Course Overview:

Following NYS Standards 6011 Studio in creative Craft

Prerequisite: None Time: full year

Foundations in Art education:

This is a full-year visual art course that satisfies the NYS arts requirement for high school graduation. This course serves as a prerequisite which means that once it has been completed, students will be eligible to enroll in a myriad of other visual art courses offered at WWHS. This course is designed to expose students of all levels of artistic ability to a wide range of visual art materials, techniques and philosophies. Creative Crafts is a three-dimensional art class that explores the many forms and techniques that have defined crafts throughout the modern world and human history. There will be an emphasis on the cultural and historical context of these practices. Students will learn to critically discuss artwork in a deliberate and revealing way. This is a hands-on class that requires students to get physically involved in, not just in making the art, but in preparing, organizing and cleaning up the many materials we will be interacting with. The materials we work with may be sharp, wet, messy, sticky or hot. Some of these materials can cause injury if not handled properly and can also ruin clothes (wear an apron). Students have a tremendous responsibility to follow classroom protocols and teacher instructions so that property and bodies are not damaged.