Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 2 - TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
Chapter 117 - TEXAS ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS FOR FINE ARTS
Subchapter A - ELEMENTARY, ADOPTED 2013
Section 117.111 - Art, Grade 3, Adopted 2013
Universal Citation: 19 TX Admin Code § 117.111
Current through Reg. 50, No. 26; June 27, 2025
(a) Introduction.
(1) The fine arts incorporate the study of
dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts to offer unique experiences and
empower students to explore realities, relationships, and ideas. These
disciplines engage and motivate all students through active learning, critical
thinking, and innovative problem solving. The fine arts develop cognitive
functioning and increase student academic achievement, higher-order thinking,
communication, and collaboration skills, making the fine arts applicable to
college readiness, career opportunities, workplace environments, social skills,
and everyday life. Students develop aesthetic and cultural awareness through
exploration, leading to creative expression. Creativity, encouraged through the
study of the fine arts, is essential to nurture and develop the whole
child.
(2) Four basic
strands--foundations: observation and perception; creative expression;
historical and cultural relevance; and critical evaluation and
response--provide broad, unifying structures for organizing the knowledge and
skills students are expected to acquire. Each strand is of equal value and may
be presented in any order throughout the year. Students rely on personal
observations and perceptions, which are developed through increasing visual
literacy and sensitivity to surroundings, communities, memories, imaginings,
and life experiences, as sources for thinking about, planning, and creating
original artworks. Students communicate their thoughts and ideas with
innovation and creativity. Through art, students challenge their imaginations,
foster critical thinking, collaborate with others, and build reflective skills.
While exercising meaningful problem-solving skills, students develop the
lifelong ability to make informed judgments.
(3) Statements that contain the word
"including" reference content that must be mastered, while those containing the
phrase "such as" are intended as possible illustrative examples.
(b) Knowledge and skills.
(1) Foundations: observation and perception.
The student develops and expands visual literacy skills using critical
thinking, imagination, and the senses to observe and explore the world by
learning about, understanding, and applying the elements of art, principles of
design, and expressive qualities. The student uses what the student sees,
knows, and has experienced as sources for examining, understanding, and
creating artworks. The student is expected to:
(A) explore ideas from life experiences about
self, peers, family, school, or community and from the imagination as sources
for original works of art;
(B) use
appropriate vocabulary when discussing the elements of art, including line,
shape, color, texture, form, space, and value, and the principles of design,
including emphasis, repetition/pattern, movement/rhythm, contrast/variety,
balance, proportion, and unity; and
(C) discuss the elements of art as building
blocks and the principles of design as organizers of works of art.
(2) Creative expression. The
student communicates ideas through original artworks using a variety of media
with appropriate skills. The student expresses thoughts and ideas creatively
while challenging the imagination, fostering reflective thinking, and
developing disciplined effort and progressive problem solving skills. The
student is expected to:
(A) integrate ideas
drawn from life experiences to create original works of art;
(B) create compositions using the elements of
art and principles of design; and
(C) produce drawings; paintings; prints;
sculpture, including modeled forms; and other art forms such as ceramics, fiber
art, constructions, mixed media, installation art, digital art and media, and
photographic imagery using a variety of materials.
(3) Historical and cultural relevance. The
student demonstrates an understanding of art history and culture by analyzing
artistic styles, historical periods, and a variety of cultures. The student
develops global awareness and respect for the traditions and contributions of
diverse cultures. The student is expected to:
(A) identify simple main ideas expressed in
artworks from various times and places;
(B) compare and contrast artworks created by
historical and contemporary men and women, making connections to various
cultures;
(C) connect art to career
opportunities for positions such as architects, animators, cartoonists,
engineers, fashion designers, film makers, graphic artists, illustrators,
interior designers, photographers, and web designers; and
(D) investigate the connections of visual art
concepts to other disciplines.
(4) Critical evaluation and response. The
student responds to and analyzes artworks of self and others, contributing to
the development of lifelong skills of making informed judgments and reasoned
evaluations. The student is expected to:
(A)
evaluate the elements of art, principles of design, or expressive qualities in
artworks of self, peers, and historical and contemporary artists;
(B) use methods such as oral response or
artist statements to identify main ideas found in collections of artworks
created by self, peers, and major historical or contemporary artists in real or
virtual portfolios, galleries, or art museums; and
(C) compile collections of personal artworks
such as physical artworks, electronic images, sketchbooks, or portfolios for
purposes of self assessment or exhibition.
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