High School Visual Arts
Students in Visual Arts class will learn how to think and behave like an artist. The focus of art class will be to go through the artistic process, which includes being inspired by something, designing a concept, creating the artwork (and revising it if necessary), having a final product, and then critiquing it.
While the final product is important, the process and behaviors learned throughout the process are just as important (if not more).
Students will learn new techniques, new media, and meet new artists through a myriad of activities which will include instructional bootcamps, short demonstrations, practice activities, choice-based studio assignments, and a reflection process.
The art room is now the artist's studio.
The following objectives are based on the North Carolina Visual Arts Essential Standards/ Standard Course of Study for High School:
Visual Literacy
Students will:
Use the language of visual arts to communicate effectively
Apply creative and critical thinking skills to artistic expression
Create art using a variety of tools, media, and processes, safely and appropriately
Contextual Relevance
Students will:
Understand the global, historical, societal, and cultural contexts of the visual arts.
Understand the interdisciplinary connections and life applications of the visual arts.
Critical Response
Students will:
Use critical analysis to generate responses to a variety of prompts.