Minnesota 9-12 Visual Art Standards

  • 1. Foundation
  • 1a. Use foundational knowledge and skills while responding to, creating, and presenting artistic work.

  • 2. Create
  • 2a. Generate and develop original artistic ideas.
  • 2b. Create original artistic work.
  • 2c. Revise and complete original artistic work.

  • 3. Present
  • 3a. Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for performance.

  • 3b. Make artistic choices in order to convey meaning through performance.
  • 4. Respond
  • 4a. Analyze and construct interpretations of artistic work.

  • 4b. Evaluate artistic work by applying criteria.
  • 5. Connect
  • 5a. Integrate knowledge and personal experiences while responding to, creating, and presenting artistic work.

  • 5b.Demonstrate an understanding that artistic works influence and are influenced by personal, societal, cultural, and historical contexts, including the contributions of Minnesota American Indian tribes and communities.
    • *All standards listed above are from the 2020 Minnesota Art Standards document.
  • My personal addition to the standards:
  • Understand and effectively use the Elements and Principles of Visual Art.

    • Ceramics

    Halloween

    Students are free to express their creativity and enjoy the upcoming Halloween festivities by making something that relates to halloween.

    Rodin's "Gates of Hell" are shown and discussed in class. These 20-foot tall doors were made as an entrance for the Decorative Arts Museum in France. Rodin was given free reign to make anything he wanted. Rodin chose to illustrate scenes from Dante's story, "Inferno". Rodin continued to work on the "Gates of Hell" for 37 years until 1917.

    Other examples (see below) are shown in class as well.









    Evaluation:
    1 point-- Freestanding or Hangable
    2 points -- Large enough to be hollow
    3 points -- Quality/Workmanship
    4 points -- Illustrates a humorous or frightening or religious element of All Saints Day or Halloween.
    10 points total


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