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Visual arts is a term used for a broad category of different types of art. This category may include the traditional fine arts such as drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture; communication and design arts such as film, television, graphics, and product design; architecture and environmental arts such as urban, interior, and landscape; folk arts; and works of art such as ceramics, fibers, jewelry as well as works in wood, paper, and other materials. The visual arts curriculum follows the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.
VISUAL ARTS - Grade 6 (Visual Arts Exploratory)-This course introduces students to the elements of art through painting, printmaking, pottery, and weaving. Application of these elements to the students'own original art work is the major emphasis.
The emphasis for the grade level is on:
- Using media
- Imagining and implementing images
- Elaborating on an idea or theme
- Applying the elements of art and the principles of design
- Art as a means of communication and persuasion
- Interpreting the environment
- Visual arts purpose and function in history and cultures
- Contributions of visual arts in various cultures
- Purposes for creating works of art
- Identifying connections, and similarities and differences
- The impact of technology on the arts
- Art as a vocation and avocation
VISUAL ARTS - Grade 7 (Drawing, Painting, and Pottery/Sculpture)
The emphasis at this grade level is on:
- Organizing and creating art
- Development of ideas over time
- Techniques and processes for working with a variety of materials
- Using a variety of media and techniques
- The elements and principles of design
- Artistic solutions
- Interpreting the environment
- Inventing original imagery
- Aesthetic diversity of various cultures
- How art can meet its intended purpose
- How art elements and design principles relate to all arts areas
- The impact of future technology on the arts
- Art as a vocation or avocation
VISUAL ARTS - Grade 8 (Drawing, Painting, and Pottery/Sculpture)
The emphasis at this grade level is on:
- Planning and organizing for unique and original solutions
- Seeking inspiration from other artists
- Using increasingly complex ideas and original expressions
- Developing expressive media techniques to reach an original and personal solution
- Developing original solutions
- Using environmental imagery
- The history, purpose and function of visual arts
- Evaluating the effectiveness of a work of art
- Critiquing artwork
- Interpreting and analyzing
- Assessing the ways art enhances all aspects of life