Assignment Part Three: The last part of this writing assignment calls for you to describe a 1988 painting by Faith Ringgold, Dancing on the George Washington Bridge (Acrylic on canvas, printed and tie-dyed fabric, 68" x 68"). Think about the self-assessment you did in Part Two of this writing assignment. What aspects of description do you think you could improve on? Work on those in this writing assignment. Remember that you want to describe everything the artist has done or included in the artwork and you want to describe it in a way that someone could "see" the work even if they weren't able to view it. You should write 200 words, in essay format.
When you have completed writing your description of Dancing on the George Washington Bridge,
reread it, compare it to the painting, and then in four or five sentences write
what aspects you think you have described particularly well and what aspects of
description you think you still need to work on.
Lesson Inspired by: Elsa Barkley Brown, Departments of Women's Studies and History, University of Maryland
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