New Brunswick - Visual Arts 8

Strand: Create

Skill Descriptor:

Create and present expressive work in visual arts for a range of audiences and purposes using a variety of art media including technology.

Achievement Indicators:

Create works of art using identified media and corresponding techniques

Create artworks based on a response to a variety of art styles

Communicate personal meaning through artwork

Analyze elements of art and principles of design in artwork

Skill Descriptor:

Describe the role of visual art in creating, expressing, recording, and reflecting culture and human experiences.

Achievement Indicators:

Cite examples of the ways visual communication systems are a part of everyday life

Explain the role the arts play in building intercultural understanding, mutual respect, and positive relationships

Describe how diversity and culture influence visual arts

Describe characteristics of art styles from a variety of historical, and cultural contexts using the language of visual art

Research moral and ethical issues involved in reproducing work

Skill Descriptor:

Analyze artistic intent in their own and others’ expressive works.

Achievement Indicators:

Analyze how elements of art and principles of design are used in a variety of artwork

Discuss how motivation to create can be manipulated or changed to suit a want or a need

Analyze artistic processes in the artwork of others

Justify the source of ideas behind their own work

Explain the difference between personal preference and critical judgment