Art

Middle School Level 2

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2013

17 standards
  • Foundations: observation and perception (1)
    • MS2.ART.1.A

      Identify and illustrate ideas from direct observation, original sources, imagination, personal experiences, and communities such as family, school, cultural, local, regional, national, and international.

    • MS2.ART.1.B

      Compare and contrast the elements of art, including line, shape, color, texture, form, space, and value, as the fundamentals of art in personal artworks using vocabulary accurately.

    • MS2.ART.1.C

      Compare and contrast the principles of design, including emphasis, repetition/pattern, movement/rhythm, contrast/variety, balance, proportion, and unity, in personal artworks using vocabulary accurately.

    • MS2.ART.1.D

      Understand and apply the expressive properties of artworks such as appropriation, meaning, narrative, message, and symbol using art vocabulary accurately.

  • Creative expression (2)
    • MS2.ART.2.A

      Create original artworks that express a variety of ideas based on direct observations, original sources, and personal experiences, including memory, identity, imagination, and the community.

    • MS2.ART.2.B

      Apply the art-making process to solve problems and generate design solutions.

    • MS2.ART.2.C

      Apply technical skills effectively using a variety of materials to produce artworks, including drawings, paintings, prints, sculptures/modeled forms, ceramics, fiber art, photographic imagery, and digital art and media.

    • MS2.ART.2.D

      Use an understanding of copyright and public domain to appropriate imagery when working from sources rather than direct observation or imagination.

  • Historical and cultural relevance (3)
    • MS2.ART.3.A

      Analyze ways that global, cultural, historical, and political issues influence artworks.

    • MS2.ART.3.B

      Analyze selected artworks to determine contemporary relevance in relationship to universal themes such as belief, cultural narrative, life cycles, the passage of time, identity, conflict, and cooperation.

    • MS2.ART.3.C

      Compare and contrast relationships that exist between a society's art and its music, literature, and architecture.

    • MS2.ART.3.D

      Identify career and avocational choices in art such as various design, museum, and fine arts fields.

  • Critical evaluation and response (4)
    • MS2.ART.4.A

      Create written or oral responses about personal or collaborative artworks addressing purpose, technique, organization, judgment, and personal expression.

    • MS2.ART.4.B

      Analyze original artworks using a method of critique such as describing the artwork, analyzing the way it is organized, interpreting the artist's intention, and evaluating the success of the artwork.

    • MS2.ART.4.C

      Develop a portfolio that demonstrates progress.

    • MS2.ART.4.D

      Investigate and explore original artworks in a variety of venues outside of the classroom such as museums, galleries, or community art.

    • MS2.ART.4.E

      Demonstrate an understanding of and apply proper exhibition etiquette.