Studio Activities

Studio Activities

Standards

Art:

Students will learn and develop the essential skills and technical demands unique to dance, music, drama, and/or visual arts.
Students will use dance, music, drama, and/or visual arts to express ideas.
Students will integrate understanding of visual and performing arts by seeking connections and parallels among arts disciplines as well as all other content areas.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the dynamics of the creative process.

Receptive Language: Listening and Viewing: Students demonstrate, analyze, evaluate, and reflect upon the skills and processes introduced through a variety of materials.

Career Opportunities: Students will explore the various career opportunities within the various fields of visual arts, music, dance, and drama.

Assessment / Product or Culminating Activity

Culminating Activity:

The culminating artistic product depends on the assigned task or activity.

The final product is presented to the class and facilitator. This may include hang as in a gallery; presentation to an audience; or group discussion of the studio activity

Assessment:

Peer and self-evaluation
Teacher evaluation using rubric or written comment sheet
One on one critique with student artist

Gifted Strands

Creativity: Abstract expression Originality Fluency Flexibility Creative problem solving	Self-Understanding: Awareness of preferred learning styles Sense of personal responsibility
Communication: Listening skills Discussion skills Observation Self evaluation	Interest Development: Wide range of interest Career exploration Arts experience Community art awareness

Activities

Preparation:

Gather information about the broad topic based on current information
Brainstorm and analyze the task
Gather necessary materials to accomplish task
Utilize a wide variety of sources for techniques appropriate to task
Develop a plan of action
Group selection of artistic process from a teacher made menu
Plan procedure for task completion; sketches, practice sessions; etc.

Product Development:

Work individually or in small groups, modeling techniques used by experts in the field
Ongoing practice and re-evaluation for presentation of visual arts, dance, music, drama
Mount, display, and present the final product

Sources of Activities

Slafer, Anna and Kevin Cahill. Why Design? ISBN 1-55652-249-5

Brommer, Gerald F. and George F. Horn. Art in Your World. 2^nd. Ed. Worcester, MA: Davis Publications, Inc., 1985.

Brommer, Gerald F. and George F. Horn. Art in Your Visual Environment. 2^nd. Ed. Worcester, MA. Davis Publications, Inc., 1985.

Art in the Schools, Inc. P.O. Box 3416, Albuquerque, NM 87190-3416