Art Education at the University of New Mexico

Content Standards - Visual Art

Visual Arts Standard 5
Observe, discuss, analyze, and make critical judgments about artistic works.

Grade K-4 students will:
A. Understand how personal experiences influence the development of specific artworks.
1. Discuss how the use of the elements of art can express moods and feelings in one's own art and in the work of others.
2. Describe their own art and the work of others.

B. Understand that there are different responses to specific artworks and respect those differences.
1. Discuss the various possible reasons for selecting a particular media to convey messages in a piece of art.
2. Make art which demonstrates the effect of personal experience.

C. Reflect upon and assess the characteristics and merits of one's own artwork.
1. Complete, discuss and display one's own works of art.
2. Respond to constructive comments from others about one's own art.

Grade 5-8 students will:
A. Understand and distinguish multiple purposes and motivations for creating works of art.
1. Demonstrate the use of the elements of art to express moods and feelings in one's own art and the art of others.

B. Understand contemporary and historic meanings in specific artworks through cultural and aesthetic inquiry.
1. Demonstrate how history, art and culture can influence each other in making and studying works of art

C. Access a variety of local, regional, state, and technical resources for observation and analysis of artworks.
1. Visit museums and art displays in other community institutions (either on-site or through film, television, computers, video, slides or other electronic media).

Grade 9-12 students will:
A. Demonstrate knowledge of analytical processes to create critical aesthetic statements concerning selected works of art.
1. Analyze works of art for diverse world cultures and discuss the ideas, issues and events of the culture that these works convey.
2. Examine and analyze works of art and artifacts from diverse world cultures and place them in a cultural and historical context, using appropriate vocabulary.