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Writing Guide Rubric for 2-page Curator’s “Letter to a Friend”
Plan time to edit your letter before you turn it in. Self assess for 1) Needs Improvement, 2) Fair, 3) Excellent). This is the same criteria faculty will use.
1. The title of the ONE work and the city of its creation is mentioned in the first line of the letter to your friend. The artwork’s title is italicized or set in quotes.
2. Grammar, capitalization, and punctuation are double checked using your own word editor.
3. Letter is formed by eight paragraphs which follows the itinerary, outline provided.
4. Note the amount the trip cost, departure and arrival times, lodging reservations, and other travel details that make it feel like it you actually visited the work's place of origin.
5. Organizational flow matches the Topic Itinerary & Outline provided in the Travel module.
6. The visual details of the one work are listed and described, such as the subject and subject matter you see with your own eyes. If the work is abstract or architecture, you describe the elements and principles of art used in the work AND you note the element’s symbolism.
7. Mention two significant cultural influences on the artist such as other artists working at the time, and/or scientific advances, and/or interest in humanities and/or the politics during the time in which it was made.
8. Analyze the style and period the work was made. Use proper nouns for styles, periods and movements. Cite two examples of other artists doing the same at that time, i.e. compares and contrasts.
9. Note the media or style used by the artist and its technical or cultural importance to the time period. Name other artists working in this medium or style. Example, media and styles are often unique to a period in history, and an artist painting with, say, tempera on fresco instead of oil on canvas, which in the late 13th century, was a new technique. Styles and mediums signal unique periods in history and regional geography can be influential to a style or artistic movement.
10. Include some biographical information on the artist, but do not plagiarize. Synthesize aspects of the artist’s life (or a civilization). Choose biographical details that your friend might enjoy knowing.
11. Cite influential people during the period in which the work was made. Note why their ideas were challenging at that time and how it might have influenced the work.
12. Plagiarism - The paper/letter will be about your travel and read like a letter to a friend. List, however, all sources at the end of the letter, on a third page.
13. Image of the artwork is also included on the third page.
***The above assumes you have completed the paper/letter according to the basic itinerary, outline instructions. If the basic itinerary, outline project instructions are not met, the above rubric does not apply.