The Colorado Department of Education has recently adopted revised art standards.
http://www.cde.state.co.us/scripts/allstandards/COStandards.asp?stid=9&stid2=0&glid2=0
Summary:
1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend
The visual arts are a means for expression, communication and meaning making.
2. Envision and Critique to Reflect
Visual arts recognize, articulate, and implement critical thinking through the synthesis, evaluation and analysis of visual information.
3. Invent and Discover to Create
Generate works of art that employ unique ideas, feelings, and values using different media, technologies.
4. Relate and Connect to Transfer
Recognize, articulate, and validate the value of the visual arts to lifelong learning and the human experience.
Standards with Concepts and Skills Students Master
1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend
1. Visual art has inherent characteristics and expressive features
2. Historical and cultural context are found in visual art
3. Art and design have purpose and function
1. Reflective strategies are used to understand the creative process
2. A personal philosophy of art is accomplished through use of sophisticated language and studio art processes
3. Interpretation is a means for understanding and evaluating works of art
3. Invent and Discover to Create
1. Demonstrate competency in traditional and new art media, and apply appropriate and available technology to express ideas
2. Assess and produce art with various materials and methods
3. Make judgments from visual messages
1. The work of art scholars impacts how art is viewed today
2. Communication through advanced visual methods is a necessary skill in everyday life
3. Art is a lifelong endeavor
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Last modified: August 19, 2011
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