Eastern Art

Standards: California Arts Standards for Public Schools – Pre-Kindergarten – G12

Assessment: Creative Arts Practice and Art Reports

Students will have an opportunity to explore Chinese art.

The G6 course includes traditional Chinese painting, Calligraphy Zhuan Shu, Chinese character design, sculpture, water-ink experiment and blue printing. Students will learn art skills through designed projects, gradually building an understanding about the whole of Eastern art.

In G7, students will continue to explore Chinese art based on what they have learned previously.It includes traditional Chinese painting, Calligraphy Li Shu and Kai Shu, decorative painting, tie dye, and folk art. Students will choose one or two of the above listed projects and explore them in-depth throughout this year. Students will learn art skills through designed projects, to help build a deeper understanding about the tradition and cultural context of Eastern art.

Western Art

Western art class is project-based course, that aims to introduce students to the various aspects of visual arts, and to reflect on what other artists have created in order to elaborate an original response to the enquiries of their time. Throughout the middle school years, students will be exposed to all visual arts disciplines: fine arts, architecture, graphic design, industrial design, and fashion design. Students will be asked to create a digital portfolio encompassing all stages of each project. At the end of each project, a few students will be asked to give an oral presentation of their work.