Current through February 27, 2024
If a public school offers a course of instruction in visual
arts in high school for pupils rated as proficient pursuant to NAC
389.6105, such instruction must
be designed so that pupils meet the following standards of performance by the
completion of the course:
1. Creation
of new visual art by conceiving and developing visual art, alone and with
others, which must be determined by evaluating the ability of the pupil to:
(a) Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas
and work, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to:
(1) Use multiple approaches when beginning
the creative process; and
(2)
Outline an artistic investigation of an aspect of contemporary life using a
contemporary practice of visual art or design.
(b) Organize and develop artistic ideas and
work, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to:
(1) Develop skills and techniques for making
visual art while comparing methods of spontaneous and deliberate
design;
(2) Explain how traditional
and nontraditional materials may impact health and the environment and
demonstrate safe handling of materials, tools and equipment; and
(3) Develop, in collaboration with others, a
proposal for an installation, work of visual art or space design that
transforms the perception and experience of a particular place or
idea.
(c) Refine,
complete and present works of visual art, as demonstrated by the ability of the
pupil to:
(1) Apply criteria from traditional
and contemporary culture to plan revisions to a work of visual art or design;
and
(2) Describe the implications
of practices, issues and ethics relating to appropriation, fair use, copyright,
open source and creative commons on the creation of visual art and
design.
2.
Interpretation and presentation of visual art, alone and with others, which
must be determined by evaluating the ability of the pupil to:
(a) Select, analyze and interpret works of
visual art for presentation, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to
select and curate artifacts and works of visual art for presentation and
preservation.
(b) Develop and
refine artistic techniques, work and presentations, as demonstrated by the
ability of the pupil to analyze and evaluate choices concerning the
presentation of an exhibit and the reasons for such choices.
(c) Discuss and apply topics relating to the
presentation of works of visual art, as demonstrated by the ability of the
pupil to analyze the impact of an exhibition or collection on personal
awareness of social, cultural or political beliefs.
3. Understanding and evaluating, alone and
with others, how visual art conveys meaning, which must be determined by
evaluating the ability of the pupil to:
(a)
Perceive and analyze works of visual art, as demonstrated by the ability of the
pupil to:
(1) Generate hypotheses concerning
ways in which visual art influences perception and understanding of human
experiences; and
(2) Analyze how
experiencing visual imagery affects understanding of the world.
(b) Interpret intent and meaning
in works of visual art, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to
interpret a collection of works in a manner that is supported by evidence found
in the works in the collection and the context of those works.
(c) Apply prescribed criteria to evaluate
works of visual art, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to establish
criteria for evaluating a work of visual art or a collection of such
works.
4. Using external
context when creating, evaluating and finding personal meaning in visual art,
which must be determined by evaluating the ability of the pupil to:
(a) Apply and relate knowledge and personal
experience to visual art, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to
document the process of developing ideas for visual art from early stages to
fully developed ideas.
(b) Analyze
works of visual art in light of societal, cultural and historical context to
create a deeper understanding of the works of visual art, as demonstrated by
the ability of the pupil to describe how knowledge of culture, traditions and
history may influence personal responses to visual art.
Added to
NAC by by
R043-18A,
eff. 12/19/2018
NRS
385.080,
385.114 and
389.021
