North Carolina Arts Education Standards

Beginning Visual Arts

CONNECT (CN)—Explore and relate artistic ideas and works to past, present, and future societies and cultures. 

CN.1 Relate visual arts ideas and works with personal, societal, cultural, historical, and daily life contexts, including diverse and marginalized groups.

B.CN.1.1 Describe how the emergence of visual arts as an art form has influenced society.

B.CN.1.2 Apply concepts from other content areas to support the creation and presentation of visual arts.

CN.2 Explore advancements in the field of visual arts.

B.CN.2.1 Identify how the creative design process connects to college and career

opportunities.

B.CN.2.2 Identify how technological developments and new media impact the field of visual

arts.

CREATE (CR)—Create and adapt new artistic ideas and work individually or collaboratively.

CR.1 Create original visual arts ideas and 2-D and 3-D artworks, including drawing, painting, printmaking, fibers, sculpture, ceramics, and digital media, using tools safely and

appropriately, independently or collaboratively.

B.CR.1.1 Experiment with ideas, forms, and meaning to create art.

B.CR.1.2 Create an original planned work of art that explores a personally meaningful theme,

idea, or concept using symbolism to communicate an idea.

CR.2 Adapt original visual arts ideas and works, and those of peers and other artists,

independently and collaboratively.

B.CR.2.1 Combine imagery from multiple artists to the creation of new art.

B.CR.2.2 Compare artistic adaptation, appropriation, fair use, copyright, public domain, open

source, and creative commons in the visual arts.

PRESENT (PR)—Present, perform, produce, and develop artistic ideas and works. 

PR.1 Present visual artworks.

B.PR.1.1 Revise artwork based on given criteria.

B.PR.1.2 Create an artist statement that communicates the meaning, purpose, and

techniques used in personal art.

PR.2 Develop visual arts presentations.

B.PR.2.1 Curate artwork for presentation that demonstrates skill, a variety of media, and

theme.

B.PR.2.2 Explain how an exhibition or collection can be interpreted differently in varying

cultures, traditions, and time periods.

RESPOND (RE)—Analyze and evaluate how the arts communicate. 

RE.1 Analyze visual artworks from a variety of styles, cultures, and genres using

content-specific vocabulary.

B.RE.1.1 Identify how the Elements of Art and Principles of Design are used to differentiate

artists, movements, contemporary styles, and themes in art.

B.RE.1.2 Analyze how visual art and design is used to convey meaning.

RE.2 Evaluate visual artworks using content-specific vocabulary.

B.RE.2.1 Describe personal responses to visual qualities in works of art.

B.RE.2.2 Critique artwork based on given-, self-, and peer-generated criteria.