2025-2026

Art "Whatever you do,

work at it with all your heart,

as working for the Lord."

Colossians 3:23.

IB MYP Arts Programme.

aims to encourage and enable students to.

- enjoy a lifelong engagement with the arts.

- explore the arts across time, cultures, and contexts

- understand the relationship between art and its contexts

- develop the skills necessary to create and to perform art

- express ideas creatively

- reflect on their own development as young artists

Criterion A: Investigating

Investigate a movement or genre in the arts related to the statement of inquiry

Criterion B: Developing

Explore ideas to inform the development of a final artwork or performance

Criterion C: Creating

Demonstrate use of skills and techniques in creating a work of art or performance

Criterion D: Evaluating

Appraise their own artwork or performance. Reflect on their development as an artist

8th Grade

Appropiration Art refers to the practice of artists to use pre-existing object, images, and ideas for their own work. So, What is Creativity then? Creativity is the process of generating novel ideas and considering existing ideas from a new perspective.

Exploring Creativity: To help students develop and understand creativity students are presented with some activity worksheets. There are 4 properties that make up our creativity the are: Fluency: the ability to rapidly produce a large number of ideas or solusitong to a problem, Fexibility: is the ability to produce a variety of different unrelated ideas, Originality: ability to produce ideas that are unusual and uncommon, Elaboration: number of additional specifiic details added to an idea.

Pierce

Chloe

Veda

Abigail

The Personal Logos assignment explores the use of Graphic Art which is a style of art that is used to communicate a message quickly and clearly.

Anna

In these photos students are exploring the 5 different features that make up our identity. These features are: Beliefs and Values, Roles and Relationships, Talents and Attributes, Likes and Preferences, Knowledge and Experiences. Students are creating a list of ideas and images that describe who they are.

Braydan and Ilbron

Jonah

Andrew

Veda

Daisy

Kaia

8th Grade

The Catholic Social Teaching on Human Dignity is about understanding that God has given every person human dignity, which no one can take away. We give honor to this through how we present ourselves.

Bill

Abigail

Vincent

In these photographs students are applying their drawing skills to create symmetry. They are also adding value to create the illusion of depth and volume to their drawing.

Andrew

Chloe

Olivia

Sofia

Above are examples of 2 student's Contour Drawings of their hands. This Contour Drawing Exercises help students develop their observation skills.

MiaBella

Ilbron

Bill

Chole and Olivia

Braydan

7th Grade Trimester 2

What was occurring with technology which allowed the French Impressionist artists to break away from tradition? Students will explore how the advances in science and technology freed these artists to paint entirely outdoors instead of in their studios. This inovation allowed them to change the whole focus of art.

"Some say they see poetry in my paintings, I only see science."

This quote is from the artist Georges Seurat , who was captivated by the advances in technology during the late 1800. With the sciecntific discovery of visual blending he developed a new form of painting called pointilims.

Students will be using oil-pastels to explore Color Therory. They will have worksheets that will help them learn the different techniques for using oil-pastels. They will also explore the 3 properties of color: Hue, Value, and Intensity. Here are some pictures of students working with oil-pastels on these worksheets.

7th Grade Trimester 1

What painting was commisioned by the King of France to invoke National Pride in his people but turned around to become a symbol of the French Revolution and his downfall?

The painting, Oath of the Horatti, by Jacques-Louis David

This painting also became an emblem for an entior art movement and its style is still being utilized to represent civic pride, social justice, and virtue.

Jacques-Louis David, The Oath of the Horatti, 1784, Oil on canvas, 10 x 13 ft, Louvre, Paris

Booth of these works of art, visually show the shift that is going on in the political atmosphere with the Enlightenment of the 1700s.

Unknown Artist, You should hope that this game will be over soon, c. 1789.

This Worksheet helps students explore the visual characteristics of the painting "Oath of the Horatti" and how those visual properties covey an ideal vision of how one should striving to be your best self for your contry, those you love, and for yourself.

IN this Worksheet students see how the same visual properties of the painting "Oath of the Horatti" can be found in artwork today. In the still shot from the animated fill " The Incredibles" students can see how the same message of standing up to the virtues of liberty is portrayed in the same way.

6th Grade Trimester 2

Writing began as pictures. It originated in Sumeria in Mesopotamia to keep track of agricultural goods. Their drawings became simpler when using a reed to press lines into the clay. This writing is called Cuniform. Soon these images became symbols of the objects and the sound found in speach for that object.

In this assingment students are going to combine pictures and images to create a pictograph paragraph or a Rebus. Like the example of "A Farmer's Love Letter" they need to make sure that their images are both a universally well known symbol and be well drawn so that it can be read.

6th Grade Trimester 1

Our ralationship with animals is more complex than ever before. They can be wild, demesticated for work or beloved pets.

