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Assignment 1

Key Dates

Assigned: Ses #1

Due: Ses #3

Assignment

Contemplate Essential Questions for Leadership. Explore art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) and the MIT Campus

Write a 2-page reflection on the following questions (cite ALL references):

  1. Discuss the three questions posed by Gauguin in his masterpiece, Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? and how you relate to them.
  2. Reference any additional piece of art at the MFA that Inspires you and briefly discuss the Vision of the artist/artwork and what particularly inspired you.
  3. Explore the MIT campus and list 4 pieces of art/architecture/sculpture and discuss how you Related to them.

Note: Illustrations are always encouraged as part of your assignments and answers. An image really is worth 1000 words.

Student Examples

All student work is courtesy of MIT students, and is used with permission.

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