Visual Arts Program

Content for the art curriculum is derived from a broad range of the visual arts, including folk, applied and fine arts from Western and non-Western cultures and from ancient and contemporary times.

• Art materials and equipment (PDF)
  Guidelines for art materials and equipment at the elementary level

• Art recipes (PDF)
  Recipes for making acrylic paints, fixative, face paints, baker's clay, cornstarch clay and sugar dough

• Crayola's stain removal guide ( PDF)
  Suggestions for removing stains made by Crayola products

• Electric kiln firing procedures (PDF)
  Procedures and precautions for the safe and successful firing of ceramic kilns

• Emergency substitute teacher art lessons, K-6 (3.5 MB PDF)
  Grade level drawing lessons specifically for emergency situations when an art teacher is unavailable

• Intensive needs art curriculum (PDF)
  For low, moderate and high abilities

• Planning charts (PDF)
  Templates for help in planning

• Printmaking examples (143 MB ZIP)
  

  Photos are JPG files compressed into a .zip folder
  Mac users - Stuffit Expander or similar software required to open
  PC users - WinZip or similar software required
  Printmaking is both a technique and a creative process. Like painting, printmaking has its own processes and technique used to make multiple representations of an original image. They range from simple procedures in the primary grades to complex techniques in the upper grades. Student artworks provided in the folder above are instructional samples by grade level and techniques as outlined in the district’s K-6 art curriculum.

• Safety certification program for art materials
  Run by the Art & Creative Materials Institute

• Standard instructional plan template (Word)
  For use by K-12 art teachers and all other subject areas

• Work of Art (PDF)
  Connecting the disciplines in a work of art

• Your art grade (PDF)
  Form for students to assess their own efforts in art

• Youth Art Month
  An annual observance each March to emphasize the value of art education for all children and to encourage support for quality school art programs
  

  	Youth Art Month resources			Start with Art - Learn for Life
  	Fact sheet on YAM (PDF)		Ideas to celebrate YAM (PDF)		YAM brochure (PDF)		YAM Web site