| Welcome to the Art Studio! |  | Thank you for visiting the art page at Frost Lake Elementary School. The students of each grade have begun learning about the Elements and Principles of Art and Design and will continue to through the end of the year. Some secondary grade projects have included Butterflies in Line, Stop-motion Animation, Ice Sculptures and Color Mixing in the Brain. Primary grade projects have included Paper Sculptures, Straw Painting and making our own coloring sheets.
I am excited to start using fire clay in the art studio. The Harding High School Art Department has agreed to let Frost Lake students use their kilns. This way our students can have permanent clay sculptures to take home.
I have uploaded a variety of photos of our art projects and studio time. Check in the future for more animation uploads as well as more media art and the results from the SPPS Technology Showcase as the school year continues.
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"Art has a potentially vital role in the education of our children. The process of drawing, painting, or constructing is a complex one in which the child brings together diverse elements of his experience to make a new and meaningful whole. In the process of selecting, interpreting and reforming these elements, he has given us more than a picture or a sculpture; he has given us a part of himself: how he thinks, how he feels and how he sees. For the child, art is a dynamic and unifying activity."
-Viktor Lowenfeld, art educator
"The arts must be at the heart of every child's learning experience if...they are to have a chance to dream and to create, to have beliefs, to carry a sense of cultural identity."
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-James D. Wolfensohn, former chairman of The Kennedy Center
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WHY IS ART EDUCATION IMPORTANT?
"Learning about art is like learning to speak another language. Both require ways of knowing and talking that draw on specific knowledge, such as vocabulary, history and culture; and specific skills, such as analyzing, critiquing and interpreting. Each provides us with an orientation that can broaden our field of vision, open windows to new possibilities and perspectives, and foster an understanding and appreciation for diversity."
-Dr. JoAnn Canales, reading consultant
"A major emphasis is to allow students to acquire an extensive vocabulary of images from viewing their own artwork and the work of other artists. Classroom teachers report that students who acquire sophisticated sources of imagery in art education evidence expanded vocabularies in both oral and written language. A comprehensive art education nurtures students' abilities to access vital thinking processes, and it allows them to do so with increasing desire, confidence, and success."
-Dr. Lila G. Crespin, College of Fine Art, California State University at Long Beach
"When children learn about the art of other cultures and times, they become much more understanding of the uniqueness and differences among peoples. Learning the language of art gives children important avenues of communication and expression that help them know themselves and their world. Working with the visual language of art helps provide a necessary and important link to developing children's literacy in our school programs."
-Bill MacDonald, art education consultant
Last Updated: February 7, 2008
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Arts Are Essential for Success
Arts education has recently been studied scientifically and the results
are more than interesting. Check out this article from the New York
Times on a federally funded study conducted by the Guggenheim Museum on
the effects of art education alongside other curricular disciplines.
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MN State Academic Standards: Visual and Media Art
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Frost Lake Elementary School is dedicated to meeting and exceeding the academic standards in all disciplines including art. Below is a slightly simplified version of the Minnesota standards for grades K-6 in visual art.
note: clicking on the title of this section will open a page with only the standards listed.
3501.0620 Kindergarten Through Grade 3 Standards
Standard:
The student will understand and use artistic processes to create,
perform, and interpret art works in at least two of the three arts
areas required to be offered by a school from the following: dance,
music, theater, and visual arts.
D. VISUAL ARTS. The student will:
1. understand the elements of visual art, including color, line, shape, form, texture, and space;
2. understand the characteristics of visual art from a variety of cultures and historical times;
3. use the tools, basic skills, and techniques of at least three different mediums; and
4. create original works of art to communicate ideas.
3501.0625 Grades 4 and 5 Standards
Standard:
The student will understand and use artistic processes to create,
perform, and interpret art works in at least two of the three arts
areas required to be offered by a school from the following: dance,
music, theater, and visual arts.
D. VISUAL ARTS. The student will:
1. understand the following components of visual arts:
a. elements, including color, line, shape, form, texture, and space;
b. principles, such as repetition, contrast, or balance; and
c. vocabulary;
2. understand the cultural and historical forms or traditions of visual arts;
3.
understand how visual arts elements are similar to and different from
the elements of other arts areas, such as dance, music, or
theater;
4. use elements, principles, skills, and techniques of at least three different mediums; and
5. create original works of art to express specific artistic ideas.
3501.0630 Grades 6 Through 8 Standards
Artistic Interpretation
Standard:
The student will understand and use artistic processes to analyze and
interpret a variety of works in at least two of the three arts areas
required to be offered by a school from the following: dance, music,
theater, and visual arts.
VISUAL ARTS. The student will:
1. understand how the following components of visual arts are used to convey meaning:
a. elements, including color, line, shape, form, texture, and space;
b. principles, such as repetition, contrast, or balance;
c. vocabulary;
d. styles, such as abstract or impressionist; and
e. structures, such as two dimensional or three dimensional;
2. understand the connection between a visual art work, its purpose, and its cultural and historical contexts;
3.
understand how the principles and vocabulary of visual art are similar
to and different from other arts areas, such as dance,
music, or theater;
4. communicate a personal reaction to works in visual art using the components of visual art; and
5. use criteria to evaluate works of visual art.
Artistic Creativity and Performance
Standard:
The student will understand and use artistic processes to create and
perform in at least two of the three arts areas required to be offered
by a school from the following: dance, music, theater, and visual arts.
VISUAL ARTS. The student will:
1. understand the following components of visual art:
a. elements, including color, line, shape, form, texture, and space;
b. principles, such as repetition, contrast, or balance;
c. vocabulary;
d. styles, such as abstract or impressionist; and
e. structures, such as two dimensional or three dimensional;
2. understand technical skills of visual arts, such as selecting and using tools and techniques of the medium;
3. understand how audience and occasion affect artistic choices in creation of visual art;
4. use artistic processes to create in a variety of visual art contexts;
5. express and communicate ideas using the components of visual arts;
6. generate ideas for artistic expression in visual arts;
7. make and explain artistic choices in creating visual art; and
8. use feedback to revise artistic expression in visual art.
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Jackson Pollack
The art room has some designs influenced by Jackson Pollack made by students. The link below is an interactive site for "painting" like Pollack himself. Use your mouse to make images like the artist. Clicking the mouse will change the color!
Try Painting Like Pollack!
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