9.1 Production, performance and exhibition of Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts

9.2 Historical and Cultural contexts

9.3 Critical Response

9.4 Aesthetic Response

National Art Standards:

NS1. Understanding and apply media, techniques, and processes

NS2. Understanding of structures and functions

NS3. Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, and ideas

NS4. Understanding the visual arts in relation to history and cultures

NS5. Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others

NS6. Making connections between visual arts and other disciplines

Course Description:

The goal of the Visual Art program is designed to enhance the artistic, creative and expressive qualities of all students. Art opportunities are provided for every child to learn the skills of creating, analyzing, interpreting and evaluating works of art. The Visual Art program will enable students to understand that art is a universal language interconnected to other content areas and cultures.

In this course, students will continue to design and construct functional pottery ware. The work will increase in complexity and size while using the hand building techniques of pinch pot, slab, and coil. Students will use the creative process to design and create their ware through sketching and research with the use of books and the internet. Emphasis will be placed on craftsmanship, creativity, aesthetics, and art history. Students will be required to dedicate more of their studio time in developing their skills on the pottery wheel. Further exploration of surface decoration using glazes and various glazing techniques will be an important component of this course. Students will continue to learn about firing processes employed with the creation of pottery when running a pottery studio, such as loading and unloading a kiln, and understanding the firing temperatures of the ware. Pottery II students will be expected to recycle clay, create glaze test tiles and load and unload the kiln. Students must supply a sketchbook, drawing pencils and erasers.

Prerequisite(s): Pottery I

Specific and measurable objectives directly related to the academic standards to be achieved by students:

Specific course objectives are related to the Pennsylvania Department of Education Academic Standards for the Arts and Humanities and the National Visual Arts Standards.

Content to be used to reach objectives:

In order to offer a comprehensive, balanced visual art program, students are offered a wide variety of materials and experiences at varied levels and interests.

Materials:

In order to offer a comprehensive art education in which students will actively view, create, analyze, interpret and critique art and incoming visual stimuli, students are offered a wide variety of materials at varied levels and to accommodate many interests.

Instructional Activities:

A standards-based Visual Arts program requires that our students develop viewing and thinking processes that are self-directed, collaborative, creative, critical, and reflective. Development of skills in art production, art history, aesthetics, and art criticism, and in visual literacy will be developed through the following instructional activities: