AE17.VA.K.8

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

AE17.VA.K.8
Explain the purpose of a portfolio or collection, while identifying places where art may be displayed or preserved.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Artists, curators, and others consider a variety of factors and methods including evolving technologies when preparing and refining artwork for display and or when deciding if and how to preserve and protect it.
EQ: What methods and processes are considered when preparing artwork for presentation or preservation? How does refining artwork affect its meaning to the viewer? What criteria are considered when selecting work for presentation, a portfolio, or a collection?

Skills Examples

Discuss why student artwork has value and should be displayed.
Collect favorite selections of original artwork to present during parent conferences.
Choose artwork for public display, such as in a hallway, office, or gymnasium.
Choose particular artworks from among those created over the course of the school year and tell how the collection shows what was learned.
Create a portfolio folder with comments describing purpose or process of each piece of art.
View different art publications and/or museums via the Internet.
Engage in a virtual field study by viewing an art museum's website or virtual museum.
Visit a museum on a field trip.

Vocabulary

Art
Artwork
Collaboratively
Collage
Cool colors
Warm colors
Elements of Art

Color
Line
Shape

Imaginative play
Play
Portfolio
Primary colors
Principles of design

Pattern

Printmaking

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.

COS Examples

Examples: Art publications and/or museums via the Internet.