Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Arts 8

Curricular Competencies

Students will be able to use the creative process to create and respond to the arts:

Intentionally select and apply materials, environments, tools, and techniques by combining and arranging elements, processes, and principles
Create artistic works collaboratively and as an individual using ideas inspired by imagination, inquiry, experimentation, and purposeful play
Explore relationships between identity, place, culture, society, and belonging through arts activities and experiences
Demonstrate an understanding and appreciation of personal, social, cultural, and historical contexts in relation to the arts

Describe, interpret, and evaluate how artists use tools, processes, materials, and environments to create and communicate ideas
Develop, refine, and critically appraise ideas, processes, and technical skills to improve the quality of artistic creations
Interpret works of art using knowledge and skills from various subject areas
Reflect on works of art and the creative process to understand artists’ motivations and meanings

Adapt learned skills, understandings, and processes for use in new contexts and for different purposes and audiences
Interpret and communicate ideas using symbols and elements to express meaning through the arts
Take creative risks to express feelings, ideas, and experiences
Describe, interpret, and respond to works of art
Experience, document, perform, and share creative works in a variety of ways

Students will know and understand the following Content:

manipulation of elements, principles, and design strategies to create mood and convey ideas in the arts, including but not limited to:
- drama: relationships, role, setting, and character through space, action, mood, and vocalizations
- music: rhythm, beat, repetition, tempo, form, melody, texture, timbre, notation
- visual art: line, shape, space, texture, colour, form, tone, principles of design (pattern, repetition, balance, contrast, emphasis, rhythm, unity/variety, and harmony)
materials, tools, strategies, techniques, and technologies to support the creative process
notation to represent ideas, elements, and actions
symbols and metaphors to explore ideas and perspectives
a variety of national and international works of art and artistic traditions from diverse cultures, communities, times, and places, including traditional and contemporary Aboriginal arts and arts-making processes
ethical issues and personal responsibility associated with creating and performing in the arts
use of the arts to communicate, respond to, and understand environmental and global issues