Describing and evaluating the media, processes, and meanings of works of visual art and making comparative judgments about them is an integral part of the learning process. Methods of inquiry that allow for the examination of complex ideas in structured, sequential ways provide the basis for aesthetic education. Creating, Performing and Producing Developing skills and organizing knowledge for creating and producing visual art involves continuous exposure to and experimentation with a wide range of artistic processes, tools, and materials. This framework promotes the acquisition of new ways of thinking, working, communicating, reasoning, and investigating. Creating is at the heart of this instruction.
Students learn to coordinate their hands and minds in explorations of the visual world.
They learn to make choices that enhance communication of their ideas. Natural inquisitiveness is promoted, and students learn the value of perseverance. This is accomplished through a wide range of visual arts experiences including traditional media and processes and those created by new forms of technology. The central goal of art history is to construct and maintain a systematic order in the traditions and cultures of art. Interdisciplinary Connections Identifying and expanding the connections within the arts and other disciplines balances the curriculum to help develop the whole intellect.