FA4000

Fine Arts 4000
//Creating community through artmaking// This class will take place in Spring 2010 T TH 2-3:20 pm Students will not have a prerequisite for this course next year. This class is interdisciplinary with a Math and Reading focus $35 course materials fee

Arts Education Tenets

 * The arts are a unique way of knowing.
 * The arts are about perceiving, judging, and making choices.
 * Art is a free space in which one can envision new realities.
 * The arts promote new relationships.
 * Education in the arts is an unfolding process. It teaches flexibility, patience, and long-term commitment.
 * Every student needs an emotional education, of which the arts are part.
 * The arts demand personal engagement and a discovery process wherein students experience the joy and ownership of the learning that takes place.
 * As educators, we have an ethical responsibility to teach and facilitate interaction among students.
 * Students can be empowered to create original art.
 * Diversity is celebrated in art making, it's perception, and the interpretation of the work.
 * Failure and success are both important: Success gives one confidence in their capabilities and failure give one the opportunity to reflect and rethink problems.
 * When classroom teachers self-identify as "artists" and facilitators of art experiences, the art form empowers them to transfer the title to their students.
 * Teachers and students as "artists" experience a deeper commitment to art and are more sophisticated regarding art.

**Objectives**
1. design plan interrelated lesson 2. articulate role of arts 3. develop and use intrument 4. reflect and critique