AE17.VA.AC.9

Arts Education (2017) Grade(s): 09-12 - Visual Arts

AE17.VA.AC.9
Create, explain, and justify connections between artists or artwork and social, cultural, and/or political history.

Unpacked Content

Essential Questions

EU: Objects, artifacts, and artworks collected, preserved, or presented either by artists, museums, or other venues communicate meaning and a record of social, cultural, and political experiences resulting in the cultivating of appreciation and understanding.
EQ: What is an art museum? How does the presenting and sharing of objects, artifacts, and artworks influence and shape ideas, beliefs, and experiences? How do objects, artifacts, and artworks collected, preserved, or presented, cultivate appreciation and understanding?

Skills Examples

Create a unique mat or frame.
Create a piece inspired by an environment and/or for an environment.
Explore ways to preserve works of art in various environments.
Explore ways that museums or galleries restore works of arts exposed to various environments.
Explore testing how materials may be impacted by an environment prior to creating a work of art.
Curate an online gallery of artist work.
Curate a body of work with a specific theme by various artists.
Present a presentation of works that are related by theme, subject matter, time period, or artist and explain the connection and impact of each piece.
Design a pop up gallery space in a school.
Research an artist’s body of work and create a timeline presentation of their work to offer insight into their process, history, or cultural impacts.
Research and create a work of art that is intentionally meant to disappear or disintegrate or not last longer that a short time period.
Explore how a work is only preserved in a video or photograph.
Work collaboratively to create an art show.
Work with local venues to host an art show.
Hide mini works of art around the school or in a public venue (with permission).
Work collaboratively with another art form (dance, music, theater, digital media) to create a work of art with a collaborative purpose and artistic meaning to be displayed or used in a new way (backdrop for dancers, video for music).

Vocabulary

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

Portraiture
Figures
Landscapes
Cityscapes
Everyday Life
Social Issues
Personal History
Conceptual/ Text-based Art
Image Appropriation
Conceptual Art
Reflection
Innovative thing are essential life skills.
Understanding contexts, histories and traditions that lead artists to break established traditions.
Experimentation of various art forms to express visual communication.
Responsible and ethical use of resources is essential when creating works of art.
People interact and perceive various art works in many different ways.

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 6: Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.