High School Benchmark

Art I

Art 2

Art 3/4

Clay

1.  Apply materials, techniques and processes with sufficient skill, confidence and sensitivity that personal intentions are carried out in the artwork.

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 M – Use mixed media to communicate ideas, thoughts, and personal statements

I – M– Use clay to create a functional or sculptural work of art.

2.  Intentionally use art materials and tools effectively to communicate ideas.

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M – Create a piece of artwork with the media to be chosen by the student.

I -M – Create a piece of functional clay work.

3.  Apply organizational principles and functions to solve specific visual arts problems.

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M – Solve a thematic problem using design and composition principles.

I – M – Use clay to solve a thematic problem.

4.  Be involved in the process and presentation of a final product or exhibit.

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M – Mat work for the student show, exhibit work in the showcase.

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5.  Create artworks that use organizational principles and functions to solve specific visual arts problems.

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M – Create a multicolored design using specific design principles.

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6.  Describe the origins of the specific images and ideas and explain why they are of value in their artwork and in the work of others.

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M – Compare characteristics of modern master’s art work to personal works.

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7.  Apply and adapt subjects, symbols, and creative ideas in artworks and use the skills gained to solve problems in daily life.

I – M – Compare mass media solutions to the visual arts to the everyday making of personal art.

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8.  Demonstrate an improved ability to integrate structures, characteristics and principles to accomplish commercial, personal, communal or other purposed of art.

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9.  Create media productions that demonstrate knowledge, contexts, values and aesthetics

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 M – Use digital imaging to create a color oriented composition.

10.  Analyze the effectiveness of selections in communication ideas and reflect upon effectiveness of choices.

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M – Analyze the communicative properties of artwork in the 20^th century.

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11.  Identify intentions of artists, explore the implications of various purposes, and justify analysis of purposes in particular works.

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M – Recognize different artist’s agendas and the time period it is from.

12.  Describe how expressive features and organizational principles cause response

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M – Use colors to highlight an object(s) in a work of art.

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13.  Reflect upon the characteristics and assess the merits of one’s personal artwork.

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M – Analyze the use of color, shapes and design elements in personal artwork

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14.  Reflect and analyze the personal experiences that influence the development of personal artwork.

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15.  Reflect on how the subjects, ideas and symbols of art works differ visually, spatially, temporally and functionally with respect to history and culture.

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16.  Describe the functions and explore the meaning of specific art objects within varied cultures, times and places.

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17.  Analyze relationships of works of art to one another in terms of history, aesthetics, and culture justifying conclusions made in the analysis and using conclusions to inform personal work.

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18.  Speculate and analyze how future technologies may impact art in everyday life.

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19.  Describe the characteristics of a variety of visual arts careers.

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20.  Compare the materials technologies, techniques and processes of the visual arts with those of other arts disciplines as they are used in creative and types of analysis.

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21.  Compare characteristics of the visual arts within a particular historical period or style with ideas, issues or themes in the humanities or sciences.

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