Welcome to Art

Art 

Art offers unique experiences and empower students to explore realities, relationships, and ideas. These disciplines engage and motivate all students through active learning, critical thinking, and innovative problem solving. The fine arts develop cognitive functioning and increase student academic achievement, higher-order thinking, communication, and collaboration skills, making the fine arts applicable to college readiness, career opportunities, workplace environments, social skills, and everyday life. Students develop aesthetic and cultural awareness through exploration, leading to creative expression.

There are four basic foundations: observation and perception; creative expression; historical and cultural relevance; and critical evaluation and response--provide broad, unifying structures for organizing the knowledge and skills students are expected to acquire. Each foundation is of equal value and may be presented in any order throughout the year. Students rely on personal observations and perceptions, which are developed through increasing visual literacy and sensitivity to surroundings, communities, memories, imaginings, and life experiences as sources for thinking about, planning, and creating original artworks. Students communicate their thoughts and ideas with innovation and creativity. Through art, students challenge their imaginations, foster critical thinking, collaborate with others, and build reflective skills. While exercising meaningful problem-solving skills, students develop the lifelong ability to make informed judgments.

      Art Supplies                2025 - 2026

  TEACHER - Diane Hudson

***Art Students should put their names on all art supplies and have large shoe box or plastic container to put supplies in. No taller than 4inches to fit the shelf***

Supplies needed

·         2 white or clear erasers ( They do not leave marks)

·         12  # 2 pencils

·        Only - VASE or other competition  students may want to purchase Prisma  colored pencils. ( their choice)

·         1 pkg of markers - student choice

·         1 roll of masking tape. If student decides he wants to do large projects or more than one they may need to get more as they need it.

·         2 Black Extra Fine Point Sharpie Permanent markers

·         1 ruler

·         1 scissors

·         1 hand held sharpeners

·   Supplies for clay (you can find these at home, you do not need to buy)

                                            Two large Zip lock bags (gallon)

                                                 Two small Zip Lock bags (quart)

                                                 Two 13 gal. trash bags

                                                  1 plastic container with lid ( can be a used food container)

                                                  Old cotton Material (t-shirt, pillow case or sheet, you will

                                               not get this back !!!

                                                  Six large paper clips, plain normal large Silver paperclips.  

VASE students and regular students depending on project may need more and different art supplies beyond this list for their art work.     

·   We need newspapers, magazines, material/cloth. Bring for Extra Credit!!!! News articles about art and visiting an art gallery will also be extra credit!!