With this exercise students investigated how even when the subject matter is the same, Rhinoceros, the message being communicated can be completely different. The Students learned that This is possible because of the style used in each of the pictures was differnt. Students created speach bubbles giving words to express what the Rhino's were communicating in the pictures.

Timmy

Hadley

Sylvia

Leslie & Michael

For this assingment students are pretending to be future archeologists who have found a thousand-year-old artifact. They are going to create a fact sheet for the Scientific Community that logically determines its use through illustrations and a description of how it was used.

Aggie

In these photographs students are starting to draw out their found object for their Future Archeologist Fact sheet. In the fact sheet they will need to include 3 illustrations. They will also write a description of their artifact, a fictional story of the contexts surrounding their artifact, and an imaginative explaination for what it was used for.

Segni

Angel

Niya

Abigail

Bea

Sylvia

2024-2025

Art

"By wisdom a house is built,

and by understanding it is established;

by knowledge the rooms are filled with precious beauty."

Proverbs 24:3-4.

IB MYP Arts Programme

aims to encourage and enable students to

- enjoy a lifelong engagement with the arts

- explore the arts across time, cultures, and contexts

- understand the relationship between art and its contexts

- develop the skills necessary to create and to perform art

- express ideas creatively

- reflect on their own development as young artists

IB MYP Arts Assessment Criteria

Criterion A: Investigating

Investigate a movement or genre in the arts related to the statement of inquiry

Criterion B: Developing

Explore ideas to inform the development of a final artwork or performance

Criterion C: Creating

Demonstrate use of skills and techniques in creating a work of art or performance

Criterion D: Evaluating

Appraise their own artwork or performance. Reflect on their development as an artist

8th Grade Trimester 1

Judith Lyster, Self Portrait,

So, God created man in his own image, in the image of God, he created him. male and female, he created them. Genesis 1:26

Dignity

and the Self-Portrait

Statement of Inquiry:

The physical forms we choose to

represent ourselves can influence

others’ perception of our dignity

and identity.

Sophia

Iman and Grace

Ben G.

Statement of Inquiry:

The physical forms we choose to represent

ourselves can nfluence others’ perception of

our dignity and identity.

Savannah and Lucy

Lelani and Aoife

Brooks

7th Grade Trimester 1

6th Grade Trimester 1

2023-2024 School Year

2023/24

Art

For we are God’s handiwork,

created in Christ Jesus to do good works,

which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Ephesians 2:10

IB MYP Arts Program

Aims to encourage and enable students to:

- enjoy a lifelong engagement with the arts

- explore the arts across time, cultures, and contexts

- understand the relationship between art and its contexts

- develop the skills necessary to create and to perform art

- express ideas creatively

- reflect on their own development as young artists

IB MYP Arts Assessment Criteria,

Criteria A: Investigating

Investigate a movement or genre in the arts related to the statement of inquiry

Criteria B: Developing

Explore ideas to inform the development of a final artwork or performance

Criteria C: Creating

Demonstrate use of skills and techniques in Creating a work of art or performance

Criteria D: Evaluating

Appraise their own artwork or performance. Reflect on their development as an artist

Alanna L.

8th Grade

Personal Logo

Statement of Inquiry:

To build Relationships with others we

Communicate using Words and Symbols that

Represent and Convey information about who we

are (our Identity).

Ciara H.

Luis G.

Nick W.

Sean O'Connor

For this assignment you are going to create a logo that represents your identity. Our identity is made up of 4 different aspects that define who we are and make us unique and different from anybody else. They are Roles and Relationships, Beliefs and Values, Talents and Attributes, Likes and Preferences, and Education and Experiences. We come to know our identity through reflecting on our life experiences, the things that make sense to us, and what attracts us.

7th Grade

Neoclassic Art

Statement of Inquiry:

Understanding Artistic style of the past can help

us represent and express our ideas today.

Ben Greuling

Aoife Sheehan

Iman Yusuf

Sophia Salib

Anthony Diletti

We began this Neoclassic Art Unit to see how the values of society effects the visual appearance of the artwork it creates. The Neoclassic style originated in France to inspire patriotism and courage to face the evils of that time. To practice the ideal proportions and action poses students created skeletons for their Spooky Halloween Scenes. This assignment is good practice for their Social Value Poster that they will do to promote something that they feel is important for our society.

Carter Fanelli

6th Grade

the Art in Artifacts,

Statement of Inquiry:

When unsure of the Function of an Artifact (a Product

from a different Culture) we Analyze its Form (its visual

appearance) and its Context (information surrounding it) to

logically Interpret what it was used for.

