Along with your artifact, you will submit a Creator Statement, which incorporates your reflection on the process of researching, creating, and editing your final artifact as well discussion of how you incorporated peer and instructor feedback to alter and improve the final item.
This document should describe your creative process:
You should not consult any resources for this writing, but if you have never read a creator statement before, here are a few examples. (150-200 words).
(From your Final Cultural Artifact assignment prompt)
SLO 2: Students use multiple types of communication (written, visual, oral, etc.) to craft arguments that make and support claims successfully for multiple audiences and contexts.
SLO 3: Students are able to draft, revise, and edit work with feedback from others.
Explore Artist's Statements (Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, published by University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing)
Directions
1. Visit the issue archives of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies
2. Select an issue with cover art that you find intriguing
3. Click the Artist's Statement link for that issue, then click the PDF icon on the left side of the screen
4. Read through the Artist's Statement
5. Identify one thing you find engaging about the artist's approach to their statement
6. Identify at least one component that this Artist's Statement lacks, but that you will need to include in your Creator Statement for your final project
Explore Author's Statements (National Endowment for the Arts, Literature Fellows in Creative Writing Personal Statements)
Directions
1. Visit the Meet the Creative Writing Fellows page
2. Click the profile of one of the Creative Writing Fellows
3. Read through the Bio and Personal Statement (Note: Try to select a Fellow whose personal statement is more than just a thank you for the NEA grant)
4. Identify one thing you find engaging about the author's approach to their statement
5. Identify at least one component that the Personal Statement lacks, but that you will need to include for your Creator Statement for your final project
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