CREATING—Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. 1.1 Enduring Understanding: Creativity and innovative thinking are essential life skills that can be developed. Essential Questions: What conditions, attitudes, and behaviors support creativity and innovative thinking? What factors prevent or encourage people to take creative risks? How does collaboration expand the creative process? Process Component: Imagine, Plan, Make PK.VA:Cr1.1 K.VA:Cr1.1 1.VA:Cr1.1 2.VA:Cr1.1 3.VA:Cr1.1 4.VA:Cr1.1 5.VA:Cr1.1 Engage in or collaborative exploration with a variety of arts materials. Engage in exploration and imaginative play with various arts materials. Engage collaboratively in exploration and imaginative play with various arts materials. Brainstorm to generate multiple approaches to an art or design problem. Elaborate on an imaginative idea. Brainstorm individual and collaborative approaches to a creative art or design problem. Combine ideas to generate an innovative idea for art-making. 6.VA:Cr1.1 7.VA:Cr1.1 8.VA:Cr1.1 Prof.VA:Cr1.1 Acc.VA:Cr1.1 Adv.VA:Cr1.1 Combine concepts collaboratively to generate innovative ideas for creating art. methods to overcome creative blocks. Document early stages of the creative process visually and/or verbally in traditional or contemporary media. Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors. Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork. Visualize and hypothesize to generate plans for ideas and directions for creating art and design that can affect social change. CREATING—Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work. 1.2 Enduring Understanding: Artists and designers shape artistic investigations, following or breaking with traditions in pursuit of creative artmaking goals.
Essential Questions: How does knowing the contexts, histories, and traditions of art forms help us create works of art and design? Why do artists follow or break from established traditions? How do artists determine what resources and criteria are needed to formulate artistic investigations? Process Component: Imagine, Plan, Make PK.VA:Cr1.2 K.VA:Cr1.2 1.VA:Cr1.2 2.VA:Cr1.2 3.VA:Cr1.2 4.VA:Cr1.2 5.VA:Cr1.2 Engage in self-directed, creative artmaking. Engage in creative artmaking in response to an artistic problem. Use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art. Make art or design with various art materials and tools to explore personal interests, questions, and curiosity. Apply knowledge of available resources, tools, and technologies to investigate personal ideas through the process. Collaboratively set goals and create artwork that is meaningful and has purpose to the makers. Identify and demonstrate diverse methods of artistic investigation to choose an approach for beginning a work of art. 6.VA:Cr1.2 7.VA:Cr1.2 8.VA:Cr1.2 Prof.VA:Cr1.2 Acc.VA:Cr1.2 Adv.VA:Cr1.2 Formulate an artistic investigation of personally relevant content for creating art. Develop criteria to guide making a work of art or design to meet an identified goal. Collaboratively shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present day life using a contemporary practice of art and design. Shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present day life using a contemporary practice of art or design. Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices to plan works of art and design. Choose from a of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices, following or breaking established conventions, to plan the making of multiple works of art and design based on a theme, idea, or concept. CREATING—Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
2.1 Enduring Understanding: Artists and designers experiment with forms, structures, materials, concepts, media, and art-making approaches. Essential Questions: How do artists work? How do artists and designers determine whether a particular direction in their work is effective? How do artists and designers learn from and error? Process Component: Investigate PK.VA:Cr2.1 K.VA:Cr2.1 1.VA:Cr2.1 2.VA:Cr2.1 3.VA:Cr2.1 4.VA:Cr2.1 5.VA:Cr2.1 Use a variety of art-making tools. Through experimentation, build skills in various media and approaches to artmaking. Explore uses of materials and tools to create works of art or design. Experiment with various materials and tools to explore personal interests in a work of art or design. Create personally satisfying artwork using a variety of artistic processes and materials. Explore and invent techniques and approaches. Experiment and develop skills in multiple techniques and approaches through practice. 6.VA:Cr2.1 7.VA:Cr2.1 8.VA:Cr2.1 Prof.VA:Cr2.1 Acc.VA:Cr2.1 Adv.VA:Cr2.1 Demonstrate openness in trying new ideas, materials, methods, and approaches in making works of art and design. Demonstrate persistence in developing skills with various materials, methods, and approaches in creating works of art or design. Demonstrate willingness to experiment, innovate, and take risks to pursue ideas, forms, and meanings that emerge in the process of artmaking or designing. Engage in making a work of art or design without having a preconceived plan. Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form. Experiment, plan, and make multiple works of art and design that explore a personally meaningful theme, idea, or concept. CREATING—Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. 2.2 Enduring Understanding: Artists and designers balance experimentation and safety, freedom and responsibility while developing and creating artworks. making
