Welcome to Whitehouse Jr. High "Wildcat" Visual Arts. We are very excited to sponsor our "wiki". It is a work in progress, so please be patient with us while we learn to navigate our way around the program. Hopefully by December we will have many more things to display in our "wiki" and individual portfolios is our goal.

CLASS OVERVIEW
Art in Jr. High follows a sequential body of content knowledge and skills
that broadens learners' understanding of visual expression. Students will
explore, organize, understand, and evaluate their abilities in art. As they
observe and discuss visual environments, they extend and deepen the basis of
their knowledge of art. They learn to value curiosity and to appreciate
flexibility in their thinking and decision-making. Jr. High art lays the
foundation for work at the high school level by providing students with
opportunities to:

• Express ideas, thoughts, and feelings
• Explore a wide variety of media
• Collaborate on group projects
• Relate art to social, environmental, and political issues.
• Historical and multi-cultural influences

Art as a means of self-expression is of primary importance in Jr. High
school. Students grow more independent in the process of producing artworks
that are meaningful to them. They mature in their abilities to observe,
experience, and express themselves in effective and innovative ways. The
teacher encourages exploration and experimentation and gives consciously
individualize instruction to meet the varied needs of their students.
Students engage in complex problem solving and creative thinking as they
examine ideas relevant to the study of art.

Art is one semester in seventh grade and one semester in eighth grade.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once
he grows up.

Pablo Ruiz y Picasso


I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any
other way -- things I had no words for.

Georgia O'Keeffe