Art 7, taught by Ms. Kristen Wells

This full-year course meeting every other day is designed to introduce seventh grade students to the basic elements and principles of art, with a focus on the four disciplines of art: art production, art history, art criticism, and aesthetics.

Art 7 is designed to provide experiences in a variety of media, and build upon the student’s knowledge of the creative art process. Students should begin to form good work habits in the care and maintenance of supplies. Through various projects, class discussions, videos and handouts, students will discover a variety of ways to creatively communicate their ideas and represent themselves.

Projects include an examination into:
the elements and principles of art use of materials such as: graphite, tempera paint, watercolor, marker, oil pastel,
colored pencil, clay as well as artists and movements including 19th Century art, 20th Century art, abstract expressionism, American art, contemporary art, and the differences between realistic, abstract and non-objective art.

Expectations

• Each student is expected to be in class on time, and prepared DAILY!

• Each student is expected to respect fellow students, their ideas and their artwork.

• Each student is expected to treat their art room and their materials with this same respect.

Requirements

The student has the responsibility for the following in order to achieve a satisfactory grade:

• Class attendance, effort, preparedness and participation in critiques*

• Class projects **

• Journal/sketchbook entries

• Successful completion of quarterly quizzes and final exam

*Class Critiques: When a project is in-process and/or complete, the class may hold a short critique in which the discussion will revolve around quality, composition, problems encountered throughout, and successful aspects of the piece.

Contact the teacher

Call 765-3314, ext. 433