Essential Questions: How do artists and designers care for and maintain materials, tools, and equipment? Why is it important for safety and health to understand and follow correct procedures in handling materials, tools, and equipment? What responsibilities come with the freedom to create? Process Component: Investigate PK.VA:Cr2.2 K.VA:Cr2.2 1.VA:Cr2.2 2.VA:Cr2.2 3.VA:Cr2.2 4.VA:Cr2.2 5.VA:Cr2.2 Share art materials with others. Identify safe and art materials, tools, and equipment. Demonstrate safe and proper procedures for materials, tools, and equipment while art. Demonstrate safe procedures for using and cleaning art tools, equipment, and studio spaces. Demonstrate an understanding of the safe and proficient use of materials, tools, and equipment for a variety of artistic processes. When making of art, utilize and care for materials, tools, and equipment in a manner that prevents danger to oneself and others. Demonstrate quality craftsmanship through care for and use of materials, tools, and equipment. 6.VA:Cr2.2 7.VA:Cr2.2 8.VA:Cr2.2 Prof.VA:Cr2.2 Acc.VA:Cr2.2 Adv.VA:Cr2.2 Explain environmental implications of conservation, care, and of arts materials, tools, and equipment. Demonstrate awareness of ethical responsibility to oneself and others when posting and sharing images and materials through the Internet, social media, and other communication formats. Demonstrate awareness of practices, issues, and ethics of appropriation, fair use, copyright, open source, and Creative Commons as they apply to creating works of art and design. Explain how traditional and nontraditional materials may impact human health and the environment and demonstrate safe handling of materials, tools, and equipment. Demonstrate awareness of ethical implications of making and distributing creative work. Demonstrate understanding of the importance of balancing freedom and responsibility in the use of images, materials, tools, and equipment in the creation and circulation of creative work. CREATING—Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
2.3 Enduring Understanding: People create and interact with objects, places, and design that define, shape, enhance, and empower their lives. Essential Questions: How do objects, places, and design shape lives and communities? How do artists and designers determine goals for designing or redesigning objects, places, or systems? How do artists and designers create works of art or design that communicate effectively? Process Component: Investigate PK.VA:Cr2.3 K.VA:Cr2.3 1.VA:Cr2.3 2.VA:Cr2.3 3.VA:Cr2.3 4.VA:Cr2.3 5.VA:Cr2.3 Create and tell about art that a story about a familiar place or object. Create art that represents natural and constructed environments. Identify and classify uses of everyday objects through drawings, diagrams, sculptures, or other visual means. Repurpose found objects to make a new artwork or design. Individually or collaboratively construct representations, diagrams, or maps of places that are part of everyday life. Document, describe, and represent regional constructed environments. Identify, describe, and visually document places and/or objects of personal significance. 6.VA:Cr2.3 7.VA:Cr2.3 8.VA:Cr2.3 Prof.VA:Cr2.3 Acc.VA:Cr2.3 Adv.VA:Cr2.3 Design or redesign objects, places, or systems that meet the identified of diverse users. Apply visual organizational strategies to design and produce a work of art, design, or media that clearly communicates information or ideas. Select, organize, and design images and to make visually clear and compelling presentations. Collaboratively develop a proposal for an installation, artwork, or space design that transforms the perception and experience of a particular place. Redesign an object, system, place, or design in response to contemporary issues. Demonstrate in works of art or design how visual and material culture defines, shapes, enhances, inhibits, and/or empowers people's lives. CREATING—Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.
Enduring Understanding: Artists and other presenters consider various techniques, methods, venues, and criteria when analyzing, selecting, and curating objects artifacts, and artworks for preservation and presentation. Essential Questions: How are artworks cared for and by whom? What criteria, methods, and processes are used to select work for preservation or presentation? Why do people value objects, artifacts, and artworks, and select them for presentation? Process Component: Select, Analyze PK.VA:Pr4 K.VA:Pr4 1.VA:Pr4 2.VA:Pr4 3.VA:Pr4 4.VA:Pr4 5.VA:Pr4 Identify reasons for saving, and displaying objects, artifacts, and artwork. Select art objects for personal portfolio and display, explaining why they were chosen. Explain why some objects, artifacts, and artworks are valued over others. Categorize artwork based on a theme or concept for an exhibit. Investigate and discuss possibilities and limitations of spaces, including electronic, for exhibiting artwork. Explore how past, present, and emerging technologies have impacted the preservation and presentation of artwork. Define the roles and responsibilities of a curator, explaining the skills and knowledge needed in preserving, maintaining, and presenting objects, artifacts, and artwork. 6.VA:Pr4 7.VA:Pr4 8.VA:Pr4 Prof.VA:Pr4 Acc.VA:Pr4 Adv.VA:Pr4 Analyze similarities and differences associated with preserving and presenting three-dimensional, and digital artwork. Compare and contrast how technologies have changed the way artwork is preserved, presented, and experienced. Develop and apply criteria for evaluating a collection of artwork for presentation. Analyze, select, and curate artifacts and/or artworks for presentation and preservation. Analyze, select, and critique personal artwork for a collection or portfolio presentation. Critique, justify, and present choices in the process of analyzing, selecting, curating, and presenting artwork for a specific exhibit or event.
