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 4

Grade K-4 students will:
A. Understand that works of art come from diverse personal and cultural experiences and inspirations.
1. Research and discuss instances in which history and culture affected specific public art in the local community.
2. Create and discuss works of art that express personal ideas, feelings, interests and values.
3. Create artworks based on a range of individual and collective experiences.

B. Develop appropriate methods of reflection and evaluation of art work.
1. Use correct vocabulary to describe and discuss works of art.
2. Describe at least two pieces of art in terms of similarities and differences of color, subject matter, personal reaction and historical setting.
3. Show and tell what is meant by art and interpret meaning in others' artwork.
4. Participate in a variety of reflective process (such as individual tasks, group discussions, journaling, portfolio and display).

Grade 5-8 students will:
A. Explore the influence of personal experiences, imagination and the dynamics of culture to works of art.
1. Create art in which design elements and principles in conjunction with subject, themes and content are based on personal experiences to create meanings.

B. Understand how the qualities and characteristics of various art, media, techniques, and processes influence the creative process to communicate experiences and ideas.
1. Discuss specific instances in which culture influences art.
2. Identify and describe the emotional connotations of the use and placement of design principles and elements in a particular piece of art.
3. Describe orally or in written form a personal reaction to at least three pieces of art in different media.
4. Demonstrate how the use of traditional and different media can convey meanings, (softness of pastels and watercolors, texture of collage, sparseness of wire, etc).

Grade 9-12 students will:
A. Use oral and written methods to express the introspective process used in creating personal artwork.
1. Use the language of art criticism to explore and identify purposes for creating art.
2. Explain the visual and other sensory qualities in art and nature and their relationship to the social environment.
3. Investigate, analyze, and reflect on various writings, viewpoints and opinions about art.