Visual Arts HS1, HS2, HS3

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Present

Respond

Connect

Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

Refine and complete artistic work.

Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for producing.

Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.

Perceive and analyze artistic work.

Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context.

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Formulate and develop creative approaches to art-making.

Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing work.

Envision and hypothesize creative risks and their implications while determining plans and direction of art-making.

Investigate an aspect of contemporary life utilizing art and design.

Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary practices to plan works of art and design.

Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary practices, following or breaking established conventions, to plan the making of multiple works of art and design based on a theme, idea, or concept.

Make art or design without having a preconceived plan, using course specific craftsmanship.

Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form using course specific craftsmanship.

Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept using course specific craftsmanship.

Demonstrate awareness of the ethical implications and the use of images, materials, tools, and equipment in the creation and presentation of original work.

Develop awareness of the balance between freedom and responsibility in the use of images, materials, tools, and equipment in the creation and presentation of original work.

Balance freedom and responsibility in the use of images, materials, tools, and equipment in the creation and presentation of original work.

Redesign an object, system, place, or design in response to contemporary issues.

Demonstrate, in works of art or design, how visual and material culture defines, shapes, enhances, inhibits, and/or empowers people's lives.

Collaboratively develop artwork that transforms the perception and experience of a particular place, object, or system.

Apply relevant criteria to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for a work of art or design in progress.

Reflect upon, revise, and refine works of art and design in response to personal artistic vision.

Reflect upon, revise, and refine works of art or design, considering relevant traditional and contemporary criteria as well as personal artistic vision.

Select, analyze, and curate artifacts and/or artworks for presentation and preservation.

Select, analyze, and critique personal artwork for a collection or portfolio presentation.

Critique and justify choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.

Analyze and evaluate traditional and emerging presentation spaces and methods.

Select, evaluate, and apply effective methods or processes to display artwork in a specific traditional or emerging presentation space.

Select, evaluate, and apply appropriate methods and processes for preserving and protecting artworks

Analyze and describe the impact that an exhibition or collection has on personal awareness of social, cultural, or political beliefs and understandings.

Make, explain, and justify connections between exhibitions of artists or artwork and the context of social, cultural, and political history.

Curate a collection of artwork or artifacts to impact the viewer’s understanding of social, cultural, and political experiences.

Analyze how one’s understanding of the world is affected by experiencing images.

Evaluate the effectiveness of an image or images to influence ideas, feelings, and behaviors of specific audiences.

Evaluate the connections within a collection of art or artists from a particular time and place, and determine the potential influence on specific audiences.

Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.

Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to natural and constructed environments.

Analyze how responses to art develop over time based on knowledge, life experiences, and perceptions of the world.

Interpret an artwork or collection of works, supported by relevant and sufficient evidence found in the work and its variouscontexts.

Evaluate types of contextual information relevant to the process of constructing interpretations of an artwork or collection of artworks.

Analyze differing interpretations of an artwork or collection of works in order to select and defend a plausible critical analysis.

Establish relevant criteria and apply them to an evaluation of a work of art or collection of works.

Analyze the relevance of criteria used by others to evaluate a work of art or collection of works.

Construct evaluations of a work of art or collection of works based on differing sets of criteria.

Document the process of developing ideas reflecting awareness of personal experiences, interests, and art-making approaches.

Research and connect an unfamiliar subject to personal experiences to develop meaning through art-making.

Synthesize knowledge of social, cultural, historical, and personal experiences with art-making approaches to create meaningful works of art or design.

Describe how knowledge of culture, traditions, and history may influence personal responses to art.

Compare and connect functions of art in a variety of societal, cultural, and historical contexts to contemporary and local contexts.

Evaluate the impact of an artist or a group of artists on the beliefs, values, and behaviors of a society.