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Curriculum
Teachers across the country are discovering a new way to motivate children through the method of instruction known as Choice Based Art Education. What is choice based art education? Choice-based art education offers students choices for making art that uses their own ideas and interests. Students learn best when they are interested in and excited about what they are working on. When students are offered choices in art, they need to think about what they are doing, as well as understand why they are doing it. This allows a much deeper level of engagement in their art making process.
There are many different levels of choice within art education, and in high school classes, students make most of their choices in order to make personal connections and create meaningful artwork. Different studios (or media) will be introduced with teacher led activities and then students create work within select studios.
1st Quarter
Drawing: black and white media (graphite, ink, charcoal), color media (colored pencil, chalk pastels, oil pastels)
Art 1: Express Drawing, Blind Contour Drawing, Observational Drawing, Shading Techniques
Art 2 Options: Aerial Maps, Metamorphosis, Perspective
Painting: watercolor media (pan, watercolor pencils, liquid concentrate), Tempera and Acrylic
Art 1: Neurographic Painting, 100 Color Challenge
Art 2: Watercolor Drip Tangles, Painting Options: Origami Folds, Beyond the Border, Streak of Grayscale
Collage: assorted paper (construction, tissue, scrapbook), magazines, scissors, glue
Art 1: Explore Collage
Art 2 Options: Juxtaposition, Typography, Reassemble
2nd Quarter
Printmaking: mono printing, block printing
Art 1: Technique collage or single fold book, Independent printing project
Art 2 Options: Pink Eraser Project, Zoo Portrait, Landscape Collagraph
Fiber Arts: soft sculpture (hand stitching with felt or fabric), weaving, needle felting, yarn painting
Art 1: Pick 3 activities
Art 2 Options: Weaving, Sewing, Needle Felting
3rd Quarter
Sculpture: paper (includes origami), cardboard, paper mache, plaster
Art 1: low relief project (paper or cardboard)
At 2 Options: Paper Quilling, Magazine Bowl, Cardboard Dwelling
Clay/Ceramics: polymer clay, earthenware clay
Art 1: tic-tac-toe pieces and board
Art 2 Options: Coil vessel, Is it Clay!?!, Miniature set
4th Quarter
Independent Series: students will create a minimum of 5 pieces of art (using different media) based on a chosen theme.
Assessment
Semester grades will consist of the following:
80% of overall grade:
Demonstration of understanding our covered art concepts and media (teacher and student directed projects)
20% of overall grade (semester exam grade):
Studio habits of mind (artistic behaviors) per quarter
Digital portfolio (accumulative representation of work) per quarter
Studio Habits of Mind
When each quarter is complete, students will be assessed on their artistic behaviors (Studio Habits of Mind) as part of their semester exam grade. I believe that their studio habits are as important as their finished pieces. Therefore, students are graded both on their understanding and demonstration of our covered art concepts and their art making process.
Assessed Studio Habits of Mind: Develop Craft, Engage & Persist, Stretch & Explore, Express, Reflect
Digital Portfolio
Students will use Google Sites to create a digital portfolio that shows their work throughout the course. At the end of each quarter, the digital portfolio will be updated and assessed as part of their overall semester exam grade.
Artist Statement
When each quarter is complete, students will write an artist statement where they reflect upon the work they have produced. The artist statement also is an opportunity to explain and reflecting upon their art making process.