New Colorado P-12 Academic Standards

Prepared Graduates: (Click on a Prepared Graduate Competency to View Articulated Expectations) - (Remove PGC Filter)

• Identify, compare and justify that the visual arts are a way to acknowledge, exhibit and learn about the diversity of peoples, cultures and ideas

Concepts and skills students master:

1. The work of art scholars impacts how art is viewed today

Inquiry Questions:

1. What constitutes art? According to whom?
2. Why create?
3. How does beauty influence the quality of life?

Relevance & Application:

1. Manipulating and analyzing various criticisms from existing and historical art scholars allows students to identify how art can elicit varying opinions.
2. Providing knowledge and relevance of artistic and cultural history can help to bring about alternative views of previous and contemporary societies.
3. Giving context and new thinking to works of art, scholars hold the knowledge of the past and present.

Nature Of:

1. Informed opinions about art are debated, but not necessarily resolved.
2. Investigating diverse cultures and their viewpoints leads to a more knowledgeable society.

Prepared Graduates: (Click on a Prepared Graduate Competency to View Articulated Expectations) - (Remove PGC Filter)

• Identify, compare and justify that the visual arts are a way to acknowledge, exhibit and learn about the diversity of peoples, cultures and ideas
• Explain, compare and justify that the visual arts are connected to other disciplines, the other art forms, social activities, mass media, and careers in art and non-art related arenas

Concepts and skills students master:

2. Cultural traditions and events impact visual arts within a community

Inquiry Questions:

1. How is art a vital part of our surroundings and lives?
2. How and why do people make specific, personal choices in art?

Relevance & Application:

1. Various art forms and cultural resources preserve cultural heritage and influence contemporary art.
2. Community cultural traditions in art are used every day in society.
3. Works of art shown in public develop pride in personal work and support leadership skills by demonstrating follow-through, tenacity, perseverance, and problem-solving.
4. In-depth study of community cultural traditions is important and can reveal that some cultural works of art are not appropriate to replicate, restructure, or render.

Nature Of:

1. Visual arts connect and reach people in unique and impactful ways.
2. Respect for the art of cultures informs our diversity.

Prepared Graduates: (Click on a Prepared Graduate Competency to View Articulated Expectations) - (Remove PGC Filter)

• Identify, compare and justify that the visual arts are a way to acknowledge, exhibit and learn about the diversity of peoples, cultures and ideas
• Identify, compare, and interpret works of art derived from historical and cultural settings, time periods, and cultural contexts

Concepts and skills students master:

2. The visual arts community messages its cultural traditions and events

Inquiry Questions:

1. Why is it important to understand the cultural context in which art is made?
2. How have the roles of visual artists within community cultural traditions changed over time?

Relevance & Application:

1. Funding, producing, writing, displaying, and marketing communicate artistic traditions and events.
2. Interdisciplinary connections between and among the visual arts and other art forms enrich the context of works of art.

Nature Of:

1. Art invites and endless array of possible communication opportunities.

Prepared Graduates: (Click on a Prepared Graduate Competency to View Articulated Expectations) - (Remove PGC Filter)

• Identify, compare and justify that the visual arts are a way to acknowledge, exhibit and learn about the diversity of peoples, cultures and ideas
• Identify, compare, and interpret works of art derived from historical and cultural settings, time periods, and cultural contexts

Concepts and skills students master:

1. Artists, viewers, and patrons assign intended meaning to works of art

Inquiry Questions:

1. How do you know what a work of art means?
2. What gives art meaning?
3. Why does meaning change through time and culture?
4. Why does art need to be explained?

Relevance & Application:

1. Art from various genres and styles can illustrate meaning.
2. Art and artists have used the characteristics and expressions of art from various historical periods and cultures to explain the human existence.
3. Technology and mass media provide examples of contemporary cultural context,
4. Technology is a tool for artists. It can dictate what and how artists communicate through a work of art.

Nature Of:

1. Art communicates information about cultures, history, ideas, and purpose.

Prepared Graduates: (Click on a Prepared Graduate Competency to View Articulated Expectations) - (Remove PGC Filter)

• Identify, compare and justify that the visual arts are a way to acknowledge, exhibit and learn about the diversity of peoples, cultures and ideas
• Identify, compare, and interpret works of art derived from historical and cultural settings, time periods, and cultural contexts

Concepts and skills students master:

2. Artists, viewers, and patrons respond to art from familiar and unfamiliar cultures

Inquiry Questions:

1. Why is it beneficial to understand the art of other cultures?
2. How can you tell if the visual arts are valued in a culture?
3. Why is art the same and/or different in different cultures?
4. What is the role of an artist?
5. Why is some art not appropriate to copy or render?

