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In the Visual Art classes, our Instructor has designed each trimester in the following ways:
1st Trimester: students focus on learning art vocabulary including learning the Elements and Principles of Art. They demonstrate their knowledge through the creation and discussion of abstract art. Students create an abstract word design demonstrating their knowledge of the Elements of Design; line, color, shape, value, texture, form, and space.
2nd Trimester: students focus on developing their observational drawing skills. They learn about the perception of edges, contour drawing, the perception of space, negative and positive space drawing, the perception of light on form, drawing simple objects with directional light, and they study proportion and perspective through 1-point and 2-point perspective drawing. Students create abstract designs demonstrating their knowledge of the Principles of Design: Balance, emphasis, contrast, movement, variety, unity, and rhythm.
In the 3rd trimester students focus on a project that encompasses and culminates learning over the year. They formally analyze artwork with historical references in mind, and review employment possibilities in the arts. Students create a symbolic self-portrait demonstrating their knowledge of symbolism, portraiture, composition, and observational drawing which includes, understanding proportion and the perception of edges, space, and light on form. (See below for our Dance Program description).
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Our ARTS Program has been expounded over the last several years through multiple course offerings and events in the study of Dance. Our Dance Instructor designed a curricular program which enables students to engage in:
-Exploring movement elements and skills inspired by a variety of stimuli (e.g. music/sound, text, objects/props, images, symbols, observed dance, own experiences) and suggest additional sources for movement ideas.
-Building content for choreography, using a variety of stimuli (e.g. music/sound, dance exemplars, literary forms, notation, ideas and images, own experiences, objects/props, natural phenomena, world news and social issues)
-Explore a variety of stimuli for sourcing movement to develop an improvisational or choreographed dance study.
-Exploring a variety of locomotor and non- locomotor movements by experimenting with the elements of dance in response to the environment and a range of themes.
-Describing the connection between the choreography and the ideas conveyed using genre-specific vocabulary when appropriate.
-Identifying and selecting personal preferences and elements of dance to create an original dance study or dance work.
-Experimenting with the elements of dance to explore personal movement preferences and strengths, and select movements that challenge skills and build on strengths in an original dance study or dance.
-Viewing and discussing the dances of a variety of recognized choreographers, to see what choices they have made.
