I is the foundational level course for the high school art program. Students explore a wide range of art media and skills including drawing, painting, printmaking, and 3-D media. They study art history, aesthitics, and criticism form a multicultural perspective.
Students assemplbe a portfolio.
This course is the prerequisite for all future studio art courses in high school. Students extend and refine skills and knowledge of art production, visual literacy, and art history developed in Art I. New skills and media are introduced. Students study art history, aesthetics, and criticism from a chronological perspective. They continue to build portfolios that exhibit expanded knowledge and skills. Art3 Students engage in advanced study of art processes, aesthetics issues, art criticism, and art history.