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Art 301

Course Organization for Art 301​

Just Like Cake

Starting in our first week, you will notice that our Foundations in Art Class includes three parallel strands of learning: Art Education, Art History and Art Experiences. Each week will move forward with specific concepts in each. Much like you would enjoy on slice of cake with different layers, the three different strands or themes have been chosen to to be digested simultaneously to ensure the best learning experience. On the Next page will be an ​

interactive overview of the six weeks of the course. If you click on the labeled content it will open a quick overview of what you will be learning in that strand for that week.

Navigation through the weeks

Art Crtiticism

Art Advocacy

Art Aesthetics

Art History

Choice based Curriculum

Artistic Development

Art Education

Digital Media

Sculpture

Drawing

Architecture

Painting

Creativty & Design

Art Making

18thCentury

Mid 20thCentrury

Greek and Roman Art

Middle Ages and Byzantine

Renaissance and Baroque

Birth of Art

Art History

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Artistic Development

“Artistic Development” will focus on the benefits of art education and ways to deliver a strong art curriculum and lesson. This week in Art Education, we will read and discuss how comprehensive art education programs benefit students development and contributes to the development of 21st century skills.

Week 1

Creativity & Design

“Creativity and Design” is structured to discover different types of visual arts and participate hands-on in the art making process. This week, for our Art Experiences, we will take a look at exploring the idea of creativity and understanding the basic building blocks of art: the elements and principles of design. In this strand, you will also explore and reflect on art by visiting a virtual museum

Week 1

Birth of Art

In the strand of learning for Art History, this week’s learnings will focus on readings and videos on prehistoric art, art from Mesopotamia and art from ancient Egypt.

Week 1

Choice Based Art Curriculum

In our study of Art Education this week, we will take a look at the benefits of art education in a k-12 classroom and the importance of a lesson plan in delivering high content in art education. Lesson plan goals, objectives and learning outcomes will be part of your journal in this strand.

Week 2

Drawing

In Art Experiences for Week 2, you will build new art making skills and learn about drawing from a student and teacher’s perspective. In this strand, we will learn about applying values with a pencil and draw an apple and then draw a single object four different ways. Remember, these Art Experiences are about learning. Whether a beginner or an expert, there are many ways and styles we draw. Be confident.

Week 2

GREEK AND ROMAN ART

In this week’s Art History strand, we will discover art styles from the Early Greeks to Art from Classical Roman periods through our readings and video learning.​

Week 2

Art History

In our strand of Art Education this week, we will learn why the study of art history is important to art education and develop a proposal for a students’ field trip to a museum. You will incorporate the key learnings from weeks one, two and three: standards, objectives, essential question and learning objectives.​

Week 3

Painting

In Week 3 Art Making you will read about different types of painting materials and create an abstract painting of your emotions. ​

Week 3

MIDDLE AGES AND BYZANTINE PERIODS

In the Art History strand for Week 3 we will explore the Middle Ages and Byzantine Era. ​

Week 3

Art Aesthetics

In “Art Aesthetics” we will look a type of art inquiry, art aesthetics, in Chapter 7. Along with your studies in aesthetics, you will create an assignment for a fifth-grade classroom utilizing sculptures and a specific standard on aesthetics. ​

Week 4

Sculpture

As we further delve into art, we will connect the strands of art education and art making this week. In Art Making, we will learn about the different types of sculpture and how to create a paper sculpture in Chapter 13. ​

Week 4

RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE

In Art History for Week 4, we will explore the Renaissance and Baroque periods of art through readings and video learning.​

Week 4

Art Criticism

In our studies of Art Education this week, we will uncover key concepts in Art Criticism from Chapter 8. Art Criticism is the evaluation and opinions about artworks and their meanings. Also in this strand, you will create a 5th grade art lesson plan based on the Art Education learnings in weeks 1 -5 and the format example from the textbook.​

Week 5

ARCHITECTURE

In the Week 5 Art Making Strand, you will discover different types of architectural styles in the chapter on Built Environments. As an activity, you will personally photograph different styles from your surrounding environments. ​

Week 5

18TH CENTURY

In this week’s Art History strand, we will discuss one of my favorite art periods, Impressionism and Post Impressionism as we delve into Art from the 18th Century.​

Week 5

Art Advocacy

Week 6’s Art Education strand will discuss the importance of art advocacy; communicating how the visual arts benefit students and society in Chapter 19. This chapter also discusses ways to build an arts advocacy campaign, fundraise and even write an art grant for your classroom. You will also write a mock welcome letter for your parents describing the integration of arts in your classroom and advocating the benefits the arts provides.​

Week 6

Digital Media

In this week’s Art Making strand, you will read about the use of digital arts in chapter 18, and select and assemble 6 artworks to form a digital art gallery for a K-12 classroom.

Week 6

Mid 20th Century

In the Art History strand for Week 6, we will explore the differences between Modern, Postmodern and Contemporary Art through readings and videos.​

Week 6