Akedah Art Project

Final Project
Akedah Art

We have spent three weeks looking at the Akedah from a variety of perspectives, and the best part of a quarter examining the character of Abraham. This final project will give you a chance to express your feelings on the narrative in a unique and creative way.
This project will have three components – a prospectus, an art project, and an accompanying narrative.
The art project will be an original representation of the Akedah. You may use any medium you like – drawing with any materials, clay, paper, photography, found objects, or anything else you feel you can use well. In constructing the art project, you must consider the following questions:
1. Who is in the scene? Who has been left out?
2. What moment is this?
3. How old is Isaac?
4. Is Isaac willing or unwilling?
5. Is Abraham eager, upset, or some combination thereof?
6. Do you (as the artist) approve or disapprove of God’s command?
7. Do you (as the artist) approve or disapprove of Abraham’s action?
8. What should the viewer understand that is uniquely yours?


The project should be accompanied by a written narrative of the work that makes your artistic decisions clear – just as works of art in museums are.
Before you construct your art project, you will submit a short prospectus of what you are planning to do. This will give me enough time to make sure you are on the right path.
The prospectus is due on Thursday, November 11th. The final project and narrative will be due on Monday, November 22nd.
The grades will be based not on artistic talent, but on how well you have used art to create interpretation, how thoroughly you have answered the questions in both art and narrative, and the effort displayed by the final project.