Throughout history the arts have provided Artistically literate citizens know and essential for individuals and understand artwork from varied historical communities to express their ideas, periods and cultures, and actively seek and experiences, feelings, and deepest beliefs. appreciate diverse forms and genres of Each discipline shares common goals but artwork of enduring quality/significance. They approaches them through distinct media also seek to understand relationships among and techniques. Understanding artwork the arts, and cultivate habits of searching for provides insights into individuals’ own and and identifying patterns, relationships others’ cultures and societies, while also between the arts and other knowledge. providing opportunities to access, express, and integrate meaning across a variety of content areas. The Arts as Means to Wellbeing Philosophical Foundations Lifelong Goals Participation in the arts as creators, Artistically literate citizens find joy, performers, and audience members inspiration, peace, intellectual stimulation, (responders) enhances mental, physical, meaning, and other life-enhancing qualities and emotional wellbeing. through participation in all of the arts. The Arts as Community Engagement Philosophical Foundations Lifelong The arts provide for individuals to Artistically literate citizens seek artistic collaborate and connect with others in an experiences and support the arts in enjoyable inclusive environment as they local, state, national, and global create, prepare, and share artwork that communities. bring communities together. The Arts as Profession Philosophical Foundations Lifelong Goals Professional artists weave the cultural and Artistically literate citizens appreciate the aesthetic fabric of communities and cultivate value of supporting the arts as a profession beauty, enjoyment, curiosity, awareness, by engaging with the arts and by supporting activism, and personal, social, and cultural the funding of the arts. Some artistically connection and reflection. This fabric literate individuals will pursue a career in the strengthens communities as a whole, arts, thereby enriching local, state, national, enhances the lives of individuals, and and global communities and economies. inspires the global community. Organization of the Standards The California Arts Standards are organized by the five artistic disciplines of dance, media arts, music, theatre, and visual arts. For each of the five disciplines, there are four artistic processes, eleven anchor standards with aligned enduring understandings
Throughout history the arts have provided essential for individuals and communities to express their ideas, experiences, feelings, and deepest beliefs. Each discipline shares common goals but approaches them through distinct media and techniques. Understanding artwork provides insights into individuals’ own and others’ cultures and societies, while also providing opportunities to access, express, and integrate meaning across a variety of content areas. Artistically literate citizens know and understand artwork from varied historical periods and cultures, and actively seek and appreciate diverse forms and genres of artwork of enduring quality/significance. They also seek to understand relationships among the arts, and cultivate habits of searching for and identifying patterns, relationships between the arts and other knowledge. The Arts as Means to Wellbeing Philosophical Foundations Lifelong Goals Participation in the arts as creators, performers, and audience members (responders) enhances mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing. Artistically literate citizens find joy, inspiration, peace, intellectual stimulation, meaning, and other life-enhancing qualities through participation in all of the arts. The Arts as Community Engagement Philosophical Foundations Lifelong The arts provide for individuals to collaborate and connect with others in an enjoyable inclusive environment as they create, prepare, and share artwork that bring communities together. Artistically literate citizens seek artistic experiences and support the arts in local, state, national, and global communities. The Arts as Profession Philosophical Foundations Lifelong Goals Professional artists weave the cultural and aesthetic fabric of communities and cultivate beauty, enjoyment, curiosity, awareness, activism, and personal, social, and cultural connection and reflection. This fabric strengthens communities as a whole, enhances the lives of individuals, and inspires the global community. Artistically literate citizens appreciate the value of supporting the arts as a profession by engaging with the arts and by supporting the funding of the arts. Some artistically literate individuals will pursue a career in the arts, thereby enriching local, state, national, and global communities and economies. Organization of the Standards The California Arts Standards are organized by the five artistic disciplines of dance, media arts, music, theatre, and visual arts. For each of the five disciplines, there are four artistic processes, eleven anchor standards with aligned enduring understandings
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