Mixed Media Art (MMA) - Visual Arts 1

This year-long course is filled with creative projects, activities & challenges that will help grow your creativity,  develop communication skills & participate in classroom activities. Students will engage weekly and be graded with the provided grading rubric if taking the course for credit. 

Course Time frame: 44 weeks (1 year)

Minutes per day/per week: ~30 minutes in-class/week ~30-60 minutes homework/week

Credit subject area: Applied Arts and/or Elective

Google Classroom Link:  https://classroom.google.com/u/0/c/kejm6ec  

Class Code: kejm6ec

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Course FAQs

Tech needs

Chromebook

Prerequisites

Intro to Imagemaking Preferred

Why take this/Benefits?

This year-long course is filled with creative projects, activities & challenges that will help grow your creativity,  develop communication skills & participate in classroom activities. Students will engage weekly and be graded with the provided grading rubric if taking the course for credit. 

Standards

  • Students will:

    • Analyze, select, and curate artifacts and/or artworks for presentation and preservation.

    • Use multiple approaches to begin creative endeavors.

    • Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.

    • Organize and develop artistic ideas and work.

    • Refine and complete artistic work.

    • Analyze, interpret, and select artistic work for presentation.

    • Develop and refine artistic work for presentation.

    • Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work

    • Perceive and analyze artistic work.

    • Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

    • Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.

    • Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

    • Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural and historical context to deepen understanding. 

                     (National Core Art Anchor Standards)

Grading - Proficiency

Mastery

Letter = A+, A, A-

GPA = 4.0, 3.75, 3.5

Credit = 0.33

Proficient

Letter = B+, B, B-

GPA = 3.25, 3.0, 2.75

Credit = 0.33

Developing 

Letter = C+, C, C-

GPA = 2.5, 2.0, 1.75

Credit = 0.15 - 0.05

Basic/Emergent

Letter = D, F

GPA = 1.5, 0

Credit = 0