Visual Arts: Grades 4, 5

Visual Arts

Learn and develop skills and meet technical demands unique to dance, music, theatre/drama and visual arts.

Use dance, music, theatre/drama and visual arts to express ideas.

Integrate understanding of visual and performing arts by seeking connections and parallels among arts disciplines as well as other content areas.

Demonstrate an understanding of the dynamics of the creative process.

Observe, discuss, analyze and make critical judgments about artistic works.

Show increased awareness of diverse peoples and cultures through visual and performing arts.

Demonstrate knowledge about how technology and invention have historically influenced artists and offered new possibilities for expression. Grades K-5 benchmark 7A: Expand dance horizons through the use of technology.

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

Participate in the process of making and looking at works of art to understand the elements of art, such as: color, form, line, shape, size, space, texture and value.

Explore and develop skills using art materials, tools and techniques

Use art materials and tools safely and responsibly.

Create art work that expresses ideas, feelings and experiences about self, family, community and the world.

Explore connections between the elements of dance and other arts disciplines.

Explore connections between the elements of visual arts and other content areas.

Understand that artists create works of art based upon their diverse sources of inspiration, including personal and cultural experiences.

Practice methods of reflection and self-evaluation of one's own art work.

Develop necessary skills for identifying the design elements, narrative components and symbolism in a work of art.

Develop and practice skills necessary for communicating responses to a work of art.

Explore the visual arts of diverse peoples, times, places and cultures.

Demonstrate knowledge about how technology and invention have historically influenced artists and offered new possibilities for expression. Grades K-5 benchmark 7: Explore the role of specific inventions and their influence on art.

View art in various community settings.

Develop an awareness of how artists have contributed artistically to the community.

Identify the principles of design in works of art and the environment.

Apply the elements of art in assigned visual arts problems.

Select a variety of materials, tools and techniques for producing desired artistic results.

Discuss potential hazards of art materials and tools.

Demonstrate proper use of art materials.

Use personal experience as inspiration for expression in visual art.

Use knowledge of local and global communities as inspiration for expression in visual art.

Compare and contrast emotional responses to specific works of visual art and to works in other arts disciplines (e.g., how different lines can relate to music or dance).

Compare elements of art and design principles used across art disciplines, such as: pattern, repetition, contrast and balance.

Demonstrate understanding by applying art elements (e.g., color, form, line, shape, size, space, texture and value) and principles of design (balance, contrast, emphasis, movement, pattern, proportion, repetition, rhythm, unity and variety) to other content areas.

Describe relationships between visual art and other content areas.

Solve artistic challenges using preliminary sketches, divergent production, and various sources of inspiration.

Examine works of art with a focus on their sources of inspiration

Reflect on the process of creating one's work of art.

Examine the success of personal/artistic intent in the creation of a work of art.

Research an idea to be used in an art work.

Analyze narrative and symbolic elements in a piece of art.

Examine relationships among elements of art and principles of design found in a work of art.

Analyze why artists make art to achieve various goals (e.g., realistic, expressionistic, narrative, imaginative, formal or practical).

Communicate about works of art (e.g., class discussion, portfolio collection and display).

Use visual art information to discuss the meaning of a work of art.

Communicate about works of art using activities such as class discussion, portfolio collection and display.

Make interpretations of art that reflect cultural and historical influences.

Experiment with creating art that reflects cultural and historical influences.

Classify art from various cultures and historical eras.

Recognize art from a variety of New Mexico and world cultures.

Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of invention on a variety of arts-related careers.

Use various technologies to create works of art.

Examine art in different contexts (e.g., in museums, galleries or other public settings, commercial art, etc.).

Discover and discuss at least two examples of local public art.

Compare and contrast the meanings of art found in commercial settings (e.g., advertisements, product design, television and the internet).

Examine various arts careers.

Contribute to community culture by exhibiting art work in various settings.