Students express informed, reflective views on current events in the arts. Students describe how art skills can be applied to a variety of careers. Students articulate a principle of artistic freedom and its significance in a democratic society. Students describe how art-related values and activities within cultures have included or excluded certain social groups and forms of art making based on such factors as racial and gender discrimination. P Judgments in Art Students identify differences between initial impressions and informed responses.
Students recognize interpretations that are well supported.
Students identify what they believe makes some artworks better than others. Students judge the plausibility of interpretations offered by themselves and others. Students generate and apply criteria for judging the merit and significance of artworks. Students judge the plausibility and persuasiveness of interpretations offered by themselves and others. Students judge the merit and significance of artworks, using standards from individual and socio-cultural beliefs, values, purposes, and traditions, in conjunction with an informed interpretation of the artworks in question.