New Brunswick - Visual Arts 12

Strand: Create

Big Idea: Exploration and Technique

Skill Descriptor:

Select and experiment with materials and techniques to support decisions about art making practice.    

Achievement Indicators:

Consistently and independently apply elements of art and principles of design through artwork created.

Independently choose media for expressing personal creative ideas.

Manipulate media in unique ways to express creative ideas.

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Big Idea: Application and Product

Skill Descriptor:

Create expressive works in visual arts for specific audiences and purposes using a variety of art media.   

Achievement Indicators:

Create a sustained body of work inspired by a personal interest inquiry.

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Strand: Connect

Big Idea: Art and Culture

Skill Descriptor:

Investigate the role of visual art in creating, expressing, recording, and reflecting culture.   

Achievement Indicators:

Articulate an understanding of the role and influence of visual images in daily experiences.

Respond to the role and influence of visual images in daily experiences through artwork, written response and/or discussion.

Produce artwork that reflects a personal need, value, belief, idea, and/or experience.

Analyze characteristics of artwork from different cultures and periods of time.

Evaluate legal, ethical, and moral considerations involved in appreciation vs appropriation and inspiration vs plagiarism.

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Strand: Communicate

Big Idea: Critical Response

Skill Descriptor:

Skill Descriptor: Demonstrate critical analysis skills.    

Achievement Indicators:

Consistently use the critical analysis process to respond to art.

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