Visual Arts
Visual Arts
Art education is designed to expand students' means of expression and communication, stimulate the imagination, and provide insight into the contributions of others. The overarching goals of the middle school art program are to provide each student with instruction in the basic elements and principles of art; inspiration for his/her creative and aesthetic needs; instruction in skills and techniques using a variety of media with experiences in all dimensional modes; methods for increasing perceptual and motor skill abilities utilizing a variety of approaches; an understanding of the role of the artist - both present and past; the means to interrelate art experiences with other academic areas of study; an opportunity for interaction with other students’ abilities and ideas; and opportunities for public exhibition and competitions on the local, state and national level.
Students receive one quarter of visual art instruction during each of grades 6, 7 and 8. Students are exposed to multiple media in both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional art forms. The order of units may change based upon the quarter.
NATIONAL CORE ARTS ANCHOR STANDARDS
The National Core Arts Standards are focused in a framework that delivers the educational nuance of standards in four artistic processes: Creating, Performing, Responding and Connecting. These standards are designed to guide the delivery of arts education in the classroom with new ways of thinking, learning, and creating. For more detailed information, go to www.nationalartsstandards.org
CREATING. Conceiving and developing new ideas and work
Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Refine and complete artistic work.
PERFORMING. Interpreting and sharing artistic work
Analyze, interpret, and select artistic work for presentation.
Develop and refine artistic work for presentation.
Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.
RESPONDING. Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning
Perceive and analyze artistic work.
Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.
Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.
CONNECTING. Relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context
Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.
Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical
context to deepen understanding.
TEMS Visual Arts Teachers