Essential Questions
....to begin thinking/writing/talking about art
Creating
1. What conditions, attitudes, & behaviors support creativity & innovative thinking?
2. What factors prevent or encourage people to take creative risks?
3. How does collaboration expand the creative process?
4. How does knowing the contexts, histories, & traditions of art forms help us create works of art & design?
5. Why do artists follow or break from established traditions?
6. How do artists determine what resources & criteria are needed to formulate artistic investigations?
7. How do artists work?
8. How do artists & designers determine whether a particular direction in their work is effective?
9. How do artists & designers learn from trial & error?
10. How do artists & designers care for & maintain materials, tools, & equipment?
11. Why is it important for safety & health to understand the follow correct procedures in handling materials, tools, & equipment?
12. What responsibilities come with the freedom to create?
13. How do objects, places, & design shape lives & communities?
14. How do artists & designers determine goals for designing or redesigning objects, places, or systems?
15. How do artists & designers create works of art or design that effectively communicate?
16. What role does persistence play in revising, refining, & developing work?
17. How do artists grow & become accomplished in art forms?
18. How does collaboratively reflecting on a work help us experience it more completely?
Presenting
19. How are artworks cared for & by whom?
20. What criteria, methods, & processes are used to select work for preservation or presentation?
21. Why do people value objects, artifacts, & artworks, & select them for presentation?
22. What methods & processes are considered when preparing artwork for presentation or preservation?
23. How does refining artwork affect its meaning to the viewer?
24. What criteria are considered when selecting work for presentation, a portfolio, or a collection?
25. What is an art museum?
26. How does the presenting & sharing of objects, artifacts, & artworks influence & shape ideas, beliefs, & experiences?
27. How do objects, artifacts, & artworks collected, preserved, or presented, cultivate appreciation & understanding?
Responding
28. How do life experiences influence the way you relate to art?
29. How does learning about art impact how we perceive the world?
30. What can we learn from our responses to art?
31. What is an image?
32. Where & how do we encounter images in our world?
33. How do images influence our views of the world?
34. What is the value of engaging in the process of art criticism?
35. How can the viewer “read” a work of art as text?
36. How does knowing and using visual art vocabularies help us understand and interpret works of art?
37. How does one determine criteria to evaluate a work of art?
38. How and why might criteria vary?
39. How is a personal preference different from an evaluation?
Connecting
40. How does engaging in creating art enrich people’s lives?
41. How does making art attune people to their surroundings?
42. How do people contribute to awareness and understanding of their lives and the lives of their communities through art-making?
43. How does art help us understand the lives of people of different times, places, and cultures?
44. How is art used to impact the views of a society?
45. How does art preserve aspects of life?
1. What conditions, attitudes, & behaviors support creativity & innovative thinking?
2. What factors prevent or encourage people to take creative risks?
3. How does collaboration expand the creative process?
4. How does knowing the contexts, histories, & traditions of art forms help us create works of art & design?
5. Why do artists follow or break from established traditions?
6. How do artists determine what resources & criteria are needed to formulate artistic investigations?
7. How do artists work?
8. How do artists & designers determine whether a particular direction in their work is effective?
9. How do artists & designers learn from trial & error?
10. How do artists & designers care for & maintain materials, tools, & equipment?
11. Why is it important for safety & health to understand the follow correct procedures in handling materials, tools, & equipment?
12. What responsibilities come with the freedom to create?
13. How do objects, places, & design shape lives & communities?
14. How do artists & designers determine goals for designing or redesigning objects, places, or systems?
15. How do artists & designers create works of art or design that effectively communicate?
16. What role does persistence play in revising, refining, & developing work?
17. How do artists grow & become accomplished in art forms?
18. How does collaboratively reflecting on a work help us experience it more completely?
Presenting
19. How are artworks cared for & by whom?
20. What criteria, methods, & processes are used to select work for preservation or presentation?
21. Why do people value objects, artifacts, & artworks, & select them for presentation?
22. What methods & processes are considered when preparing artwork for presentation or preservation?
23. How does refining artwork affect its meaning to the viewer?
24. What criteria are considered when selecting work for presentation, a portfolio, or a collection?
25. What is an art museum?
26. How does the presenting & sharing of objects, artifacts, & artworks influence & shape ideas, beliefs, & experiences?
27. How do objects, artifacts, & artworks collected, preserved, or presented, cultivate appreciation & understanding?
Responding
28. How do life experiences influence the way you relate to art?
29. How does learning about art impact how we perceive the world?
30. What can we learn from our responses to art?
31. What is an image?
32. Where & how do we encounter images in our world?
33. How do images influence our views of the world?
34. What is the value of engaging in the process of art criticism?
35. How can the viewer “read” a work of art as text?
36. How does knowing and using visual art vocabularies help us understand and interpret works of art?
37. How does one determine criteria to evaluate a work of art?
38. How and why might criteria vary?
39. How is a personal preference different from an evaluation?
Connecting
40. How does engaging in creating art enrich people’s lives?
41. How does making art attune people to their surroundings?
42. How do people contribute to awareness and understanding of their lives and the lives of their communities through art-making?
43. How does art help us understand the lives of people of different times, places, and cultures?
44. How is art used to impact the views of a society?
45. How does art preserve aspects of life?