Essential Questions
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What conditions, attitudes, and behaviors support creativity and innovative thinking?
What factors prevent or encourage people to take creative risks? How does collaboration expand the creative process? How does knowing the contexts histories, & traditions of art forms help us create works of art & design? Why do artists follow or break from established traditions? How do artists determine what resources are needed to formulate artistic investigations? How do artists work? How do artists and designers determine whether a particular direction in their work is effective? How do artists and designers learn from trial and error? How do artists and designers care for & maintain materials, tools, & equipment? Why is it important for safety & health to understand & follow correct procedures in handling materials & tools? How do objects, places, and design shape lives and communities? How do artists and designers determine goals for designing or redesigning objects, places, or systems? How do artists and designers create works of art or design that effectively communicate? What role does persistence play in revising, refining, and developing work? How do artists grow and become accomplished in art forms? How does collaboratively reflecting on a work help us experience it more completely? |
How are artworks cared for and by whom?
What criteria, methods, and processes are used to select work for preservation or presentation? Why do people value objects, artifacts, and artworks, and select them for presentation? What methods and processes are considered when preparing artwork for presentation or preservation? How does refining artwork affect its meaning to the viewer? What criteria are considered when selecting work for presentation, a portfolio, or a collection? What is an art museum? How does the presenting & sharing of objects, artifacts, & artworks influence & shape ideas, beliefs, & experiences? How do objects, artifacts, & artworks collected, preserved, or presented, cultivate appreciation & understanding? |
How do life experiences influence the way you relate to art?
How does learning about art impact how we perceive the world? What can we learn from our responses to art? What is an image? Where and how do we encounter images in our world? How do images influence our views of the world? What is the value of engaging in the process of art criticism? How can the viewer "read" a work of art as text? How does knowing and using visual art vocabularies help us understand and interpret works of art? How does one determine criteria to evaluate a work of art? How and why might criteria vary? How is a personal preference different from an evaluation? |
How does engaging in creating art enrich people's lives?
How does making art attune people to their surroundings? How do people contribute to awareness and understanding of their lives and the lives of their communities through art-making? How does art help us understand the lives of people of different times, places, and cultures? How is art used to impact the views of a society? How does art preserve aspects of life? |
Class Summary
Syllabus: Visual Arts
Course 600 : Art 1 Grades 9-12
Credit: 1
This is a foundation art course in high school that establishes the groundwork for understanding and using art as a visual language (the elements and principles of design being the central vocabulary) and acknowledging oneself as a creative individual. Students will learn to improve their skills in drawing, painting, collage, sculpture and digital media. Students will be exposed to artists and art periods throughout history and from a variety of cultures Asian as well as Western. Creative problem solving will be emphasized throughout this course. Students will use a sketch book in conjunction with studio projects and art history research to further enhance artistic development and cultural awareness in the planning of artworks, concept development and recording inspiration and ideas. There will be class critiques after each unit to reinforce artistic thinking and reflection.
Units of study:
Drawing
Color and design
Oil and Acrylic Painting
Collage/ Assemblage
Sculpture
Digital Media
Summative Assessment:
Sketchbook 40%
Studio Projects 60%
Course 600 : Art 1 Grades 9-12
Credit: 1
This is a foundation art course in high school that establishes the groundwork for understanding and using art as a visual language (the elements and principles of design being the central vocabulary) and acknowledging oneself as a creative individual. Students will learn to improve their skills in drawing, painting, collage, sculpture and digital media. Students will be exposed to artists and art periods throughout history and from a variety of cultures Asian as well as Western. Creative problem solving will be emphasized throughout this course. Students will use a sketch book in conjunction with studio projects and art history research to further enhance artistic development and cultural awareness in the planning of artworks, concept development and recording inspiration and ideas. There will be class critiques after each unit to reinforce artistic thinking and reflection.
Units of study:
Drawing
Color and design
Oil and Acrylic Painting
Collage/ Assemblage
Sculpture
Digital Media
Summative Assessment:
Sketchbook 40%
Studio Projects 60%
Contact
Aimee Zvinakis
[email protected]
Room 1632 E
The Film, Art and Design Department
International School of Beijing
[email protected]
Room 1632 E
The Film, Art and Design Department
International School of Beijing