AE17.VA.AD.2

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

AE17.VA.AD.2
Make informed choices from a range of materials, methods, and techniques of traditional and/or contemporary artistic practices, following or breaking established conventions, to plan the making of multiple works of art and design based on a theme, idea, or concept.

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

Generate a socially-relevant idea for an artwork that can affect a positive social change.
After researching propaganda art, such as painting used during WWII, create an original work of art intended to sway the viewer's opinion about a specific social issue.
Create works of art that revolve around a theme that the student has defined.
Reflect upon and justify one's use of media and techniques when planning artworks that serve a specific purpose or address a particular theme.
Demonstrate the creative process, with particular attention to gathering and interpreting information from diverse sources responsibility to create original works of art.

Vocabulary

Artist Statement
Abstraction
Animation
Distortion
Elaboration
Fragmentation
Juxtaposition
Magnification
Metamorphosis
Multiplication
Reversals
Simplification
Viewpoint
Form, intent, and content complement each other
Intent drives the selection of media and technique
Mix and blend materials
Expand on new ideas of communicating visually.
Making informed choices to communicate effectively.
Artists pursue new and innovative ways to create multiple themed artworks with technical skill and mastery while maintaining and caring for materials.
Reflect, re-engage, revise and refining works of art.

Anchor Standards

Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.