Research Outline and Initial Ideas on Irma Lerma Barbosa (Royal Chicano Air Force), Sacra-Momento 1986

Learning Goal: I’m working on a art writing question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

Research Outline and Initial IdeasIn this activity, you’ll be reading through those sources carefully, to find more information for your audio guide.

Instructions:

1. Which Crocker artwork are you focusing on? Give the artist, title, medium (you might have to do some research to find this), and date.
2. What were some of your key questions about this artwork? What did you personally hope to find out about the artwork through your research? (Try to come up with a focus that is different from that of your teammates!) What personal history, knowledge from your major/minor, or experiences do you have that might connect to this artwork?
3. Return to the three articles, books, or websites you found and read through each one. Or, if they don’t seem to have much information about your artist or something related to the artwork, you might swap them out for a different article.
   For each source, list:
   1. The Chicago Style citation (like last time! You can generate this easily—just click on the CITE THIS ITEM button in the library databases)
   2. What is the main point/argument that the article makes about the artist or topic that your audio guide is focusing on?
   3. What are 3-5 key pieces of information from each article that you found interesting, and that you could potentially use in your audio guide? Put this information in your own words, and be sure to give the page number for each.
4. Finally, look at the sources cited by these authors (check out their footnotes/endnotes/bibliography). List the citations for two additional sources that look helpful to you, and note if you could find this source through JSTOR the library website OneSearch
5. List any lingering questions you have about your artwork, or information about the artwork you haven’t found yet, but would like to find.