Projects

Project #3 – Create a Web Site for a Client

Due Date: Monday, May 9th at 10 a.m.
Grading Breakdown

Submission: The completed project must be placed on your Course Management Web Site(HTML folder on the H Drive).  The project must be linked from the Projects page.  You must also copy the folder to the K drive under your name/projects folder.

Details:  The completed site must have the following characteristics:

  • A Web site with a minimum of 3 pages
    • Main Navigation Bar stays in the same place
    • Well designed navigation system – the layout and structure does not change between pages
  • Appealing design layout and originality (positioning, color schemes, use of font styles)
    • Cannot be the same design or layout as either project 1 or project 2
  • Content. The pages should be complete with content about each topic
  • External style sheet, no CSS within the HTML
  • Two different fonts (i.e. different font families or different font styles, or different font sizes, etc.)
  • Unique Page Titles
  • Copyright statement on each page
  • Sitemap Page
  • Techniques used for Search Engine Optimization, see the Search Engine Optimization PowerPoint for more information
  • Creativity

Project 2

Create Website for Joan Ragan Kállay

Grading Break Down (Word Document)

General Requirements

For this project you will practice creating a liquid (fluid) or elastic layout.

Requirements:

  • You must use em or % measurement for at least one column width of your layout
  • You must use min-width and max-width
  • Your website must look good in a 600px width browser and a 1400px width browser
  • Your website must work in all major browsers (Firefox, Safari, Chrome, IE)
  • All CSS styling should be done in an external style sheet, there should be no CSS style in any .html file

Due Date: Wednesday, April 20th

Submission:

K Drive Folder:

  • Go to CMPA270->Your Name Folder->Project Folder
    • Copy your entire project_2 folder to the projects folder

H Drive:

The completed project must be placed on your Course Management Web Site.  The project will be placed as a link off the projects page in your course management site.  The page should include a screen shot of the project along with a paragraph description.

Steps

  • Go to your H Drive
  • Go to your _public folder
  • Go to HTML folder (this is your course management website)
  • Paste your entire project_2 folder inside your HTML folder
  • Open your projects page in your HTML folder
  • create a section on your projects page and insert a jpg version of your mockup site (lab #6), a description of what you did, and a link to your project 2 site.

Website Information

Artist: Joan Ragan Kállay

Style:

Sites she likes:

Look:  Professional, simple, elegant, French folk, feminine, earthy, consistent

Color:  These are suggestions but she is open to experimentation with other colors

  • royal blue (logo color)
  • white
  • yellow ochre
  • black (text)
  • brown
  • *she would prefer not to have a black background

* She does not want a lot of excessive movement on page.  Subtle movements on navigation bar and gallery are fine.

*Main logo is in the logo folder in the images folder, this should be on all pages of the website

Pages

  • Home Page
  • Gallery  (16 images)
  • Artist Resume
  • Artist Biography
  • Contact
  • Aunt Joan Productions

Home Page

Text

I create papier mâché vignettes celebrating women of strong constitution.  These emancipated thinkers and achievers are secure in their talents and sense of style; which adds to their charm.

Papier mâché gives the figure a sturdy and textured quality, which mirrors the life of the character portrayed.
Fashion, location and action convey emotional and cultural ideas.  By reinforcing identity through these avenues these figures become a reminder of values such as self-confidence, ritual and the spirit of play.

My sculptures are a collective of women spanning time and place.  I imagine a life full of adventure and accolades and I choose, through my work, to give reverence to women of substance.

Gallery  Page

Gallery should display:

  • Picture
  • Medium (Papier mâché acrylic)
  • Title

All images are in project 2 folder, under images, papier mâché.  All image names are the same as the picture titles.  Some pieces have more than one picture.

Artist Résumé Page
EDUCATION
BFA 1996 The University of Montana, Missoula, MT
MFA 2007 The University of Montana, Missoula, MT

EXHIBITIONS
2011 Works on Paper, Custer County Art & Heritage Museum, Miles City, MT Juror: John Pollock
2010 Artist Gathering, Montana Arts Council, Great Falls, Mt
2010 Harlequin Romance, Mission Paws-ible Benefit, O’Shaughnessy Center, Whitefish, MT
2004 Handsomely Constructed 1860-1920 Ladies Fashions, Bon-Macy’s, Missoula, MT
2003 Hockaday Benefit Auction of Miniatures, Hockaday Museum of Art, Kalispell, MT
2002 Educator’s as Artists, Hockaday Museum of Art, Kalispell, MT
2002 Hockaday Member’s Only, Hockaday Museum of Art, Kalispell, MT
1998 Holiday Window Display, Missoula Downtown Association, Brown Bear Resources, Missoula, MT
1996 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Gallery of Visual Arts, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT
1995 UM Student Show, Gallery of Visual Arts, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT
1994 UM Student Show, Gallery of Visual Arts, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT
1994 AIDS and Art, University Center Gallery, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Edible Designs, Junior High Art Celebrates Fish, Food, Hungry Horse News, May, 3, 2007
Student’s Work Brings Art to Life, Hungry Horse News, December 6, 2007
Now Here’s an Idea, Full Circle, A Journal for Teachers Implementing Indian Education for All, Winter 2007
The Point Problem: Injectable Drugs Pose Surprising Threat in Montana, Missoulian, November 3, 1993

