Byram Hills Central School District

This information has been taken directly from the Accelerate U - Standards and Resource Guides (with approval) from the K-12 Education, NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT site. No information in this document has been changed.

Standard 2: Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources

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.

Students:

select and use mediums and processes that communicate intended meaning in their art works, and exhibit competence in at least two mediums (a)
use the computer and electronic media to express their visual ideas and demonstrate a variety of approaches to artistic creation (b)
interact with professional artists and participate in school- and community-sponsored programs by art organizations and cultural institutions (c)
understand a broad range of vocations/avocations in the field of visual arts, including those involved with creating, performing, exhibiting, and promoting art (d).

This is evident, for example, when students:

select a process or medium for their intended work of art and describe their reasons for that selection
interview a professional artist about what that artist does, his/her preparation, the organization of his/her business
produce a mixed media work of art which uses the computer image, the camera, the copy machine and other electronic media.