Cobb County Visual Arts Mission Statement:

Visual art education is basic to developing fully literate citizens. 
The visual arts range from drawing, painting, sculpture, and design, 
to architecture, film video and folk arts. They involve a wide 
variety of tools, techniques, and processes. Students may express 
ideas by developing them into creative works, by critically 
evaluating their own work and the work of others, and by developing 
an understanding of the historical and cultural impact of art. The 
ultimate goal of the art curriculum is to develop and improve the 
creative and cognitive skills of the learner. 

 The curriculum provides standards under units that represent four 
major ways of responding to or creating the arts. The units are: 
artistic skills and knowledge, connections, critical analysis and 
aesthetic understanding and historical and cultural context. A 
discipline approach is emphasized.