Goal

Imagine you are holding your own art exhibition. You are showing many different pieces you have made over the year. The organizer wants to know how all your artworks are connected to each other.

What can you tell them?

The Sustained Investigation Inquiry

The exam requires you to write a question that explains the purpose behind your artworks.

What I recommend is that you structure the question this why.

How can I goal by _____art method____?

Goal The goal can take on a variety of shapes. Intellectual. Political. Personal. What is important to you? What do you want to try to talk about?

Art Methods Think about the style, methods, or approach you will take with your art, in order to reach your goal.

Example Progression From My Past Student

My SI is about women.

My SI is about being a Vietnamese women.

My SI is about growing up as a Vietnamese girl.

My SI is about the expectations that I face, while growing up as a Vietnamese girl.

How can I talk about the expectations regarding women that I face, while growing up as a Vietnamese girl?

How can I highlight the contradictions between the traditional portrayal of Vietnamese women and the reality of contemporary life?

How can I highlight the contradictions between the traditional portrayal of Vietnamese women and the reality of contemporary life, by juxtaposing, distorting, and combining imagery of these two ways of life?