps for critically assessing a work of art, what are they?

3.)  In the portrait of Karl Zakovsek, Schiele may have paying tribute to what other famous artist?

4.) This portrait may also be representative of a group of people.  Where are these people from and at what period of time?

5.)  How do 1st year medical students differ from 3rd year medical students when asked to describe the symptoms of Karl Zakovsek?

6.)  The most important aspect of medicine and art is observation, why is observation so supreme in both fields?

7.)  After your own viewing of the painting, do you think Karl Zakovsek is sick or do you think Egon Schiele is making a statement about a group of people?  Explain in paragraph form.
Egon Schiele's
portrait of Karl
Zakovsek