As part of their visual arts coursework, students will focus on the following Enduring Understandings:

• Developing their knowledge and understanding of visual arts. 

• Developing visual arts skills.

• Thinking creatively.

• Responding to art.

As beginning visual arts students, the focus is on developing the following skills:

• Demonstrating knowledge and understanding of the art form studied, including concepts, processes, and the use of subject-specific terminology. 

• Demonstrating the application of skills and techniques to create and present art. 

• Demonstrating creative-thinking behaviors. 

• Critiquing the artwork of self and others.

As intermediate art students, the focus is on developing the following skills:

• Using acquired knowledge to purposefully inform artistic decisions in the process of creating artwork.

• Demonstrating the application of skills and techniques to create and present art.

• Demonstrating a range and depth of creative-thinking behaviors.

• Constructing meaning and transferring learning to new settings. 

• Critiquing the artwork of self and others.

As advanced art students, the focus is on developing the following skills:

• Demonstrating understanding of the role of various art forms in original or displaced contexts.

• Demonstrating the application of skills and techniques to create and present art.

• Demonstrating the exploration of ideas to shape artistic intention through to a point of realization.

• Creating an artistic response that intends to reflect or impact on the world around them.

• Critiquing the artwork of self and others.