Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 8 - Visual Arts

AE17.VA.8.7

Develop and apply criteria for evaluating a collection of artwork for presentation.

COS Examples

Example: Create a list of questions that address the interpretation of a collection of artwork, such as: How are these pieces related? How are they different? Does each piece address a similar theme or idea?

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Artists and other presenters consider various techniques, methods, venues, and criteria when analyzing, selecting, and curating objects, artifacts, and artworks for preservation and presentation.
EQ: 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?

Skills Examples

  • Answer from observation, questions that address the interpretation of a collection of artwork, such as: How are these pieces related? How are they different? Does each piece address a similar theme or idea?
  • Select an artwork of one's own to be critiqued by peers.
  • Participate in critiques individually or in a group.
  • Create (with the assistance of the teacher/ peers) an appropriate rubric for evaluating and selecting artworks for display in a particular setting.
  • Work alone or in collaboration with others to plan and create visual artworks in a variety of media that communicate particular ideas.
  • Select artworks for an exhibit or display.
  • Use digital media to locate and research art exhibits that represent ideas, beliefs and experiences of a historical or political nature.
  • State the purpose and/or use for various qualities of paper, what it is used for, and why a higher quality (archival) paper is used for the final version of an artwork.
  • View works on display in a museum. View works of art on display in a museum either in person or electronically. Write about what was seen, noting what stood out about the presentation of the works.
  • Select and mount one's own work for display.

Vocabulary

  • Creative Processes
  • Organize and develop ideas
  • Traditional Media
  • Contemporary Media
  • Fair Use
  • Open Source
  • Creative Commons
  • Develop artistic ideas
  • Plagiarizing
  • Graffiti
  • Defacing
  • Criteria
  • Refine and complete artistic work
  • Archival
  • Criteria
  • Cultural Context
  • Body of Artwork
  • Collaborate
  • Medium/ Media
  • Genre

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.
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