Visual Arts Standard 1
Learn and develop the essential skills and technical demands unique to visual arts.

Visual Arts Standard 2
Use visual arts to express ideas.

Visual Arts Standard 3
Integrate understanding of visual arts by seeking connections and parallels among arts disciplines as well as all other content areas.

Visual Arts Standard 4
Demonstrate an understanding of the dynamics of the creative process.

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

Visual Arts Standard 6
Show increased awareness of diverse peoples and cultures through visual and performing arts.

Visual Arts Standard 7
Demonstrate knowledge about how technology and invention have historically influenced artists and offered new possibilities for expression.

Visual Arts Standard 8
Contribute to communities by sharing expertise in dance, music, theatre/drama, and visual arts and by participating in the activities of cultural institutions.

Visual Arts Standard 1

Grade K-4 students will:
A. Participate in the process of making art to understand the elements of art: line, shape, form, color, and texture.
1. Identify and/or make art using different materials (such as watercolor, tempera, clay, etc.).
2. Identify the elements of design (line, color, shape, texture, pattern, space, value) as found in the environment and in art.

B. Explore and become familiar with art materials and their related techniques.
1. Identify and/or make use of techniques for producing art (such as drybrush, textured brush strokes, pinching, etc).
2. Demonstrate and explain steps used to create art (idea gathering, sketches, diagrams, and additions to diagrams).

C. Use art materials and tools in a safe and responsible manner.
1. Demonstrate and explain responsible behavior with all aspects of art materials and tools.

Grade 5-8 students will:
A. Explore art materials, techniques, qualities, characteristics, and processes; understand what makes them effective in solving specific art problems and how they are used to enhance life experiences and ideas.
1. Engage in problem-solving activities that apply the principles of art to the elements of art.

B. Explore and understand the use of art materials and techniques by culturally diverse artists locally and globally.
1. Research and discuss the relationship between art and artifact and their historical, geographical, cultural and political contexts.

Grade 9-12 students will:
A. Show skill, confidence, and sensitivity in applying knowledge of art media and techniques to the production of artwork.
1. Demonstrate an increasing level of competence in using the elements and principles of art to create art works for public exhibition.

B. Demonstrate knowledge of appropriate health and safety issues as they pertain to the use of art material and equipment.
1. Produce a body of work that reflects the effectiveness of selective mediums and techniques for communicating.

C. Recognize that there are multiple points of view about organizational principles of design and elements of art.
1. Use objects, symbols, and ideas in their artwork and use the skills gained to solve problems in daily life.

D. Produce art that demonstrates the elements of art and principles of design in a variety of media.
1. Create a body of work via portfolio, which represents a personal exploration of viewpoints using principles and elements of design.