Art Education

Introduction

Welcome to the Art Education home page.

The goals of Art Education are to develop in students the ability

bulletto communicate their ideas, experiences and feelings visually
bulletto read and interpret visual materials.
Masks and images by WSD No.1 students.

 

Cheryl Zubrack

The Art Consultant's role is to provide support to teachers and administrators in the implementation of the K -S4 Art Curriculum.

Table of Contents

bulletK-8 Curriculum Outline
bulletUsing Idea Journals
bulletProfessional Development
bulletWebsites

 

K-8 Curriculum Outline

  

Major Goal

VISUAL COMMUNICATION

bulletStudents will give visual form to personal experiences, dreams, ideas, feelings.
bulletStudents will be able to understand and interpret a variety of visual experiences.

THREE COMPONENTS

1. Visual Awareness
bulletbecoming aware of the natural and constructed environment.
SEEING
2. Art Production
bulletexperimenting with materials and techniques-making art
DOING
3. Art Appreciation
bulletlooking at and talking about Art
KNOWING

THREE APPROACHES

1. Theme - drawn from the immediate experience of the children, from memory or imagination, or from other areas of the general curriculum

2. Medium - learning to use a specific material or learning a technique

l drawing l collage
l painting l fabric and fibre
l printmaking l sculpture and construction
l ceramics l photography and technology

3. Design - learning about the language of art

Elements Principles
line movement
texture balance
colour/value rhythm
shape/form contrast
space emphasis
  unity/harmony

 

Please send comments to:czubrack@wsd1.org

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