Art One

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This class is a freshman level art class that introduces students to the world of visual arts. Students will do painting, drawing, sculpture, and ceramics. Students must pass the Art History Project to go to the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in the spring.

This course is a prerequisite for all other high school art classes. It also fulfills the fine arts requirement for graduation if you pass both semesters.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

$15 Lab Fee (please pay to me)

#2 Pencil

5”x 8 ½” or larger Sketchbook (optional)

3 Prong Folder

Your own art materials are welcome

COURSE GUIDELINES:

• Communicate ideas through artworks by selecting and applying media techniques and processes, subject matter, and themes.
• Communicate ideas through artworks by selecting and applying art elements and principles.
• Respond aesthetically to artworks based upon their personal experience and cultural values. Viewers analyze, interpret, and evaluate the quality

of artwork through art criticism.

• Visual art is connected to performing arts, communication arts, math, science, and social studies.
• Visually literate citizens understand the role and functions of art in history and culture. Artists influence and are influenced by the cultures and time periods in which they live.