Maryland K–6 visual art standards

Think creatively about self, others, places, and events.

Experiment with design elements/principles such as; colors, line, and shapes.

Make use of ideas to communicate about self, others, places, and events.

Through self-directed and collaborative play, explore, brainstorm, question, and investigate materials and personal ideas to create art.

Collaboratively brainstorm multiple approaches to an art or design problem in order to explore personal interests, questions, and curiosities.

Develop and experiment in the creation and design of artworks.

Act on creative ideas by what you see, feel, know.

Experiment with various materials and tools to explore personal interests in a work of art or design.

Demonstrate safe procedures for using and cleaning art tools, equipment, and studio spaces.

Repurpose objects in an innovative way to create art that represents ideas from imagination, memories, or the environment.

Act on creative ideas to create images and forms from observation, memory, imagination, and feelings.

Use art vocabulary to share your personal work describing and summarizing process and artistic choices.

Make judgments and decisions to justify which works of art will be selected for presentation.

Identify reasons for saving and displaying objects, artifacts, and art.

Categorize artwork for an exhibit based on a theme or concept.

Adapt to change when analyzing artwork based on criteria for presentation or preservation.

Identify places that art may be displayed, and determine media and techniques needed for adjustment when preparing art for presentation.

Through the analysis of artworks and a variety of sources of information; communicate clearly to identify and compare reasons why artists create and display art.

Explain what a museum does to shape ideas, beliefs, and experiences.

Identify the roles and responsibilities of people who work and visit museums as well as other venues.

Think creatively to identify and describe observed form.

Communicate clearly how to determine how selected artwork represents what people see, know, feel, and imagine.

Creatively play with the elements of art and principles of design to develop compositions that are personally meaningful.

Identify and describe art in the environment.

Compare and/or contrast characteristics of the natural world and constructed environments.

Analyze media, develop and apply criteria to personally created works as well as the artwork of others.

Identify subject matter and describe the formal characteristics of art.

Describe relevant subject matter and formal characteristics that communicate feelings associated with a work of art.

Think creatively and in a group applying elements of art to evaluate a body of artwork based on various criteria.

Use vocabulary to explain preferences about artwork and classify art based on criteria.

Evaluate works demonstrating content-specific literacy.

Engage appropriately as audience participants in formal and informal settings.

Work creatively with others to connect personal experiences and develop meaningful compositions.

Create art that tells a story about life experiences.

Identify and communicate reasons to create art outside of school.

Act on creative ideas to examine the role of art as an essential aspect of history and human experience.

Compare and contrast cultural purposes for creating by examining art from different times and places.

Act on creative ideas to develop personally meaningful compositions through observation, imagination, or memory.

Collaboratively combine ideas to generate an innovative theme, concept, or idea for art-making.

Analyze and demonstrate diverse methods of artistic investigation to choose an approach for making an artwork.

Develop and experiment in the creation and design of artworks.

Investigate a variety of ways that artists and designers develop ideas in response to personal meaning.

Through guided practice, experiment and develop skills in multiple art-making methods to demonstrate quality craftsmanship.

Identify, describe and visually represent places and/or objects that are personally meaningful.

Manage projects through the use of sketchbook/journals.

Think creatively to investigate a variety of ways that artists and designers develop ideas on revising, reflecting, and refining and developing work.

Use a variety of strategies to modify and refine artworks in process.

Independently, collaboratively and persistently critique and refine artwork in search of progress for emerging meaning.

Use art vocabulary to create an artist statement that supports artistic decisions and meaning.

Make judgments and decisions to justify which works of art express ideas about self, other people, places and events that will be meaningful in presentations.

Investigate and discuss possibilities and limitations of spaces – physical and digital – for exhibiting art.

Develop and apply criteria for evaluating a collection of artwork for presentation. Make judgments and decisions for appropriate museums and galleries for specific works.

Make judgments and decisions effectively to critique artwork based on criteria for presentation or preservation.

Adapt to change when analyzing artwork based on criteria for presentation or preservation.

Using logical and responsible methods, prepare art for adjustments in presentation for various locations and formats.

Make judgments and decisions to determine ways in which works of art express ideas about self, other people, places, and events.

Explain how and where different cultures record stories and history of life through art.

Compare and contrast how art museums and other venues present ideas and provide information.

Analyze similarities and differences between the elements of art in observed form.

Act on Creative ideas to support which artworks represent what people see, know, feel, and imagine.

Creatively play with the elements of art and principles of design to develop compositions that are personally meaningful in our world.

