ROCKWOOD ART RATIONALE

The Rockwood art program provides the opportunity for students to develop artistic knowledge and skills that enable them to be lifelong learners who can contribute to society visually, verbally, and in writing.  Through the study of art students will develop creative and critical thinking skills that will help them be effective problem-solvers both in and outside of school.

Art students will develop abilities in art production and analysis using art elements, principles, media processes, subject matter and themes.  These skills will be used to express their own ideas and to interpret images in our visually-oriented culture. 

The art program assists students in developing knowledge of the artistic heritage of their own and other cultures.  It encourages them to understand and value both personal identity and the diversity found in our global society through the study of art history, art criticism, and consideration of various aesthetic functions of works of art.

ROCKWOOD ART GOALS FOR GRADUATES

Graduates of the Rockwood Art Program will:

• Respond to and make informed judgments about visual arts using historical examples of fine arts and the visual culture found in contemporary society.
• Acquire media skills and processes necessary for life-long artistic learning and application.
• Depict and interpret the world around them in visual form.
• Develop and creatively express ideas through artistically proficient products.
• Understand and express the relationship between art, history, and culture.

CORE CONCEPTUAL OBJECTIVES FOR GRADES K-12 ART

Core Conceptual Objectives in the Art Curriculum remain constant for grades K-12 while content knowledge and media processes spiral to provide continuous refinement of basic art skills.  Components of artistic thinking and production can be demonstrated at levels ranging from novice through professional.  The Scope and Sequence Chart illustrates the way in which knowledge and skills build within each CCO.  Teachers use resources, media, and processes at each grade level that match levels of proficiency in art production, art criticism and aesthetics, and art history.  Students make connections between visual arts and the specific content of other subject areas at each grade or course level.  *Codes following each CCO refer to Missouri Show-Me Standards taught and assessed under that objective.

Curriculum Emphasis: While all Core Conceptual Objectives are important and necessary to meet state standards, 80% of class time is spent on CCO I, having student create art.  Twenty percent of class time is spent having students respond to art (CCO II, III, and IV combined).

Core Conceptual Objectives:

I.  Students will demonstrate art knowledge and skills through the production of artwork.

A.              Students will demonstrate knowledge of elements and principles in the production of artwork.   *FA1, FA2, G2.5

B.                             Students will demonstrate knowledge of media processes and skills in the production of artwork.   *FA1, FA2, G2.5

C.                             Students will communicate subject matter and themes through the production of original artwork.   *FA1, FA2, G2.5, G3.3

II. Students will demonstrate knowledge of aesthetics and art criticism through responses to artwork.   *FA2, FA3, G1.5, G2.4

III. Students will demonstrate knowledge of art in historical and cultural contexts…*FA5, G1.9

IV. Students will make connections between art and other subject areas.  *FA4