Art

High School Art Program

The goals of the art program are:

• students will demonstrate knowledge of the methods, materials, and techniques unique to the visual arts.
• students will use a variety of materials and media (e.g., crayons, chalk, paint, clay, papers, textiles, and/or yarns).
• students will understand how to utilize various materials and media to produce different visual effects.
• students will create artwork in a variety of two-dimensional and three-dimensional media:
• two-dimensional media examples: drawing, painting, and collage.
• Three-dimensional media examples: clay, paper, and found objects for assemblage and construction.

To the best of their abilities, students are expected to:

• explore the range of effects possible within each medium, such as transparent, opaque, wet, dry stippled, and blended.
• create artwork that demonstrates an awareness of the range and purpose of tools such as pens, brushes, markers, etc.
• use the appropriate vocabulary related to the materials, methods, and techniques.
• maintain the tools, materials, created work, and workspace responsibly and safely.

This year, students will work on projects that:

• show their ability to create two-dimensional and three-dimensional works that illustrate knowledge of characteristics of particular media, materials, and tools.
• explore a single subject through a series of works, varying the medium or technique.
• demonstrate their capacity to make appropriate choices of two-dimensional and three dimensional media, tools, and techniques to achieved desired effects in specific projects. Identify represent, and experiment with colors, lines, textures, shapes, forms, patters, symmetry, and space.