MA State Standards
Meeting Massachusetts State Standards:
Methods,
Materials, and Techniques
Students
will demonstrate knowledge of the methods, materials, and techniques unique to
the visual arts.
A
wide variety of media and techiniques will be explored through demonstrations,
centers, and daily discussions.
Elements
and Principles of Design
Students
will demonstrate knowledge of the elements and principles of design.
Authentic
assessments stress the elements and principles of design (such as
portfolios, artist statements,
critiques, and informal conversations).
Observation,
Abstraction, Invention, and Expression
Students
will demonstrate their powers of observation, abstraction, invention, and
expression in a variety of media, materials, and techniques.
Since
the ideas belong to the student, they are not only original, but also more
expressive.
Drafting,
Revising, and Exhibiting
Students
will demonstrate knowledge of the processes of creating and exhibiting artwork:
drafts, critique, self-assessment, refinement, and exhibit preparation.
This
is the strand that most traditional art programs struggle the most with, while
choice-based rooms have the greatest success.
Children do not learn to become dependent on the teacher for ideas and
motivation. The studio structure
culminates in an end of the year art show.
Critical
Response
Students
will describe and analyze their own work and the work of others using
appropriate visual arts vocabulary. When appropriate, students will connect
their analysis to interpretation and evaluation.
Students
participate in small and large group discussions, written self-evaluations,
artist statements, and so on.
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