BPS Visual Arts Standards Book
Artistic Processes
Creating
Conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work.
- Anchor Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
- Anchor Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
- Anchor Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.
Kindergarten
- ART-00.Cr.01: Anchor Standard 1 - Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work
Engage in exploration and imaginative play with materials in response to an artistic problem.
- ART-00.Cr.02: Anchor Standard 2 - Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Create art that represents natural and constructed environments through experimentation, build skills in various media and approaches to art making.
- ART-00.Cr.03: Anchor Standard 3 - Evaluate, refine and complete artistic work.
Explain the artistic process while making art.
First Grade
- ART-01.Cr.01: Anchor Standard 1 - Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
Use observation and investigation in preparation for making a work of art.
- ART-01.Cr.02: Anchor Standard 2 - Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Explore uses of materials, tools, and everyday objects to create works of art.
- ART-01.Cr.03: Anchor Standard 3 - Evaluate, refine and complete artistic work.
Use art vocabulary to describe choices while creating art
Second Grade
- ART-02.Cr.01: Anchor Standard 1 - Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
Brainstorm multiple approaches to art with various materials and tools to explore personal interests or design problem.
- ART-02.Cr.02: Anchor Standard 2 - Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Experiment with various materials, tools and/or repurpose objects to explore personal interests in a work of art or design.
- ART-02.Cr.03: Anchor Standard 3 - Evaluate, refine and complete artistic work.
Discuss and reflect with peers about choices made in creating artwork.
Third Grade
- ART-03.Cr.01: Anchor Standard 1 - Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
Elaborate on an imaginative idea using resources, tools, and technologies to investigate personal ideas through the art making process.
- ART-03.Cr.02: Anchor Standard 2 - Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Create artwork using a variety of artistic processes and materials by constructing representations, diagrams, or maps of places that are part of everyday life.
- ART-03.Cr.03: Anchor Standard 3 - Evaluate, refine and complete artistic work.
Elaborate on artwork by adding details to enhance meaning.
Fourth Grade
- ART-04.Cr.01: Anchor Standard 1 - Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
Brainstorm multiple approaches to a creative art or design problem that is relevant.
- ART-04.Cr.02: Anchor Standard 2 - Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Apply research to art making for the purpose of communicating about constructed environments.
- ART-04.Cr.03: Anchor Standard 3 - Evaluate, refine and complete artistic work.
Revise artwork in progress on the basis of insights gained through discussion.
Fifth Grade
- ART-05.Cr.01: Anchor Standard 1 - Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
Combine diverse concepts and artistic methods to choose an approach and create an artwork.
- ART-05.Cr.02: Anchor Standard 2 - Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Experiment and develop skills in multiple art techniques and approaches through personal observations.
- ART-05.Cr.03: Anchor Standard 3 - Evaluate, refine and complete artistic work.
Create artist statements using art vocabulary to describe personal choices in making art.
Sixth Grade
- ART-06.Cr.01: Anchor Standard 1 - Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
Formulate an artistic investigation of personally relevant content and concepts for creating art.
- ART-06.Cr.02: Anchor Standard 2 - Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Design or redesign objects, places, or systems that communicate needs of diverse users while trying new ideas, materials, methods, and approaches.
- ART-06.Cr.03: Anchor Standard 3 - Evaluate, refine and complete artistic work.
Reflect on whether personal artwork conveys the intended meaning and revise accordingly.
Seventh Grade
- ART-07.Cr.01: Anchor Standard 1 - Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
Apply and develop methods of criteria to guide making a work of art.
- ART-07.Cr.02: Anchor Standard 2 - Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Demonstrate persistence in developing skills with various materials, methods, and approaches in creating works of art that clearly communicates information or ideas.
- ART-07.Cr.03: Anchor Standard 3 - Evaluate, refine and complete artistic work.
Reflect on and explain important information about personal artwork in an artist statement or another format.
Eighth Grade
- ART-08.Cr.01: Anchor Standard 1 - Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work
Investigate and document the creative process visually and/or verbally in traditional or new media.
- ART-08.Cr.02: Anchor Standard 2 - Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
Demonstrate a willingness to innovate, and take risks to develop ideas, that emerge in the process of art while considering fair use, intellectual property, and copyrights.
- ART-08.Cr.03:Anchor Standard 3 - Evaluate, refine and complete artistic work.
Apply relevant criteria to examine, reflect on, and plan revisions for a work of art or design in progress.
High School
- ART-08.Cr.01: Anchor Standard 1 - Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work
- ART-08.Cr.02: Anchor Standard 2 - Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.
- ART-08.Cr.03:Anchor Standard 3 - Evaluate, refine and complete artistic work.