Relevance & Application:

1. Understanding of the art of different cultures can help an artist to make meaningful connections in works of art, and develop a broader aesthetic appreciation.
2. Technology can be used to observe and compare works of art in different cultures, allowing for review and extended reflection of the work.
3. Art subject matter can come from a broad spectrum of disciplines.

Nature Of:

1. The art of a culture gives understanding to the human experience of that culture.
2. Art is a defining element of a culture.

Prepared Graduates: (Click on a Prepared Graduate Competency to View Articulated Expectations) - (Remove PGC Filter)

• Identify, compare and justify that the visual arts are a way to acknowledge, exhibit and learn about the diversity of peoples, cultures and ideas
• Transfer the value of visual arts to lifelong learning and the human experience

Concepts and skills students master:

1. Viewers and patrons make personal meaning and infer artistic intent

Inquiry Questions:

1. How does art provide information about a person, idea, or culture?
2. Why would an artist want to make art about the world in which he or she lives?
3. How is a portrait a personal narrative?

Relevance & Application:

1. Art from various genres and styles can illustrate meaning through multiple approaches to using materials, tools, processes, and concepts.
2. Computer technology can be employed to research personal history such as genealogy and heraldry.
3. Meaning can be made using deeper emotional responses and creative decision-making across disciplines.
4. Aesthetic valuing can be a component in making and understanding art and thus allows for debate about the role of art and its purpose in culture.

Nature Of:

1. Personal interpretation is unique to the varying styles and genres of art.

Prepared Graduates: (Click on a Prepared Graduate Competency to View Articulated Expectations) - (Remove PGC Filter)

• Identify, compare and justify that the visual arts are a way to acknowledge, exhibit and learn about the diversity of peoples, cultures and ideas
• Transfer the value of visual arts to lifelong learning and the human experience

Concepts and skills students master:

2. Historical time periods and cultural settings are interpreted in works of art

Inquiry Questions:

1. What do cultural differences look like in visual art?
2. How does the function of art change through time?
3. How old is "old?"
4. What does "new" history mean?
5. What is the connection between culture and art?

Relevance & Application:

1. Art and design serves multiple functions such as to inform, entertain, invest, ritualize, persuade, shelter, or assist in everyday tasks.
2. Technology informs the progress of art across time and culture and can promote information exchange, dialogue, and communication among artists, scientists, and technicians from different geo-cultural regions.

Nature Of:

1. Art reflects the interests, accomplishments, and conflicts of culture and society over time.

Prepared Graduates: (Click on a Prepared Graduate Competency to View Articulated Expectations) - (Remove PGC Filter)

• Identify, compare and justify that the visual arts are a way to acknowledge, exhibit and learn about the diversity of peoples, cultures and ideas
• Transfer the value of visual arts to lifelong learning and the human experience

Concepts and skills students master:

1. Works of art connect individual ideas to make meaning

Inquiry Questions:

1. How does an audience know the ideas an artist wants to communicate?
2. Why do different people find different meaning in works of art?
3. Why are arts resources important to a community?

Relevance & Application:

1. Art provides opportunities to explore various genres and styles.
2. Mass media and computer technology impact contemporary culture by communicating about community specific trends.
3. Visual arts use emotional responses and personal decision-making to make meaning.

Nature Of:

1. Personal interpretation is unique to the varying styles and genres of art.

Prepared Graduates: (Click on a Prepared Graduate Competency to View Articulated Expectations) - (Remove PGC Filter)

• Identify, compare and justify that the visual arts are a way to acknowledge, exhibit and learn about the diversity of peoples, cultures and ideas
• Transfer the value of visual arts to lifelong learning and the human experience
• Identify, compare, and interpret works of art derived from historical and cultural settings, time periods, and cultural contexts

Concepts and skills students master:

2. Historical and cultural ideas are evident in works of art

Inquiry Questions:

1. What can art teach us about the past?
2. What does it mean to say, "History repeats itself?"
3. How can cultures and communities be identified through their art?

Relevance & Application:

1. Art provides opportunities for exploring various historical contexts.
2. Artistic intent is defined clearly when personal experience connects with art-making, which establishes awareness of patterns found in artwork from similar and divergent historical periods.
3. Computer technology provides more opportunities to learn about historical periods and contemporary culture styles.

Nature Of:

1. History is written and inspired by art.