Art

Art K: Students are introduced to the elements of art—line, shape, color, and more. They learn about portraits and landscapes, realistic, and abstract art. For example, students will create brightly colored paintings inspired by Matisse and make mobiles inspired by Alexander Calder.

Art 1: First grade Art lessons include an introduction to the art and architecture of different cultures, such as Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt, Greece, and China. Students will make clay sculptures inspired by a bust of Queen Nefertiti and the Great Sphinx.

Art 2: Second grade Art lessons include an introduction to the art and architecture of ancient Rome, medieval Europe, Islam, Mexico, Africa, China, and Japan. Students will study and create self-portraits, landscapes, sculptures, as well as create artworks similar to works they learn about, using many materials and techniques.

Art 3: Third grade Art lessons include an introduction to the art and architecture of the Renaissance throughout Europe. Students also investigate artworks from Asia, Africa, and the Americas created during the same time period. Students will draw, paint, and sculpt a variety of works, including many projects inspired by the artworks they study.
 
Art 4: Fourth grade Art lessons include an introduction to the artists, cultures, and great works of France, Africa, Japan, Mexico and the U.S. from the revolutionary era through modern times. Students will create such artworks as portraits, quilts, collage, and more. After studying sculptures and paintings of ballerinas by Edgar Degas, students will create their own clay sculptures of a figure in motion.

Intermediate Art/American A: An introduction to the artists, cultures, and great works of art and architecture of North America, from pre-Columbian times through 1877. Students will create such works as masks, architectural models, prints, paintings and make weavings inspired by the colors and patterns of Navajo blankets.
 
Intermediate Art/American B: Designed to complement the K¹² course in American history since 1865, lessons include an introduction to the artists, cultures, and great works of American art and architecture from the end of the Civil War through modern times. Students will study cityscapes by Edward Hopper and Stuart Davis, then create their own cityscapes with bold colors and shapes and make models of monumental sculpture inspired by Alexander Calder’s works.

Intermediate Art/World A: An introduction to the artists, cultures, and great works of world art and architecture from ancient through medieval times. Students will create artworks inspired by the works of art studied, using many materials and techniques; for example, after studying ancient relief sculptures, students make a relief by carving a clay slab and after studying grand gateways leading to architectural sites, students construct a model gateway.

Intermediate Art/World B: Following the historical timeline1400 to 1917, lessons will be on the artists, cultures, and great works of world art and architecture from Renaissance through modern times. Students will study various techniques, principles and processes to produce different effects in drawings, paintings, prints, and sculptures. After studying expressive portraits by Rembrandt, Judith Leyster, and Pablo Picasso, they will make expressive self-portraits.