Analyze components in visual imagery that convey messages and compare personal interpretations.

Analyze media, develop and apply criteria to personally created works as well as the artwork of others.

Experiment with the elements of art and principles of design.

Construct meaning by describing the feelings experienced, the subject matter, the formal characteristics, and the art-making approach.

Interpret art through contextual information.

Work creatively, independently and with others to make judgments and decisions to evaluate a work of art based on various criteria demonstrating knowledge of content- specific literacy.

Evaluate and apply a set of criteria to evaluate more than one work of art.

Recognize differences in criteria used to evaluate works of art depending on styles, genres, and media as well as historical and cultural context.

Engage appropriately as audience participants in formal and informal settings.

Act on creative ideas to connect personal experiences and knowledge to visually represent what people see, know, feel and imagine

Observe and interpret cultural traditions and surroundings in new ways by creating art.

Identify and communicate reasons to create art outside of school.

Reason effectively to understand the role of art as an essential aspect of history, society, culture and human experience.

Analyze and infer how art is used to inform or change beliefs, values, and/or behaviors of an individual or society.

Access, evaluate, use and manage information throughout the context of art history and design.

Create collaborative meaningful compositions.

Synthesize concepts to formulate ideas and criteria to guide the artistic process.

Determine the stages of the creative process in traditional or new media.

Work effectively with diverse teams to investigate an aspect of present day life using a contemporary practice of art or design.

Evaluate objects, places and design to influence artistic utilization when creating.

Demonstrate how media, processes and techniques communicate clearly ideas and personal meaning

Demonstrate persistence and intellectual risk taking through experimentation and innovation in order to develop a variety of skills and approaches to creating art.

Explain the environmental, social, and ethical implications of using various tools, materials, equipment, and images to create works of art and design.

Apply visual organizational strategies to create works of art and design that clearly communicate main/central idea.

Think creatively and collaboratively to form a set of criteria, using reflection and critique to describe, analyze, and interpret the artwork of self and others.

Determine whether personal artwork meets established criteria and communicates intended meaning.

Reflect and summarize important information about personal artwork in an artist statement or another format.

Access, evaluate and manage information to identify and compare reasons why people create and utilize art.

Study the common themes, culture, and content of artworks.

Analyze media/technology that is used by curators to care for artworks and presentation.

Compare and contrast how technologies have changed the way artwork is preserved, presented, and experienced.

Define the roles and responsibilities of a curator by explaining the skills and knowledge needed in preserving, maintaining and presenting objects, artifacts, and art.

Make judgments and decisions effectively when implementing evolving technologies to develop and refine artwork based on criteria for presentation or preservation.

Collaboratively prepare and present theme-based artwork that creates a narrative for the viewer.

Analyze media to compare processes used to interpret and express ideas in the visual arts and other disciplines.

Justify how museums and other venues reflect the history, values, and beliefs of a community.

Examine why and how an exhibition or collection can be interpreted differently in varying venues.

Be self- directed learners to identify, describe, interpret and produce visual representations of the physical qualities of observed form.

Reason effectively to Interpret and communicate the meaning of the impact of visual art.

Reason effectively to analyze the application of the elements of art and principles of design in artistic exemplars and personal artworks.

Explain how a person’s artistic choices are influenced by culture, values, and the environment.

Describe ways an image can influence an audience.

Analyze media, develop and apply criteria to personally created works as well as the artwork of others.

Describe and apply criteria to evaluate self – generated works of art and others.

Construct and implement varied sets of criteria for making effective aesthetic judgments.

Collaboratively interpret and construct meaning by describing the feelings experienced, subject matter, formal characteristics, and art-making approaches, key concepts, and contextual information.

Demonstrate knowledge of content-specific literacy through art criticism.

Make judgments and decisions to respond to a work of art based on various criteria.

Use the elements of art and principles of design to identify and compare ways in which selected artworks represent what viewers see, know, feel and imagine.

Contrast and support the differences between an evaluation of an artwork based on personal criteria and content-specific literacy.

Create a convincing and logical argument to support an evaluation of art using a set of established criteria.

Engage appropriately as audience participants in formal and informal settings.

Work creatively with others to connect personal experiences and knowledge to visually represent what people see, know, feel and imagine.

Create a visual documentation – individually or collaboratively – of people making art as a community to reinforce positive aspects of group identity.

Identify and communicate reasons to create art outside of school.

Make judgments and decisions to determine ways in which works of art express ideas about self, other people, places and events.

Analyze how responses to art are influenced by understanding the time and place in which it was created, the available resources and cultural uses.