See oneself as a participant in visual art and design by experiencing, viewing or making.

Visually and/or verbally articulate how visual art and design are a means for communication.

Practice critical and analytical skills by using academic language to discuss works of art and visual culture.

Critique connections between visual art and historic and contemporary philosophies.

Interpret works of art and design in the contexts of varied traditions, histories and cultures.

Create works of visual art and design that demonstrate increasing levels of mastery in skills and techniques.

Allow imagination, curiosity and wonder to guide inquiry and research.

Participate in the reciprocal relationships between visual art and communities.

Persist in the creative process and innovate from failures

Develop new knowledge by actively doing and making (artistic praxis), acknowledging relationships between materials, objects, ideas and lived experience.