801 ­ ART SURVEY Grades 7, 8 • Trimester This course is designed for those students wanting to explore and experiment with a variety of 2D & 3D art media, techniques, applications and styles. Projects will be based on current trends in art, with a focus on community and student interests.

 

858 ­ ART APPRECIATION HS credit Grades 7, 8 • Trimester • ½ credit • Fee required This course will focus on the Ohio Visual Art Enduring Understandings for high school visual art. No artistic skill required. Each semester will offer different challenges, so course may be repeated to earn additional ½ credit. A variety of media and design challenges will be the focus based on the following themes:

 - Personal Choice and Vision: Students construct and solve problems of personal relevance and interest when expressing themselves through visual art.

 - Critical and Creative Thinking: Students combine and apply artistic and reasoning skills to imagine, create, realize and refine artworks in conventional and innovative ways.

 - Authentic Application and Collaboration: Students work individually and in groups to focus ideas and create artworks that address genuine local and global community needs.

 - Literacy: As consumers, critics and creators, students evaluate and understand artworks and other texts produced in the media forms of the day.