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 6

Grade K-4 students will:
A. Identify specific works of art as belonging to particular cultures, times, and places.
1. Determine the function of various works of art and artifacts within a specific culture.
2. Create art that reflects NM cultural and historical influences.
3. Describe art from one's own culture and the culture of others.
4. Recognize art from a variety of New Mexico cultures.

Grade 5-8 students will:
A. Compare and describe artwork of various eras and cultures; and
1. Compare and contrast artworks and artifacts from two dissimilar world cultures.

B. Recognize historical and cultural themes, trends, and styles in various works of art.
1. Sort and classify a variety of art objects within an identified historical and cultural context.
2. Create art that reflects a particular period within a specific culture.

Grade 9-12 students will:
A. Identify the characteristics and purposes of the historical and cultural contexts of selected pieces of art.
1. Present a body of work within their portfolio that reflects the influences of a variety of cultural styles.

B. Describe uses and explore the meaning of art objects within diverse cultures, times, and geographic locations.
1. Interpret the meaning of works and artifacts in terms of the cultures that produced them, including the use of apprenticeship systems to maintain cultural heritage.