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2004-2005 Associate Curator of Education, School & Family Services, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
2002-2003 Education Coordinator, Hockaday Museum of Art, Kalispell, MT
PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2006-2008 Visual Arts, Columbia Falls Junior High School, Columbia Falls, MT
2005-2006 Visual Arts, Libby High School, Libby, MT
1997 Visual Arts, Washington Middle School, Missoula, MT
PRIVATE SCHOOL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2002-2003 Visual Arts, Summit Preparatory School, Kalispell, MT
2000-2002 Visual Arts, Montana Academy, Marion, MT

CURRCULUM/PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
2008 PIR Instructor, Integrating Art into the Curriculum, School District #6, Columbia Falls, MT
2007 Presenter, Kionobori ~Children’s Day Festival, MEA-MFT Educator’s Conference,
Belgrade, MT
2007 Presenter, Buckskin to Earth, Brown Bag Moccasin Making,
MEA-MFT Educator’s Conference, Belgrade, MT
2006 Teacher/Committee Member, Key Ingredients, Smithsonian Traveling Exhibit,
Heritage Museum, Libby, MT
2004 Curriculum Writer/Instructor, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
2002 PIR Instructor, A Sense of Place: Integrating the Hockaday Museum of Art as a
Learning Resource; Kalispell, MT

Artist Biography
Joan Ragan Kállay was born in Davenport, Iowa, in 1961. She spent her childhood surrounded by vast fields of corn and grand Victorian and Italianate mansions along the bluffs of the Mississippi River. She is the sixth of seven siblings, all female. Family vacations introduced her to the forested mountains of the Pacific Northwest.
She attended The University of Montana and received a B.F.A. with emphasis in painting and drawing. Reflecting on the inhabitants of the historical homes on the bluffs, her thesis exhibit focused on portraits of Victorian women and their assigned roles as daughter, wife and mother.
Joan also earned a Montana teaching certificate and has taught Art at both private therapeutic boarding schools and public schools; junior high and high school. She has written and conducted several professional development Art Education curriculum workshops for teachers to earn certificate renewal credit through the Montana Education Association and the Montana Office of Public Instruction.
As Associate Education Curator at both the Hockaday Museum of Art in Kalispell, Montana and the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, Joan’s expertise in art education was put to good use in their family and school services outreach programs.
Returning to The University of Montana for her M.F.A. she focused on costume design; handsomely constructed women’s garments from 1860-1920, one for each decade, examining how women’s roles in society compared with the altered silhouette.
Joan’s current works are sculpted papier mâché vignettes celebrating women of strong constitution. These emancipated thinkers and achievers are secure in their talents and sense of style; which adds to their charm.
Fashion, location and action convey emotional and cultural ideas. By reinforcing identity through these avenues the figures become a reminder of values such as self-confidence, ritual and the spirit of play.

The mountains, softer winters and true love anchors Joan to her home and studio in Whitefish, Montana.

Contact
Create a general inquiry form, with space for gathering person’s:
• Name
• Email Address
• Question or Comment
• Submit button with a mailto:kallay@centurytel.net

Text:
Artist Contact Information
Joan Ragan Kállay
PO Box 5066
Whitefish Montana 59937
(406) 862-7811
joanragankallay.com
kallay@centurytel.net

Aunt Joan Productions
*This page should include the Aunt Joan logo in the logo folder

Display two or three images from the “images/books” folder on this page. Do not display the book images on any other page.

Content:

Aunt Joan Productions

Artist Statement

Holding a book in my hands is a satisfying experience.  Be it a journal waiting for my mark, a photo album, a collection of poems or a treasured novel; books ground me and make me happy.  A natural transition for me was to begin making books ready to contain new stories.

It’s fun choosing the elements required for bookmaking; cover, signatures and binding thread. During the construction phase I imagine how someone will personalize the pages; documenting ideas, drawing from observation, or recording a dream. Collectively the end result is visually and tacitly rewarding.

In my travels I have found handcrafted books are well received gifts.

The two forms of bookbinding represented here are Japanese Stab binding and Long Stitch binding.  The Japanese Stab binding showcases the paper being used and has a more elegant appearance. This type of binding does not allow the user to open it completely were as the Long Stitch binding can be opened 180◦. The Long Stitch binding can either be visible or hidden and allows for more signatures to be added creating a larger book.  My book covers are made from recycled boxes, painted grocery bags or paper collected during my travels.

Project #1 – Creating your Garden

Due Date: Wednesday, March 9

Submission:

K Drive Folder:

  • Go to CMPA270->Your Name Folder->Project Folder (If you have not created a projects folder do so now under your name)
    • Copy your entire zen garden folder to the projects folder

H Drive:

The completed project must be placed on your Course Management Web Site.  The project will be placed as a link off the projects page in your course management site.  The page should include a screen shot of the project along with a paragraph description.

Steps

  • Go to your H Drive
  • Go to your _public folder
  • Go to HTML folder (this is your course management website)
  • Paste your entire zen garden folder inside your HTML folder
  • Open your projects page in your HTML folder
  • create a section on your projects page and insert a jpg version of your mockup site (lab #4), a description of what you did, and a link to your zen garden site.

Details: For this project, you will test the skills you have learned in the past  weeks to create your own CSS Zen Garden.  To begin download the sample .html file and .css file.  It is your job to create an artistic design by changing only the .css file.  The .html file must remain unchanged throughout the project.  The CSS file you create must incorporate the techniques introduced in class.

  • Background Images
  • Fonts
  • Spacing
  • Positioning
  • Colors
  • Margins
  • Padding
  • Borders

**Images you use must be copyright free in order to be able to submit them to Zen Garden.

Take a look at designs featured on the CSS Zen Garden site for inspiration

Examples of past students work: