Identifies colors, lines, shapes, textures, and space. Identifies materials and tools and cares for them properly. Identifies and uses the elements of line, color, texture, value, form, space, and shape in art projects. Identifies and uses the principles of repetition, rhythm, balance, focal point, contrast, pattern and unity in art projects. The middle school art curriculum builds on instruction at the elementary level in the six Connecticut Standards for Visual Art, which form the skills of the program.
Students create and respond to art in each middle school art course, during all three years.
Students grow in their ability to create artistic works and to describe, interpret, evaluate and respond to their and others' art. They gain an appreciation of their own values and the connection of the visual arts to universal human needs, values, and beliefs. Students learn that art can influence and is influenced by the culture and political factors of different societies. Through interdisciplinary projects students discover links between art, other disciplines, and their daily lives. Applies the elements of art and organizational principles of art.