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K–12 Standards

Visual Arts: High School Accomplished

Other Nevada Fine Arts sets

Creating: Conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work.VA:Cr

  • 1

    Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.VA:Cr1.HS

    1. 1

      Individually or collaboratively formulate new creative problems based on student’s existing artwork.VA:Cr1.HS.1II

    2. 2

      Plan personal artwork or design choosing from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices.VA:Cr1.HS.2II

  • 2

    Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.VA:Cr2.HS

    1. 1

      Through experimentation, practice, and persistence, demonstrate acquisition of skills and knowledge in a chosen art form using various approaches.VA:Cr2.HS.1II

    2. 2

      Demonstrate awareness of ethical implications of making and distributing creative work.VA:Cr2.HS.2II

    3. 3

      Redesign an object, system, place, or design in response to contemporary issues.VA:Cr2.HS.3II

  • 3

    Refine and complete artistic work. VA:Cr3.HS

    1. 1

      Engage in constructive critique with peers, then reflect on, reengage, revise, and refine works of art and design in response to personal artistic vision.VA:Cr3.HS.1II

Presenting: Realizing artistic work through interpretation and presentation. VA:Pr

  • 4

    Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation. VA:Pr4.HS

    1. 1

      Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation. VA:Pr4.HS.1II

  • 5

    Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation.VA:Pr5.HS

    1. 1

      Evaluate, select, and apply methods or processes appropriate to display artwork in a specific place. VA:Pr5.HS.1II

  • 6

    Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.VA:Pr6.HS

    1. 1

      Make, explain, and justify connections between artists or artwork and social, cultural, and political history.VA:Pr6.HS.1II

Responding: Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning.VA:Re7

  • 7

    Perceive and analyze work.VA:Re7.HS

    1. 1

      Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.VA:Re7.HS.1II

    2. 2

      Evaluate the effectiveness of an image or images to influence ideas, feelings, and behaviors of specific audiences.  VA:Re7.HS.2II

  • 8

    Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work. VA:Re8.HS

    1. 1

      Identify types of contextual information useful in the process of constructing interpretations of an artwork or collection of works. VA:Re8.HS.1II

  • 9

    Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.VA:Re9.HS

    1. 1

      Determine the relevance of criteria used by others to evaluate a work of art or collection of works. VA:Re9.HS.1II

Connecting: Relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context.VA:Cn

  • 10

    Apply and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.VA:Cn10.HS

    1. 1

      Utilize inquiry methods of observation, research, and experimentation to explore unfamiliar subjects through artmaking.VA:Cn10.HS.1II

  • 11

    Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.VA:Cn11.HS

    1. 1

      Compare uses of art in a variety of societal, cultural, and historical contexts and make connections to uses of art in contemporary and local contexts.VA:Cn11.HS.1II

Frequently asked questions

What grade levels do these standards cover?
Grade 9, Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12
Where can I read the official document?
Nevada Visual Arts Standards

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