Defending the Arts

  Complete one of the following options for your Week 5 Assignment: Option A Art in Your Community Experience the arts in your local community by attending a performance, or visiting an art museum or gallery. If you go to an art museum or gallery, choose an exhibition or one artwork to discuss for this assignment. Write a review of your arts experience that includes a defense of the arts. Include the following: Write a description of the elements of composition: line, color, shape, or movement, theme, rhythm, tone, and so forth that were incorporated into the performance or artwork. What was the overall emotional and intellectual effect the performance or artwork had on you? What emotions did you feel? Of what did the experience make you think? Write a summary of how you would like to see the arts made more a part of your community. Is there anything you can do to make this happen? How will you support the arts in the future? Include a defense of the arts that describes how the arts add value to life. How might creative expression be helpful to people? Submit your assignment in one of the following formats using the Assignment Files tab: A 850- to 1,100-word paper https://africa.si.edu/ The National Museum of African Art is the Smithsonian Institution's African art museum, located on the National Mall of the United States capital. Address: 950 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20560 Hours: Open ⋅ Closes 5:30PM Director: Gus Casely-Hayford Collection size: 11,800 Founded: 1964 Did you know: In 1979, the Museum of African Art became part of the Smithsonian Institution following an Act of Congress, and in 1981 it was officially renamed the National Museum of African Art. si.edu