Read “‘Art Can Touch Our Emotional Core.’ Meet the Artists Behind Some of the Most Widespread Images Amid George Floyd Protests” by Raisa Bruner from Time magazine.
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Come up with an interesting thesis about the intersections between art and politics, justice, emotional connections, healing, or a similar subject. This can be a cause-effect essay, or compare-contrast, or division-classification, or process analysis, or persuasive/argumentative. The choice is yours; but the thesis must be well-organized and must preview three cogent points. You do not have to write about art and politics. Research different uses of art. Then choose one and write an interesting thesis about it.
Write an Annotated Bibliography ONLY for an imagined informative essay about art and emotions/healing or art and politics/justice. You will NOT write the essay itself.
Do not just write about interesting facts about protest art.
Your work must be thesis-driven.
Your thesis must preview your three points.
Do a little reading, find (or generate!) interesting ideas about protest art, and start organizing your imaginary essay.
Then hit the library!
Your initial reading/research should suggest a working thesis statement (which states your main claim and previews three aspects of it)
Your working thesis should guide your research.
Your research will almost certainly change your thesis as you explore interesting aspects about your subject.
Get used to this back-and-forth.
Be open to discoveries!
Then revise your working thesis so that it is a sharp, well-written, analytical thesis previewing three points.
Sample Working Thesis 1: Art shared through social media supplements the Black Lives Matter movement by making it more widespread, mobilizing more activism, and appealing to human emotion.
Sample Working Thesis 2: Art therapy can enrich the lives of individuals, families, and communities.
