FINE ARTS CURRICULUM GUIDELINES
I. Time Allotments (per week)
Grade K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
100 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50
II. Art Guidelines
A. General
1. The Visual and Performing Arts Content Standards for California Public Schools, Pre-Kindergarten through Grade Twelve, 2001 should serve as a resource on which all fine art programs are based.
2. The 2004 Visual and Performing Arts Framework for California Public Schools should serve as a resource guide for Visual and Performing Arts programs.
3. Education in the arts is essential for all students. Schools should provide a balanced curriculum, with the arts as a part of the core for all students.
4. The arts should include, when possible, dance music, theatre, and the visual arts.
5. The four arts disciplines have in common the following five components:
a. Artistic perception - processing sensory information
b. Creative expression - producing works by creating them or performing original or existing works
c. Historical and cultural context - understanding and appreciating the arts in the time and place of creation
d. Aesthetic valuing - analyzing, making informed judgments, and pursuing meaning in the arts
e. Connections, relations, and applications - connect and apply what is learned in the arts to other art forms and subject areas and to careers.
6. Students should experience each of the four components of each arts discipline during the year in a program focusing on art instruction that is:
a. Subject centered
b. Connected to other arts disciplines
c. Connected to other core subjects
7. Art programs should include a variety of experiences, including trips to art museums; art exhibits or festivals; and theatre, dance and orchestra performances.
8. Academic rigor is a basic characteristic of a comprehensive education in the arts, including the following:
a. Learning through active practice, rehearsal, and creation or performance of works in the arts
b. Reading about the arts and artists
c. Researching, writing, and communicating about the arts
d. Reflecting on the arts in thoughtful essay or journal writing on one's observations, feelings, and ideas about the arts
e. Participating in arts criticism on the basis of observation, knowledge, and criteria
9. Technology is recognized as an essential tool that enhances learning and expression in all the arts disciplines and provides for expanded forms of expression in digital and electronic media.
B. Recommended Art Programs
1. Silver Burdett Making Music K-8
Scott Foresman
135 S. Mount Zion Road
P.O. Box 2500
Lebanon, IN 46052
William Quinn
(916) 961-8763
2. Scott Foresman Art (6-8)
Scott Foresman
135 S. Mount Zion Road
P.O. Box 2500
Lebanon, IN 46052
William Quinn
(916) 961-8763
3. Art Connections – K-6
SRA/McGraw-Hill
220 East Danieldale Road
DeSoto, TX 75115
4. Art and the Human Experience (6-8)
Davis Publications
50 Portland Street
Worcester, MA 01608
(508) 754-7201
www.davis-art.com
5. Glencoe Middle School Art Series – 6-8
Glencoe/McGraw Hill
P.O. Box 543
Blacklick, OH 43004
(800) 334-7344
www.glencoe.com
C. Art Resources
1. The Visual & Performing Arts Content Standards for California Public Schools, Pre-Kindergarten through Grade Twelve, 2001
www.cde.ca.gov
2. Visual and Performing Arts Framework, 2004
California State Department of Education
Publication Sales
1430 N Street, Suite 3207
Sacramento, CA 95814-5901
$19.95 (plus tax)
3. Literature for the Visual and Performing Arts, K-12, 1996
California State Department of Education
Publication Sales
P.O. Box 271
Sacramento, CA 95802
Item No. 1266 $10.25 (plus tax)
4. Field trips to local art museums, at the appropriate grade levels, are encouraged.
a. San Jose Museum of Art
110 South Market
San Jose, CA
(408) 294-2787
Museum Art School, Diane Levinston, Director
Art classes and outreach programs/classes
Let's Look At Art
Docents will visit schools to present free programs on art for grades 4, 5, and 6.
b. Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
1342 Naglee Avenue
San Jose, CA
(408) 287-9171
c. Stanford University Museum of Art and Art Gallery
Museum Way and Lomita Drive
Stanford University, CA
(415) 497-3469
d. Triton Museum of Art
1505 Warburton Avenue
Santa Clara, CA
(408) 247-3754
e. M.H. de Young Memorial Museum
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco
School Services (415) 750-3640
f. Oakland Museum
Museum of California Art, Ecology & History
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA
(510) 238-3401
g. The Getty Center for Education in the Arts
401 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 950
Santa Monica, CA 90401
6/22/2007 – Fine Arts Guidelines 2