iRubric: Artist Statement rubric

Student had no clear understanding of what the message was in his work. Did not include reasons for doing work.

Included medium and descriptions of techniques used to make the art work but was not able to describe any meaningful purpose of his work.

Student made clear connects between the artwork presented and what inspired him to create the piece. He had an idea of what he wanted to communicate in his artwork and understood the success or lack of success in presenting his message.

Student used one or two artistic terms, using the elements of design and principles of organization to correctly describe his work.

Student used 4-5 artistic terms, using the elements of design and principles of organization, to correctly describe his work.

Student used 6 or more artistic terms, using the elements of design and principles of organization, to correctly describe his work.

Student made no edits to his first draft. Used terms such as; a lot or things, to describe artwork. Used repetitious sentence structure. Was flat in tone and left no memorable ideas.

The student made some edits to his first draft. His statement was well thought-out and planned. He made clear and thoughtful revisions. Some grammatical and punctuation errors but these errors did not detract from the statement

The student went above and beyond editing his first draft. The statement flowed and kept the reader's attention. There were no grammatical errors.