Pierce McDonagh

Daisy Crespo

Sophia Fanady

Bill Savath

For this assignment students were to think of themselves as a Future Archaeologist who found an unknown artifact. They are going create a fact sheet to share their discovery with the Scientific Community. Like the "Arrow Shaft Abrader/Scraper" fact sheet, students will create illustrations of their artifact and how they imagined it was used. Students will also write a description of the Form what their object looks like. Their fact sheet will also give a written account of the Context of what was found with their artifact. Lastly, the student archeologist will create a hypothesis describing the possible Function for the object and an illustration of how it was used.

Art 2022/23

with Mr. O

And some seed fell on good soil,

where it sprouted, grew up, and

yielded 30, 60, and 100 times as much. Mark 4:8

IB MYP Arts Program

Aims to encourage and enable students to:

- enjoy a lifelong engagement with the arts

- explore the arts across time, cultures, and contexts

- understand the relationship between art and its contexts

- develop the skills necessary to create and to perform art

- express ideas creatively

- reflect on their own development as young artists

IB MYP Arts Assessment Criteria,

Criteria A: Investigating

Investigate a movement or genre in the arts related to the statement of inquiry

Criteria B: Developing

Explore ideas to inform the development of a final artwork or performance

Criteria C: Creating

Demonstrate use of skills and techniques in Creating a work of art or performance

Criteria D: Evaluating

Appraise their own artwork or performance. Reflect on their development as an artist

8th Grade

Identity

and the Self-Portrait

Statement of Inquiry:

Exploring Realistic and Abstract Art can lead to a

self-portrait that expressively represents one's identity

In these pictures these 8th grade students are showing their identity through both their realistic and abstract self-portraits. As artists, we use big ideas to inspire and give meaning to our work. Fortunately, we don’t have to go that far to discover them. All we have to do is reflect on the question “who am I?”. Trying to answer this question has inspired artists to try to represent themselves. Throughout history, artists have used a variety of media, artistic styles, and symbols in an attempt to capture their identity in a self-portrait.

7th Grade

Impressionism

Change is a Force in Art

Statement of Inquiry:

Developments in technology impacts the artist's world

changing the subject, style, and content of their work

In these pictures these 7th grade students are using Oil Pastels to learn about the Element of Art, Color. Oil Pastels is a great medium for this as you can mix and blend colors so easily. Student are learning that Color is made up of three properties; Hue, Value, and Intensity. Students are also learning about technological advancements and improvements being made in the late 19th century that influenced the French Impressionist's artwork that confounded the public and the art world.

6th Grade

Prehistoric Art

a view into our

Relationship with Animals

Statement of Inquiry:

Artist put to use specific stylistic perceptions in

order to communicate an idea about the subject

of their work

Animals have been the subject of art for as far back as the Chauvet cave drawings in France. The goal of the First Drawing, "Endangered Species Poster", is to communicate sympathy for the endangered species they chose. To elicit sympathy they needed to draw their animal realistically and represent its plight. For their Second Drawing they could choose a different message for their animal and with that they needed to adopt a different style to do their drawing in. Their message could be one of playfulness or dangerous, cute or ferocious.

8th Grade

Christmas Celebration

8th graders were able to create some Christmas

ornaments with tissue paper and Mod Poge as most

students had finished their Self-Portrait the week

before Christmas break.

7th Grade

Neoclassic Art

Looking to the Past to Represent

Social Values Majestically

Statement of Inquiry:

Understanding Artistic styles of the past can help us

represent and express our ideas today

We began this Neoclassic Art Unit to see how the values of society effects the visual appearance of the artwork it creates. The Neoclassic style originated in France to inspire patriotism and courage to face the evils of that time. To practice the ideal proportions and action poses students created skeletons for their Spooky Halloween Scenes. This assignment is good practice for their Social Value Poster that they will do to promote something that they feel is important for our society.

6th Grade

the Art in Artifacts,

We learn so much from what we see

Statement of Inquiry:

Considering the way an object looks and the context of

where it was found can help us understand its function

and importance

For this assignment students were to think of themselves as a Future Archaeologist who found an unknown artifact. They are going create a fact sheet to share their discovery with the Scientific Community. Like the "Arrow Shaft Abrader/Scraper" fact sheet, students will create illustrations of their artifact and how they imagined it was used. Students will also write a description of the Form what their object looks like. Their fact sheet will also give a written account of the Context of what was found with their artifact. Lastly, the student archeologist will create a hypothesis describing the possible Function for the object and an illustration of how it was used.

Mr. O

Mr. Omiatek

IB MYP Arts Programme

aims to encourage and enable students to

- enjoy a lifelong engagement with the arts

- explore the arts across time, cultures, and contexts

- understand the relationship between art and its contexts

- develop the skills necessary to create and to perform art

- express ideas creatively

- reflect on their own development as young artists