1 A wide variety of experiences enhance the basic foundation of art-related knowledge, skills, and attitudes established in middle school.
Students explore many materials and techniques through creative problem-solving.
Students engage in the process of analysis, criticism, and judgement of their own work and the work of others and maintain portfolios to record the stages of this process. The course includes drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, graphic design, ceramics, and textiles, photography, and computer graphics. The instructor encourages students to make connections between the visual arts and other subject areas. 1 Students work with more advanced techniques, media, and concepts. Focus is on the connection between studio production and personal expression.