AE17.VA.6.8

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

AE17.VA.6.8
Collaboratively or individually develop a visual plan for displaying works of art in a designated space.

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

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

Aligned Learning Resources

What Is Real and What Is Not