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Quality art education offers a balance between creating art and responding
to art. The components of a quality art education feature these content
areas and activities:
HISTORY: Students engage in research and inquiry into the historical,
social, and cultural contexts of art. Through inquiry into art history,
students investigate works of art to determine their origins, histories, and
meaning, thus acquiring a sense of world civilizations.
CRITICISM: Students understand and engage in critical inquiry in order to
determine meaning in their work and the works of others. Through critical
inquiry students increase their understanding and appreciation of art and
its role in society. They develop the visual sensitivity and critical
judgement needed to participate in a visually dominant society and to
objectively evaluate persuasive visual images.
AESTHETICS: Students raise and discuss questions concerning the nature,
meaning, and value of art. Through aesthetic inquiry students practice the
intrapersonal skills of reflection, reasoning, and logic.
PRODUCTION: Students respond to observations, feelings, ideas, and other
experiences by creating works of art through skillful, thoughtful, and
imaginative application of media, tools, techniques, and processes. Through
studio activities students discover, experiment, and use problem-solving
skills to express their values and feelings.
CAREERS & COMMUNITY: Students identify methods for connecting artistic
concepts, processes, and skills to careers in art. Students learn to
recognize the role of art in society and begin to identify their
responsibility for supporting artistic heritage of their community.
[Indiana Academic Standards: Art]
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