IT IS ART THAT MAKES LIFE,
MAKES INTEREST, MAKES IMPORTANCE, AND I KNOW OF NO SUBSTITUTE WHATEVER
FOR THE FORCE AND BEAUTY OF ITS PROCESS.
~ Henry James
THANK YOU for a great year of creativity and hard work! Have a wonderful, productive summer. Remember to draw, draw, draw!
Visual Art at Kingsley
The goal of Visual Art at Kingsley is to inspire and encourage the students' creative and cognitive abilities by providing lessons that incorporate the Visual Arts Curriculum Standards, make Connections to the language arts, science, social studies and math curricula, and relate to Life in the world around us. This will be accomplished by through the exploration, inquiry and interpretation of various artists, methods and media in order to discover areas where they can be successful.
Art allows students to learn through a variety of experiences where they may express themselves visually and emotionally, and work cooperatively. Students benefit from the artistic processes of problem solving, creativity, invention, experiential learning, and making connections to common experiences. Art also provides opportunities for students to explore, discover and learn about a variety of cultures.
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Why Art? - It's Good for the Brain!
"The arts can play a crucial role in improving students' ability to learn because they can draw on a range of intelligences and learning styles. Schools that incorporate music, art, drama, dance and creative writing into the basic curriculum have found that teaching the arts has a significant effect on overall success in school. Because the arts are closely associated with important ideas and events in history, students who have a good background in the arts are likely to have a richer source of information and insight to draw upon, compared to those who do not study the arts."
from: "Eloquent Evidence: Arts at the Core of
Learning," published by the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
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