NY State Standards for the Visual Arts

Standard 1

Students will make works of art that explore different kinds of subject matter,
topics, themes, and metaphors. Students will understand and use sensory elements,
organizational principles, and expressive images to communicate their own ideas in
works of art. Students will use a variety of art materials, processes, mediums, and techniques,
and use appropriate technologies for creating and exhibiting visual art works.

Standard 2

Students will know and use a variety of visual arts materials, techniques, and
processes. Students will know about resources and opportunities for participation in
visual arts in the community (exhibitions, libraries, museums, galleries) and use appropriate
materials (art reproductions, slides, print materials, electronic media). Students
will be aware of vocational options available in the visual arts.

Standard 3

Students will reflect on, interpret, and evaluate works of art, using the language
of art criticism. Students will analyze the visual characteristics of the natural and
built environment and explain the social, cultural, psychological, and environmental
dimensions of the visual arts. Students will compare the ways in which a variety of ideas,
themes, and concepts are expressed through the visual arts with the ways they are
expressed in other disciplines.

Standard 4

Students will explore art and artifacts from various historical periods and
world cultures to discover the roles that art plays in the lives of people of a given time
and place and to understand how the time and place influence the visual characteristics
of the art work. Students will explore art to understand the social, cultural, and
environmental dimensions of human society.