Assess, explain, and provide evidence of how museums or venues reflect history and values of a community and/or culture. Compare and contrast viewing and experiencing collections and exhibitions in different venues (physical and/or virtual). Analyze why and how an exhibition or collection may influence ideas, beliefs, and experiences. Analyze and describe the impact that an exhibition or collection has on personal awareness of social, cultural, or political beliefs and understandings. Make, explain, and justify connections between artists or artwork and social, cultural, and political history. Curate a collection of objects, artifacts, or artwork to impact the viewer’s understanding of social, cultural, and/or political experiences. RESPONDING—Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work 7.1 Enduring Understanding: Individual aesthetic and empathetic awareness developed through engagement with art can lead to understanding and appreciation of self, others, the natural world, and constructed environments. Essential Questions: How do life experiences influence the way you relate to art? How does learning about art impact how we perceive the world? What can we learn from our responses to art? Process Component: Perceive PK.VA:Re7.1 K.VA:Re7.1 1.VA:Re7.1 2.VA:Re7.1 3.VA:Re7.1 4.VA:Re7.1 5.VA:Re7.1 Recognize art in one’s environment. Identify uses of art within one’s personal environment. Select and describe works of art that illustrate daily life experiences of one’s self and others. Perceive and describe aesthetic characteristics of one’s natural world and constructed environments. Speculate about processes an artist uses to create a work of art. Compare responses to a work of art before and after working in similar media. Compare one's own interpretation of a work of art with the interpretation of others. 6.VA:Re7.1 7.VA:Re7.1 8.VA:Re7.1 Prof.VA:Re7.1 Acc.VA:Re7.1 Adv.VA:Re7.1
Identify and interpret works of art or design that reveal how people live around the world and what they value. Explain how the method of display, the location, and the experience of an artwork influence how it is perceived and valued. Explain how a person’s aesthetic choices are influenced by culture, environment, and personal experiences which impacts the message it conveys to others. Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences. Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments. Analyze how responses to art develop over time based on knowledge of and experience with art and life. RESPONDING—Anchor Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work. 7.2 Enduring Understanding: Visual imagery influences understanding of and responses to the world. Essential Questions: What is an Where and how do we encounter images in our world? How do images influence our views of the world? Process Component: Perceive, Analyze PK.VA:Re7.2 K.VA:Re7.2 1.VA:Re7.2 2.VA:Re7.2 3.VA:Re7.2 4.VA:Re7.2 5.VA:Re7.2 Distinguish between images and real objects. Describe what an image represents. Compare images that represent the same subject. Categorize images based on expressive properties. Determine messages communicated by an image. Analyze components in visual imagery that convey messages. Identify and analyze cultural associations suggested by visual imagery. 6.VA:Re7.2 7.VA:Re7.2 8.VA:Re7.2 Prof.VA:Re7.2 Acc.VA:Re7.2 Adv.VA:Re7.2
Analyze ways that visual components and cultural associations suggested by images influence ideas, emotions, and actions. Analyze multiple ways that images influence specific audiences. Compare and contrast contexts and media in which viewers encounter images that influence ideas, emotions, and actions. Analyze how one’s understanding of the world is affected by experiencing visual imagery. Evaluate the effectiveness of an image or images to influence ideas, feelings, and behaviors of specific audiences. Determine the commonalities within a group of artists or visual images attributed to a particular type of art, timeframe, or culture. RESPONDING—Anchor Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. Enduring Understanding: People gain insights into meanings of artworks by engaging in the process of art criticism. Essential Questions: What is the value of engaging in the process of art criticism? How can the viewer "read" a work of art as text? How does knowing and using visual arts vocabularies help us understand and interpret works of art? Process Component: Interpret PK.VA:Re8 K.VA:Re8 1.VA:Re8 2.VA:Re8 3.VA:Re8 4.VA:Re8 5.VA:Re8 Interpret art by identifying and describing subject matter. Interpret art by identifying subject matter and describing relevant details. Interpret art by categorizing subject matter and identifying the mood and characteristics of form. Interpret art by identifying the mood suggested by a work of art and describing relevant subject matter and characteristics of form. Interpret art by analyzing use of media to create subject matter, characteristics of form, and mood. Interpret art by referring to contextual information and analyzing relevant subject matter, characteristics of form, and use of Interpret art by analyzing characteristics of form and structure, contextual information, subject matter, visual elements, and use of media to identify ideas and mood conveyed.
