This is how we learn about art ...
Core Ability 1: Think Creatively About Art
Students should know and practice the steps of the creative process:
- Question - ask the question, set the goal, define the problem. (The objectives of the specific unit)
- Saturation - gather Information, do research (The content that the teacher presents - technical training, visual examples, student input)
- Incubation - think time, let ideas “cook”
- A-ha - a solution emerges (develop ideas toward a final product)
- Verification - test out the idea to see if it works (work on project, reflect upon the strengths and weaknesses of the project, assessment)
Core Ability 2: Connect With Art
Students should know:
- All people in all cultures make art.
- Time, place, and resources influence how art looks, it’s meaning, and it’s value.
- Art is made for many purposes.
Core Ability 3: Express Through Art
Students should know:
- Art communicates ideas.
- How to “read” and think about what is said within works of art.
- How to gather clues from the time and place where the art work was created to understand the artist’s intent.
- Personal interpretation of an art piece is valid.
- How and why they are interpreting an image in a certain way.
- How to make knowledgeable choices to communicate through their own art.
- Art is categorized by genre: still life, landscape, portrait, figurative, abstract, non- objective, etc.
Core Ability 4: Know the Language of Art
Students should:
- Know Art Elements and Design Principles create art.
- Know and identify Art Elements in their own art works and others: line, shape, texture, value, color, and space.
- Understand Design Principles are used to put together an image: emphasis, movement, pattern, contrast, balance, rhythm, and unity.
Core Ability 5: Create Art
Students should:
- Work with and acquire technical skills in a range of art media.
- Understand that art is studied in disciplines: drawing, painting, sculpture, crafts, architecture, etc.
- Explore which process, media, and techniques are effective in communicating ideas.
- Use materials and tools in a safe and responsible manner.
Core Ability 6: Live With Art
Students should know:
- People who make art are artists and they do their work in studios.
- People who study art made by others are Art Historians and they work in Museums and Universities.
- People who write about art are Art Critics.
- People who study what is valuable in art are Aestheticians.
- There are many careers related to the Arts.
- You can make money in the Arts: museum employee, graphic artist, illustrator, set designer, art teacher, etc.
- Art connects with language, history, math, science, music, theater, dance, etc.
Core Ability 7: Talk About Art
Students should:
- Develop critical thinking skills by reflecting upon images with others.
- Assess him or herself to complete the learning cycle.
- Develop awareness of what they have learned and need to know more about through self-assessment.
- Use the assessment with the teacher to determine further instruction.
- Compare individual responses to art problems.