AE17.VA.8.2

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

AE17.VA.8.2
Collaboratively shape an artistic investigation of an aspect of present-day life using a traditional and/or contemporary practice of art and design.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Artists and designers shape artistic investigations, following or breaking with traditions in pursuit of creative artmaking goals.
EQ: How does knowing the contexts, histories, and traditions of art forms help create works of art and design? Why do artists follow or break from established traditions? How do artists determine what resources and criteria are needed to formulate artistic investigations?

Skills Examples

Create a pre-drawing self-portrait at the beginning of a drawing unit and compare it to a finished self-portrait at the end of the unit.
Write a survey at the beginning of a course to communicate prior knowledge and apprehensions of creating artwork and skill levels. At the end of the course review the survey to reflect on progress.
Collaborate with other students to create a legacy project, communication-based posters or a mural.
Collaboratively or individually compare, contrast and investigate self -portraits and social media selfies.
Create an artwork that explores new techniques, with the understanding that the artwork is experimental.
After exploring Tibetan sand mandalas, write a reflection, that highlights the importance of the process over product.
Discuss, examine and describe the use and misuses of appropriating (plagiarizing) copyrighted artworks and designs.
Describe the difference between the intent of graffiti vandalism and urban street art and the effects on various communities- compare defacing with creating.
Create an artwork implementing ideas, organizational elements, foundations, skills, and techniques of visual art in a traditional and/or digital method.
Engage - for the purposes of personal reflection and on-going improvement, group critiques.
Create a rubric with teacher input to be used for evaluation purposes.

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 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.