Virtual Program
Art and Design
Grades 1 -8
Grades 1 -8
Lisa Foley
K-8 Virtual School
Visual Art and Design
lfoley@greenville.k12.sc.us
(864)452-2102
Office Hours: 3:15-3:30 or by appointment
Elementary School Live Meet Schedule
Middle School Live Meet Schedule
GCSVP Elementary School Handbook
Visual art and design provides opportunities for students to explore the world through a creative lens. The arts help to teach 21st century skills which require problem solving (there is more than one right answer), collaboration, visual literacy/communication, and critical thinking skills which are all transferable skills to life and career.
Creativity advocate Sir Ken Robinson describes:
“imagination:...bringing to mind things that are not present to our senses creativity:... developing original ideas that have value innovation: ...putting new ideas into practice”
(Robinson, 2011, ch.2 )
“... Researchers found that people who own businesses or patents received up to eight times more exposure to the arts as children than the general public.”(Bergland, 2013)
“A [2013] study from Michigan State University found that childhood participation in arts and crafts leads to innovation, patents, and increases the odds of starting a business as an adult.”(Bergland, 2013)
“Creative activity in childhood rewires your brain to think out-of-the-box according to the researchers.”(Bergland, 2013)
“...Using artistic skills—such as analogies, playing, intuition and imagination—are all key to to solving complex problems.” (Bergland, 2013)
Visual Art education in Greenville County Schools begins in Kindergarten. Students in Kindergarten through Fifth Grade attend weekly art classes, taught by certified visual art teachers. Elementary Art engages students in hands on creation, exposure, and response to visual art and artistic expression. Aligned with SC Visual Art Standards, the elementary visual arts program allows our youngest students to become more aware of the role of the arts in the world around them. During their time in elementary school, our students will develop a foundational understanding of a variety of art forms and techniques, including painting, drawing, printmaking, weaving, 3-dimensional construction, design, ceramics/clay and more. Students are introduced to art history through the study of a variety of artworks and experience different cultures through the study of those cultures’ visual art forms. In elementary art, students begin to build and develop a vital relationship to the arts. Through their experiences, they learn to express their own creativity, communicate in their own, unique way, expand visual perception, and develop skills needed for future success.
Elementary students and teachers share their art in shows throughout the school year in their school and community. Each year, all Greenville County elementary schools are invited to participate in an annual district-wide Art Show. This event features over 100 pieces of artwork, highlighting outstanding two and three dimensional work from around our district.
World-Class Knowledge
The Arts teach a diverse and transferable set of learning skills.
Arts courses enable learners to be creative in their approach to problem solving and to visualize concepts in new ways.
Rigorous, comprehensive, and sequential arts programs based on the 2017South Carolina Visual and Performing Arts Standards provide a foundation for college and career opportunities.
World-Class Skills
The 2017South Carolina Visual and Performing Arts Standards set achievable, measurable goals to build knowledge and skills necessary to prepare learners for the future workplace
Artistic processes develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills as learners create, refine, and reflect on their work and the works of others. Through collaborative arts experiences, learners acquire skills necessary to communicate effectively as part of a team.
Life and Career Characteristics
Learning in the arts through history and culture broadens global perspectives.
Rigorous quality arts experiences require learners to persevere through experimentation, repetition, and mastery of their arts discipline.
The arts require learners to be disciplined, dedicated, and demonstrate a strong worth ethic.
Artistic Processes: Creating- I can make artwork using a variety of materials, techniques, and processes.
Anchor Standard 1: I can use the elements and principles of art to create artwork.
Anchor Standard 2: I can use different materials, techniques, and processes to make art
Artistic Processes: Presenting - I can choose and organize work that demonstrates related concepts, skills, and/or media.
Anchor Standard 3: I can improve and complete artistic work using elements and principles.
Anchor Standard 4: I can organize work for presentation and documentation to reflect specific content, ideas, skills, and or media.
Artistic Processes: Responding - I can evaluate and communicate about the meaning in my artwork and the artwork of others.
Anchor Standard 5: I can interpret and evaluate the meaning of an artwork.
Artistic Processes: Connecting - I can relate artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context.
Anchor Standard 6: I can identify and examine the role of visual arts through history and world cultures.
Anchor Standard 7: I can relate visual arts ideas to other arts disciplines, content areas, and careers.