Art Resources & Lessons

Creating Standard 2 (VA:Cr2)

Create: Safely develop and experiment with creating art that represents our constructed and natural environments using available tools and materials.

Use found or provided art-making tools and objects to make art about where you live, favorite place, or where your imagination takes you.

Rationale: Engages the artist to see the potential of creativity all around them, regardless of location and access to materials, while encouraging the

joy of personal expression.

Essential Question: How do artists create art?

Presenting Standard 4 (VA:Pr4)

Perform/Present/Produce: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

Show someone your favorite artwork you’ve made and tell them why you picked it.

Rationale: Sharing personally produced artwork shows others the value of the creative process reflected in a final product. This act inspires others to do the same through their own creative process, which strengthens their skills of self-reflection and empathy toward others.

Essential Question: Who or what is artwork for?

Responding Standard 8 (VA:Re8)

Respond: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Use details to tell someone what you think another person’s art may be about.

Rationale: Seeing, thinking, and wondering supports learning and strengthens empathy while improving language acquisition skills through

Visual Art vocabulary and concepts.

Essential Question: How do artists talk about each other’s work?