Current through February 27, 2024
If a public school offers a course of instruction in visual
arts in high school for pupils rated as accomplished 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) Formulate new creative problems based on
existing works of art; and
(2) Plan
personal works of art or design by choosing from a range of materials and
methods used in traditional and contemporary artistic practices.
(b) Organize and develop artistic
ideas and work, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to:
(1) Demonstrate skills, knowledge and the
ability to use a variety of approaches within a chosen form of visual
art;
(2) Demonstrate awareness of
the ethical implications of making and distributing creative work;
and
(3) Redesign an object, system,
place or design in response to contemporary issues.
(c) Refine, complete and present works of
visual art, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to critique, revise and
refine works of visual art and design in response to personal artistic
vision.
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 personal works of visual art for inclusion in a collection or
presentation of a portfolio and justify his or her selections.
(b) Develop and refine artistic techniques,
work and presentations, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to evaluate
and apply methods or processes to display works of visual art in a specific
place.
(c) Discuss and apply topics
relating to the presentation of works of visual art, as demonstrated by the
ability of the pupil to explain connections between artists or works of visual
art and social, cultural and political history and justify his or her
explanations.
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) Describe personal aesthetic and
empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments;
and
(2) Evaluate the effectiveness
of images to influence the ideas, feelings and behaviors of specific
audiences.
(b) Interpret
intent and meaning in works of visual art, as demonstrated by the ability of
the pupil to identify types of contextual information that are useful when
interpreting a work of visual art or collection of such works.
(c) Apply prescribed criteria to evaluate
works of visual art, as demonstrated by the ability of the pupil to determine
the relevance of criteria used by others to evaluate a work of art or
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 explore unfamiliar subjects by
creating visual art.
(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 compare uses of visual art in a variety of
societal, cultural and historical contexts and make contemporary and local
connections to such contexts.
Added to
NAC by Bd. of Education by
R043-18A,
eff. 12/19/2018
NRS
385.080,
385.114 and
389.021
