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5. Fields of Knowledge - Arts, Language, and Literature

Artistic Process

Draft July 1997


ARTISTIC PROCESS 5.22 INTENT:

Grades K-2, (5-8 year-olds)

Grades 3-5, (8-11 year-olds)

Grades 6-8, (11-14 year-olds)

Students convey artistic intent from creator to viewer or listener. This is evident when students:

5.22 Intent

Cross Referenced to Vital Result Standards

· Develop personal ideas in response to their experience.

· Use a variety of art themes, artists, and techniques to guide them in developing their own self expression.

· Recognize a variety of art vocabulary when discussing and creating their work.

· Use a variety of art themes, art styles, and techniques in developing ideas for artistic self-expression.

· Identify formal structures.

· Use expressive qualities to convey ideas.

· Reflect on success of attempts.

· Identify use of symbols.

· Use formal structures and concepts to convey ideas.

· Understand and utilize the power of images and symbols.

· Discuss their intent and critique the outcome.

· Discuss the intent of artwork of a variety of styles and themes.

5.23 CRITIQUE:

Grades K-2, (5-8 year-olds)

Grades 3-5, (8-11 year-olds)

Grades 6-8, (11-14 year-olds)

Students critique their own and other’s works in progress, both individually and in groups, to improve upon intent. This is evident when students:

5.23 Critique

Cross Referenced to Vital Result Standards

· Describe and compare their artwork. · Use vocabulary describing the elements of art for purposes of discussion.

· Differentiate between preferences and judgments when looking at art.

· Know the difference between likes and dislikes versus critical evaluation.

· Evaluate their own strengths and areas for further development.

5.24 ARTISTIC PROBLEM SOLVING:

Grades K-2, (5-8 year-olds)

Grades 3-5, (8-11 year-olds)

Grades 6-8, (11-14 year-olds)

Students solve visual, spatial, kinesthetic, aural, and other problems in the arts. This is evident when students:

5.24 Artistic Problem Solving

Cross Referenced to Vital Result Standards

· Use media to express ideas in concrete form.

· Use preplanning to explore a variety of possible solutions.

· Use a variety of resources including artistic skills, observation and imagination.

· Demonstrates a willingness to take risks in order to learn.

· Work with trial and error to discover solutions.

· Apply curiosity, imagination and creativity to solve problems.

· Select media best suited to solve problem.

· Apply knowledge of art skills and concepts.

· Use personal observation and the work of other artists as a resource.

· Follow intuition and be guided by an interaction with the work.

5.25 EXEMPLARY WORKS:

Grades K-2, (5-8 year-olds)

Grades 3-5, (8-11 year-olds)

Grades 6-8, (11-14 year-olds)

Students demonstrate knowledge of exemplary works in the arts from a variety of cultures and historical periods. This is evident when students:

5.25 Exemplary Works

Cross Referenced to Vital Result Standards

· Recognize various styles and periods in art.

· Recognize some cultural differences in art work.

· Apply knowledge of artist’s, styles to personal art.

· Identify different styles and periods in art.

· Identify cultural differences in art work.

· Identify styles and periods in art in a historical context.

· Identify and interpret cultural values expressed in art.

5.26 ANALYSIS:

Grades K-2, (5-8 year-olds)

Grades 3-5, (8-11 year-olds)

Grades 6-8, (11-14 year-olds)

Students develop and present basic analysis of works in the arts from structural, historical, economic, and cultural perspectives. This is evident when students:

Cross Referenced to Vital Result Standards

· Not applicable · Apply knowledge of art elements when looking at art works. This is a move from “description” to “analysis”.

· Include in their analysis and understanding that standards and purposes of art vary with different cultures and historical periods.

· Include in their analysis a knowledge of the elements and concepts of art.

· Use critical reasoning to defend their judgment about art.

· Identify and interpret historical and culture influences.

ARTISTIC PROCESS Grades K-2, (5-8 year-olds) Grades 3-5, (8-11 year-olds) Grades 6-8, (11-14 year-olds)
5.22 INTENT: Students convey artistic intent from creator to viewer or listener.

5.23 CRITIQUE: Students critique their own and other’s works in progress, both individually and in groups, to improve upon intent.

5.24 ARTISTIC PROBLEM SOLVING: Students solve visual, spatial, kinesthetic, aural, and other problems in the arts.

5.25 EXEMPLARY WORKS: Students demonstrate knowledge of exemplary works in the arts from a variety of cultures and historical periods.

5.26 ANALYSIS: Students develop and present basic analysis of works in the arts from structural, historical, economic, and cultural perspectives.

Examples of Classroom Activities for Standard

5.22,

5.23,

5.24,

5.25,

5.26.

This may vary from team to team.

American primitive scenes of winter activities.

Monet’s Waterlilies in watercolor paints.

Clay dragons and cardboard castles.

Creating a collage of shapes discovered in a garden.

Positive and negative shapes in sculpture and printmaking.

Masks of many cultures (color theory, facial proportions, exaggeration).

Architecture and models of animal habitats.

Painting a mural of the neighborhood, perspective drawing (overlap, distance, spatial plane).

Early Greek pottery, design and mythology (figure drawing and proportions)

Renaissance and the development of drawing perspective.

Self portraits using observation of contour lines and shading.

Puppets that capture a character and represents an adolescent issue (color mixing, facial shapes and expression)

Examples of Assessment Strategies for Standards 5.22, 5.23, 5.24, 5.25, 5.26


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