8th Grade Art Curriculum
VA8PR.1 Engages in art making process with care and craftsmanship.
VA8PR.2 Creates artwork reflecting a range of concepts, ideas, subject matter.
VA8PR.3 Produces an array of two-dimensional and three-dimensional artistic processes and
techniques using a variety of media and technology.
VA8PR.4 Keeps a visual/verbal sketchbook journal, consistently throughout the course, to
collect, develop and preserve ideas in order to produce works of art.
VA8PR.5 Develops and maintains an individual portfolio of artworks.
VA8MC.1 Engages in the creative process to generate and visualize ideas.
VA8MC.2 Identifies and works to solve problems through authentic engagement (thinking, planning, and experimenting) with art methods and materials, exploring the nature of creativity.
VA8MC.3 Demonstrates how artists create and communicate meaning in artworks.
VA8MC.4 Participates in aesthetic dialogue about his or her artwork and artwork of others
VA8AR.1 Critiques personal artworks as well as artwork of others using visual and verbal approaches.
VA8AR.2 Reflects and expands the use of visual language throughout the artistic process.
VA8AR.3 Plans and presents appropriate exhibition(s) for work(s) of art.
VA8CU.1 Discovers how the creative process relates to art history
VA8CU.2 Investigates and discovers personal relationship to community, culture, and world through making and studying art.
VA8C.1 Applies information from other disciplines to enhance the understanding and production of
artworks.
V8C.2 Develops fluency in visual communication.
VA8PR.2 Creates artwork reflecting a range of concepts, ideas, subject matter.
VA8PR.3 Produces an array of two-dimensional and three-dimensional artistic processes and
techniques using a variety of media and technology.
VA8PR.4 Keeps a visual/verbal sketchbook journal, consistently throughout the course, to
collect, develop and preserve ideas in order to produce works of art.
VA8PR.5 Develops and maintains an individual portfolio of artworks.
VA8MC.1 Engages in the creative process to generate and visualize ideas.
VA8MC.2 Identifies and works to solve problems through authentic engagement (thinking, planning, and experimenting) with art methods and materials, exploring the nature of creativity.
VA8MC.3 Demonstrates how artists create and communicate meaning in artworks.
VA8MC.4 Participates in aesthetic dialogue about his or her artwork and artwork of others
VA8AR.1 Critiques personal artworks as well as artwork of others using visual and verbal approaches.
VA8AR.2 Reflects and expands the use of visual language throughout the artistic process.
VA8AR.3 Plans and presents appropriate exhibition(s) for work(s) of art.
VA8CU.1 Discovers how the creative process relates to art history
VA8CU.2 Investigates and discovers personal relationship to community, culture, and world through making and studying art.
VA8C.1 Applies information from other disciplines to enhance the understanding and production of
artworks.
V8C.2 Develops fluency in visual communication.