6.VA:Re8 7.VA:Re8 8.VA:Re8 Prof.VA:Re8 Acc.VA:Re8 Adv.VA:Re8 Interpret art by distinguishing between relevant and contextual information and analyzing subject matter, characteristics of form and structure, and use of to identify ideas and mood conveyed. Interpret art by analyzing approaches, the characteristics of form and structure, relevant contextual information, subject matter, and use of media to identify ideas and mood conveyed. Interpret art by analyzing how the interaction of subject matter, characteristics of form and structure, use of media, approaches, and relevant contextual information contributes to understanding messages or ideas and mood conveyed. Interpret an artwork or collection of works, supported by relevant and sufficient evidence found in the work and its various contexts. Identify types of contextual information useful in the process of constructing interpretations of an artwork or collection of works. Analyze differing interpretations of an artwork or collection of works in order to select and defend a plausible critical analysis. RESPONDING—Anchor Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work. Enduring Understanding: People evaluate art based on various criteria. Essential Questions: How does one determine criteria to evaluate a work of art? How and why might criteria vary? How is a personal preference different from an evaluation? Process Component: Evaluate PK.VA:Re9 K.VA:Re9 1.VA:Re9 2.VA:Re9 3.VA:Re9 4.VA:Re9 5.VA:Re9 Select a preferred artwork and share. Explain reasons for selecting a preferred artwork. Classify artwork based on different reasons for preferences using learned art vocabulary. Use learned art vocabulary to express preferences about artwork. Evaluate an artwork based on given criteria. Apply one set of criteria to evaluate more than one work of art. Recognize differences in criteria used to evaluate works of art depending on styles, genres, and media as well as historical and cultural contexts.
6.VA:Re9 7.VA:Re9 8.VA:Re9 Prof.VA:Re9 Acc.VA:Re9 Adv.VA:Re9 Develop and apply relevant criteria to evaluate a work of art. Compare and explain the difference between an evaluation of an artwork based on personal criteria and an evaluation of an artwork based on a set of established criteria. Create a convincing and logical argument to support an evaluation of art. Establish relevant criteria in order to evaluate a work of art or collection of works. Determine the relevance of criteria used by others to evaluate a work of art or collection of works. Construct evaluations of a work of art or collection of works based on differing sets of criteria. CONNECTING—Anchor Standard 10: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. Enduring Understanding: Through artmaking, people make meaning by investigating and developing awareness of perceptions, knowledge, and experiences. Essential Questions: How does engaging in creating art enrich people's lives? How does making art attune people to their surroundings? How do people contribute to awareness and understanding of their lives and the lives of their communities through artmaking? Process Component: Synthesize PK.VA:Cn10 K.VA:Cn10 1.VA:Cn10 2.VA:Cn10 3.VA:Cn10 4.VA:Cn10 5.VA:Cn10 Explore the using descriptive and expressive words and artmaking. Create art that tells a story about a life experience. Identify times, places, and reasons by which students make art outside of school. Create works of art about events in home, school, or community life. Develop a work of art based on observations of surroundings. Create works of art that reflect community cultural traditions. Apply formal and conceptual vocabularies of art and design to view surroundings in new ways through artmaking.
6.VA:Cn10 7.VA:Cn10 8.VA:Cn10 Prof.VA:Cn10 Acc.VA:Cn10 Adv.VA:Cn10 Generate a collection of reflecting current interests and concerns that could be investigated in artmaking. Individually or collaboratively create visual documentation of places and times in which people gather to make and experience art or design in the community. Make art collaboratively to reflect on and reinforce positive aspects of group identity. Document the process of developing early stage ideas to fully elaborated ideas. Utilize inquiry methods of observation, research, and experimentation to explore unfamiliar subjects through artmaking. Synthesize knowledge of social, cultural, historical, and personal life with art-making approaches to create meaningful works of art or design.