What will I learn in Art class this year?
• Creativity, developing a new solutions and coming up with great ideas for a problem.
• Innovation, invention, trial & error, risk taking
• Unexpected discoveries from taking risks
• There are many answers to one problem
• Communication, written, oral and visual
• Expression, story telling, communication, visual communication. A
picture says a thousand words!
• Collaboration, working with others in a cooperative manner to reach a goal
• Technology
• Research and inquiry, find ideas, visual reference, expand concepts
• Thinking, developing ideas and planning before diving into a project
• Assessment, critique, commenting on progress, learning about what works and what doesn’t and how to adapt, grow and learn
• Art making. Lots and lots of art making! Intergrading technology and new ideas currently in the art world (blogs, video)
• Introducing a variety of materials, learning how to use them properly
• Developing fine motor skills
• Flexibility
• Adaptability
• Observing, slowing down, taking time and patience to develop great work
• Reflection, going back looking at work slowing down to enjoy the process
• Initiative
• Self-Direction
• Self-Esteem
• Not giving up, persisting and moving through a problem
• Social Skills, working with one another
• Negotiating
• Peer coaching, learning from one another, not just the teacher
• Cross-Cultural Skills, diverse perspectives from the artists in the classroom and learning to respect opinions.
• Productivity
• Accountability
• Leadership
• Responsibility
• Maintaining materials, organized classroom
• Curate exhibits
• Learning about their Communities and history. People and institutions that shape their world.
•Effective Oral and Written Communication Skills
• Curiosity and Imagination
Each of these critical skills is addressed in the learning process happening every day in our Visual Arts Program. As our students are challenged to make choices and come up with unique solutions to visual problems, their aptitude in these skills grows exponentially.
Nathaniel Morton art students are taught that art is a PROCESS and like all processes, the creation of art takes time. It takes time for students to organize their thoughts, gain proficient control over the medium, and create a complete and successful rendering of their original idea.
In this age of instant gratification and the ability to access information at the touch of a keyboard, the visual arts help students develop their thoughts in an insightful and reflective manner.
The visual arts empower us not only to remain in touch with our humanity, but also to connect with the individuality that is inside us all.
Visual Art allows us to celebrate who each of us is and how we can grow our ideas in creative and meaningful ways.
All of this wonderful process is the learning that takes place in our Visual Arts Program.
Nathaniel Morton art students are taught that art is a PROCESS and like all processes, the creation of art takes time. It takes time for students to organize their thoughts, gain proficient control over the medium, and create a complete and successful rendering of their original idea.
In this age of instant gratification and the ability to access information at the touch of a keyboard, the visual arts help students develop their thoughts in an insightful and reflective manner.
The visual arts empower us not only to remain in touch with our humanity, but also to connect with the individuality that is inside us all.
Visual Art allows us to celebrate who each of us is and how we can grow our ideas in creative and meaningful ways.
All of this wonderful process is the learning that takes place in our Visual Arts Program.
Art: To experience what we can have from no other source and through such experience to discover the range and variety of what we are capable of feeling.
