Middle School Art
Middle School Art utilizes an approach for learning that makes use of the four foundational art disciplines: art production, art history, aesthetics, and art criticism. Students learn art concepts and skills through instruction that is sequential and cumulative. Students learn to react effectively to analyze, talk about, and write about art, as well as create it. Numerous visuals and fine art reproductions are utilized in the form of slides, prints, and books to help students become immersed in the world of art. Drawing, painting, sculpture, and ceramics are some of the media applications for different strategies. For those students electing to take a second course in art, in-depth applications of art elements and principles provide a sound base for cultural works, self-expression, representational, and imaginative works of art. More challenging assignments introduce new media and applications. Lessons, with an emphasis on critical thinking, generally focus around a style, culture, and/or work of a well-known art figure.