The mission of the Lafayette Parish Visual Arts Department is to provide each student with the skills needed to experience a lifetime love of art while stimulating creativity and critical thinking skills. We will also integrate core curriculum into the arts curricula on a daily basis in order to enrich the content and meet state and national standards.
The Lafayette Parish Visual Art Department will encourage all students to achieve their greatest potential by:
valuing a life enriched by the arts
using the arts as a creative expression
achieving cognitive development (critical and flexible thinking)
learning other content areas through the arts
embracing Acadiana's strong presence of artistic expression
providing an opportunity to select art as a profession
inspiring students to realize their full artistic potential while equipping them with the skills necessary to succeed in today's world.
National Core Art standards Art Standards
ULL College of the Arts http://arts.louisiana.edu
Hilliard University Art Museum http://museum.louisiana.edu/
Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA) http://acadianacenterforthearts.org/AcA
Children’s Museum www.childrensmuseumofacadiana.com
George Rodrigue Foundation (GRFA) http://georgerodriguefoundation.org/
National Arts Education Association http://www.arteducators.org/
Louisiana Arts Education Association http://laarteducators.org/
Getty Center www.getty.edu/
Arts Edge http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/
Smithsonian Associates http://smithsonian.org
Kennedy Center www.kennedy-center.org/education