The focus of the 8th grade art curriculum is the development of skills that will enable students to make conscious choices and apply technical proficiency to artworks that provoke thoughtful interpretations. This class provides students the opportunity to self explore intrinsic ideas in an environment that challenges the students’ creativity and self expression around a unifying theme. In addition, students will reflect in global views of artistic practices and art history themes that will help guide the students’ aesthetic and technical choices.
This course will bind both the craftsmanship of traditional techniques in art and the introduction to a digital design component. Students will learn to use available software and technology to support their creative designs, elaborate artistic ideas, and merge art media in order to get a holistic understanding or art making.