“Every child is an artist.” ― Pablo Picasso
I truly believe this is true and my goal as an art teacher is to encourage each child to discover their inner artist. I emphasis in my art classes that EVERYONE is an artist in their own way.
Grades in Art
Grades in art are a combination of class participation, effort, artistic craftsmanship, art folder completeness, and art reflections. In Art, we focus more on understanding the art concepts and learning the procedure than just the final finished product. Every art project has grade level specific art concepts related to the grade level visual art standards.
Wow...Art Education is really valuable and useful!
Look what the Colorado Department of Education has to say, "Exploration of visual arts is about invention, creation, and innovation. Building on the development of ideas through a process of inquiry, discovery, and research leads to the creation of works of art, and, whether using traditional materials or the latest technologies, prepares students to be independent, lifelong learners. Participation in the visual arts provides students with unique experiences and skills that develop important traits for success in the 21st century workforce. Studying art and design involves inquiry, posing and solving problems, perseverance, re-purposing, taking risks, and persuading and inspiring."
BVSD Visual ART CURRICULUM K-5
In Art, each grade is working on age appropriate projects, learning different skills and understanding different art concepts. I will be following the BVSD Visual Arts Year at a Glance. The Visual Arts Year at a Glance or YAAG is full of information about the Visual Art Standards that we follow and teach in the BVSD Visual Art Curriculum.
Personally as an art teacher, I feel that for student, art is about learning various art techniques and art CONCEPT; it is not all about the end PRODUCT. Sometimes are end results are awesome, sometimes they are more of a learning art experience. Check out the different grade level pages to see what your child is studying in art.
BVSD Visual Art Standards
Boulder Valley School District adheres to the Colorado Visual Arts Standards adopted by the Colorado Department of Education. To read in depth about BVSD visual art curriculum and standards, please check out BVSD website.
The four standards of visual arts are:
1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend
Use the visual arts to express, communicate, and make meaning. To perceive art involves studying art; scrutinizing and examining art; recognizing, noticing, and seeing art; distinguishing art forms and subtleties; identifying and detecting art; becoming skilled in and gaining knowledge of art; grasping and realizing art; figuring out art; and sensing and feeling art.
2. Envision and Critique to Reflect.
Articulate and implement critical thinking in the visual arts by synthesizing, evaluating, and analyzing visual information. To value art involves visualizing, articulating, and conveying art; thinking about, pondering, and contemplating art; wondering about, assessing, and questioning art concepts and contexts; expressing art; defining the relevance, significance of, and importance of art; and experiencing, interpreting, and justifying the aesthetics of art.
3. Invent and Discover to Create.
Generate works of arts that employ unique ideas, feelings, and values using different media, technologies, styles, and forms of expression. To make art involves creating, inventing, conceiving, formulating, and imagining art; communicating, ascertaining, and learning about art; building, crafting, and generating art; assembling and manufacturing art; discovering, fashioning, and producing art; and causing art to exist.
4. Relate and Connect to Transfer.
Recognize, articulate, and validate the value of the visual arts to lifelong learning and the human experience. To respond to art involves relating to art; connecting to art; personally linking to art; associating with art; bonding to art; moving toward art sensibilities; shifting to art orientations; thinking about art; attaching meaning to art; replying to art; reacting to art; internalizing art; personalizing art; and relating art to diverse cultures.
****A typical project in art class will combine the standards listed above in each grade level.
I truly believe this is true and my goal as an art teacher is to encourage each child to discover their inner artist. I emphasis in my art classes that EVERYONE is an artist in their own way.
Grades in Art
Grades in art are a combination of class participation, effort, artistic craftsmanship, art folder completeness, and art reflections. In Art, we focus more on understanding the art concepts and learning the procedure than just the final finished product. Every art project has grade level specific art concepts related to the grade level visual art standards.
Wow...Art Education is really valuable and useful!
Look what the Colorado Department of Education has to say, "Exploration of visual arts is about invention, creation, and innovation. Building on the development of ideas through a process of inquiry, discovery, and research leads to the creation of works of art, and, whether using traditional materials or the latest technologies, prepares students to be independent, lifelong learners. Participation in the visual arts provides students with unique experiences and skills that develop important traits for success in the 21st century workforce. Studying art and design involves inquiry, posing and solving problems, perseverance, re-purposing, taking risks, and persuading and inspiring."
BVSD Visual ART CURRICULUM K-5
In Art, each grade is working on age appropriate projects, learning different skills and understanding different art concepts. I will be following the BVSD Visual Arts Year at a Glance. The Visual Arts Year at a Glance or YAAG is full of information about the Visual Art Standards that we follow and teach in the BVSD Visual Art Curriculum.
Personally as an art teacher, I feel that for student, art is about learning various art techniques and art CONCEPT; it is not all about the end PRODUCT. Sometimes are end results are awesome, sometimes they are more of a learning art experience. Check out the different grade level pages to see what your child is studying in art.
BVSD Visual Art Standards
Boulder Valley School District adheres to the Colorado Visual Arts Standards adopted by the Colorado Department of Education. To read in depth about BVSD visual art curriculum and standards, please check out BVSD website.
The four standards of visual arts are:
1. Observe and Learn to Comprehend
Use the visual arts to express, communicate, and make meaning. To perceive art involves studying art; scrutinizing and examining art; recognizing, noticing, and seeing art; distinguishing art forms and subtleties; identifying and detecting art; becoming skilled in and gaining knowledge of art; grasping and realizing art; figuring out art; and sensing and feeling art.
2. Envision and Critique to Reflect.
Articulate and implement critical thinking in the visual arts by synthesizing, evaluating, and analyzing visual information. To value art involves visualizing, articulating, and conveying art; thinking about, pondering, and contemplating art; wondering about, assessing, and questioning art concepts and contexts; expressing art; defining the relevance, significance of, and importance of art; and experiencing, interpreting, and justifying the aesthetics of art.
3. Invent and Discover to Create.
Generate works of arts that employ unique ideas, feelings, and values using different media, technologies, styles, and forms of expression. To make art involves creating, inventing, conceiving, formulating, and imagining art; communicating, ascertaining, and learning about art; building, crafting, and generating art; assembling and manufacturing art; discovering, fashioning, and producing art; and causing art to exist.
4. Relate and Connect to Transfer.
Recognize, articulate, and validate the value of the visual arts to lifelong learning and the human experience. To respond to art involves relating to art; connecting to art; personally linking to art; associating with art; bonding to art; moving toward art sensibilities; shifting to art orientations; thinking about art; attaching meaning to art; replying to art; reacting to art; internalizing art; personalizing art; and relating art to diverse cultures.
****A typical project in art class will combine the standards listed above in each grade level.
