AE17.VA.6.7

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 6 - Visual Arts

AE17.VA.6.7
Compare and contrast methods associated with preserving and presenting two-dimensional, three-dimensional, and digital artwork.

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

Practice making preliminary sketches in a sketchbook or journal.
Illustrate the ability to bring a work from a sketch to a final product.
Observe methods for mounting and matting work for exhibition and saving personal work using digital methods.
Discuss appropriate behavior in a variety of settings, such as a gallery and an interactive museum.
Use various types of paper and recognize its various characteristics (such as tooth).
Examine the stages involved in the development of an artwork made of clay (differences between bone dry, bisque firing, and glaze firing), and how each affects the way that the artwork can be used as well as how long it lasts.
Present work to others by means of a display, show, exhibit, gallery, or portfolio review.
Create (with the assistance of the teacher/ student peers) an appropriate rubric for self-assessment.
Visit, either in person or electronically, Civil Rights Museum in Birmingham and the Rosa Parks Museum in Montgomery or other historical gallery/venue of display.
Participate in a School or County Art Show where family and community are invited to attend.

Vocabulary

Artistic ideas and work
Formal and conceptual vocabulary
Innovation
Investigation
Two-dimensional
Three-dimensional
Experimentation
Conservation
Craftsmanship
Linear perspective
Environmental responsibility
Prior knowledge
Museum
Gallery
Curator
Digital
Horizon Line
Brainstorming
Research

Anchor Standards

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

COS Examples

Examples: Storing preliminary sketches in a sketchbook or journal versus mounting and matting work for exhibition and saving personal work using digital methods.