As students participate in the Visual Arts program they learn to recognize and understand the intricate nature of visual expression. The curriculum allows students to demonstrate cognitive and artistic growth.

Program Outcomes

• Outcome I: Perceiving and Responding - Aesthetic Education
  The student will demonstrate the ability to perceive, interpret, and respond to ideas, experiences, and the environment through the visual arts.
• Outcome II: Historical, Cultural and Social Contexts
  The student will demonstrate an understanding of the visual arts as a basic aspect of history and human experience.
• Outcome III: Creative Expressions and Production
  The student will demonstrate the ability to organize knowledge and ideas for expression in the production of art.
• Outcome IV: Aesthetic Criticism
  The student will demonstrate the ability to identify, analyze and apply criteria for making visual aesthetic judgments.

Our 5th graders were involved in an International Art Exchange with Yijin Elementary School in The Peoples Republic of China. They created a self-portrait that included a visual narrative element, describing the state of Maryland. Several students incorporated the Chesapeake Bay, the Bay Bridge, or even their own backyard into their self-portraits to introduce a piece of their home life to students at Yijin.