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Students are expected to be able to do the following:

Explore and create

• Create artistic works using sensory inspiration, imagination, and inquiry

• Explore artistic possibilities and take creative risks

• Create artistic works with an audience in mind

• Express meaning, intent, and emotion through visual art

• Develop and refine artistic skills in a variety of styles and movements

• Demonstrate safe and responsible use of materials, tools, and workspace

Reason and reflect

• Describe and analyze how artists use materials, technologies, processes, and environments in art-making

• Recognize and evaluate design choices in artistic creations

• Develop personal answers to aesthetic questions

• Reflect on the influences of a variety of contexts on artistic works

Communicate and document

• The document, share and appreciate works of art in a variety of contexts

• Demonstrate respect for self, others, and place

• Communicate ideas through art-making

• Communicate and respond to social and environmental issues through visual art

Connect and expand

• Explore First Peoples perspectives and knowledge, other ways of knowing, and local cultural knowledge through artistic works

• Create artistic works that demonstrate personal, cultural, and historical contexts

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