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Oakland Tech Visual Art Department
Ms. Miller, Ms. Pines, Ms. Green, Mr. Heckle, Ms. Johnson and Ms. Herrera
Instructors:
Why is art important?● It’s a language all people speak that cuts across racial, cultural,
social, educational, and economic barriers and enhances cultural appreciation and awareness.
● It provides opportunities for self expression, bringing the inner world into the outer world of concrete reality.
● It develops both independence and collaboration.● Art promotes positive self esteem● It makes it possible to use personal strengths in meaningful ways
and to bridge into understanding sometimes difficult abstractions through its strengths
● It improves academic achievement-enhances test scores, attitudes, social skills, critical and creative thinking.
● It exercises and develops higher order thinking skills including analysis, synthesis, evaluation, and “problem-finding.”
Collaborative Work:Art developsCollaboration andIndependance
Art is a language allCultures speak
Art Promotes Positive Self Esteem
Here is a picture of a studentproudly showing off herfinished painting
Course Description:This course develops a foundation in drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpture through the five components of the Visual and Performing ArtsFramework and OUSD’s Visual Art Content Standards.
Students learn techniques for using a variety of two-dimensional media and explore the expressive potential of those media. Reading, writing, and studio production expand the students’ understanding of the visual arts. History and appreciation of art of major cultures parallels studio instruction. Personal expression and knowledge of processes are stressed. A portfolio is developed and a number of art related careers are discussed.
The Five Component Content Standards for Visual & Performing Arts:
● Artistic Perception● Creative Expression● Historical & Cultural Context● Aesthetic Valuing● Connections, Relationships, Applications
Courses:I teach Visual Art 1 and Art2 (grades 9-12) Ms. Pines teaches Ceramics, Ms. Green (Art1) and Mr. Heckle (Computer Animation). Our Upper Campus offers Fashion Design and Graphic Design.● Visual Art 1 is offered to students who never took art before● Visual Art 2 is for students who completed at least one year of Visual Art 1● Visual Art 1, 2, Ceramics, Fashion Design, Graphic Design and Computer
Animation are elective courses● Students are required to take any elective course such as Dance, Music,
Drama or Visual Art for one school year
Grading Policy: Students gain 4pts per day for each of the following
● Classwork/Homework● Attendance● Class Procedures/Instructions● Participation & Work Ethics
Attendance is very important. It affects everything, for example, if a student is absent, he/she obviously cannot participate in class. Therefore, the student will lose participation points. It is imperative that students keep track of their absences and clear them in the attendance office as soon as possible.Excused absences will not affect the student’s grade.
● I use Aries Interface Browser (ABI) to record students daily and weekly points, so I highly recommend that all students get an ABI account
Teaching/Learning Goals:We want students to:Learn the elements and the principles of design.The elements of design are: line, shape, form, value, texture, space and colorThe principles of design are: balance, contrast, emphasis, harmony, variety, gradation, visual movement, visual rhythm, pattern, proportion and unity
● Once they learn these basic elements and principles, they can begin to use them in their designs to produce successful artwork
● Develop and expand their aesthetic perception● Develop and expand visual arts knowledge and skills to express ideas imaginatively● Acquire knowledge of historical and cultural developments, which occur as a result of
varying needs and aesthetic points of view● Develop a base for making informed aesthetic judgement● Develop a common core of knowledge that transcends to all subject areas
Teaching/Learning Goals We want students to:● learn various drawing, painting, hand printing techniques● learn about a variety of art styles/movements, such as: surrealism,
realism, cubism, etc.● find their own voice and to develop their own style and to use art as a
form of self expression● Comprehend, demonstrate, and apply creative use of the visual arts
vocabulary in written and oral form● Discuss and write about their sensory perceptions of works of art,
objects in nature, events, and their environment ● Understand that art has connections and relationships with other
subject areas and to acknowledge its importance and value in the world
Here is a student painting with watercolors
Here is herfinishedpainting.Beautiful!
Students makingPapier MacheMasks/Sculptures
CardboardSculpture
Teaching Strategies, Materials & ResourcesTeaching/Learning Strategies:
● We do demonstrations, we lecture, and students use examples to draw using their observational and problem solving skills
Materials & Resources● We use a textbook to study art history and for art criticism● We use the internet to research artists work, styles and techniques● Students are required to have a toolbox, drawing pencils, colored pencils, eraser,
sharpener, ruler and two folders, one to store their current work, and the other for their graded work
● Media: We use paper, watercolors, acrylics, tempera paints, charcoal, crayons and pastels
● For 3-D work, we use plaster, papier mache, clay, cardboard, wood, wire, foil and found objects
Demonstration
Students draw from
examples using
observational &
problem solving
skills
We make an effort to provide support to students who may need extra help
● We work collaboratively with case workers, counselors, social workers, school psychologists and other supportive staff members.
● We try to identify students who need extra help and we modify their curriculum.
Field Trips, Guest Speakers and Art Shows
● We take students to field trips to local museums and galleries
● We invite guest artists to present techniques to students and to show their work
● We showcase students work in the classrooms, hallways and we have an art show in the spring. Parents, relatives and friends are invited to these events.
A student on a fieldtrip at the Oakland Museum
Spring Art Show at school
Student artist at Mocha ArtGallery downtown Oakland.She is a very talentedartist.
The dolphins and thehibiscus piece are hers. They were done withwatercolors.
Exposure to Careers in the Arts● We have yearly career expositions on campus.
Students attend the career expos and gain information about different careers in visual art
● Representatives from art colleges come to the classrooms and present the courses they offer at their colleges
Assessment:● I do prior knowledge assessment● At the end of each unit, I administer oral and written quizzes● Students conduct oral and written critiques of work● At the end of each semester, there is a final exam and students are
required to create a portfolio of their strongest works of art
Contact Information:
Email: [email protected]: oaklandtech.com/staff/emiller/Phone number: 510-450-4500 Ext: 138Room: 138