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Big Ideas Two-dimensional artistic works provide unique aesthetic experiences in a variety of contexts. Studio Arts 2D 11 No CCG
Keyword: aesthetic experiences Elaboration: emotional, cognitive, or sensory responses to works of art
Big Ideas Artistic expression is an artist’s physical and cognitive articulation of our humanity. Studio Arts 2D 11 No CCG
Keyword: humanity Elaboration: for example, the capacity for love, creativity, inquiry
Big Ideas Growth as an artist is dependent on perseverance, resilience, and reflection. Studio Arts 2D 11 No CCG
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Big Ideas Visual arts reflect the interconnectedness of the individual, community, history, and society. Studio Arts 2D 11 No CCG
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Big Ideas An artist’s intention transforms materials into two-dimensional art. Studio Arts 2D 11 No CCG
Keyword: materials Elaboration: any visual arts materials, ranging from traditional to innovative. The spectrum of materials available to artists is open-ended and constantly evolving.
Content health and safety protocols and procedures Studio Arts 2D 11 No CCG
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Content moral rights, and the ethics of cultural appropriation and plagiarism Studio Arts 2D 11 No CCG
Keyword: moral rights Elaboration: the rights of an artist to control what happens to his or her creations (e.g., preventing them from being revised, altered, or distorted); students should understand when they can and cannot modify an image created by someone else
Keyword: cultural appropriation Elaboration: use of a cultural motif, theme, “voice,” image, knowledge, story, song, or drama, shared without permission or without appropriate context or in a way that may misrepresent the real experience of the people from whose culture it is drawn
Content contributions of traditional, innovative, and intercultural artists from a variety of movements and periods Studio Arts 2D 11 No CCG
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Content traditional and contemporary First Peoples worldviews, stories, practices, and history, as expressed through 2D artistic works Studio Arts 2D 11 No CCG
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Content influences of visual culture in social and other media Studio Arts 2D 11 No CCG
Keyword: visual culture Elaboration: aspects of culture that rely on visual representation
Content roles of artist and audience Studio Arts 2D 11 No CCG
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Content symbols and metaphors Studio Arts 2D 11 No CCG
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Content creative processes Studio Arts 2D 11 No CCG
Keyword: creative processes Elaboration: the means by which an artistic work (in dance, drama, music, or visual arts) is made; includes multiple processes, such as exploration, selection, combination, refinement, reflection, and connection
Content materials, technologies, and processes for 2D artistic works Studio Arts 2D 11 No CCG
Keyword: materials Elaboration: for 2D artistic works, includes graphite, charcoal, chalk, oil pastel, ink, watercolour, acrylics, oil, red ochre, tempera, gouache, conté, gel medium, gesso, canvas, illustration board
Keyword: technologies Elaboration: in visual arts, any visual image-making technology; for 2D artistic works, includes pencils, pens, paintbrush, scissors, kneadable erasers, blending stumps, rulers, drafting compasses, stencils, stamps, brushes, sticks, brush pens, spray and squeeze bottles, palette knives, sponges, and the improvisational use of miscellaneous items
Keyword: processes Elaboration: for 2D artistic works, includes sketching, gesture drawing, perspective and architectural drawing, grid enlargement, cross-hatching, stippling, shading, sfumato, scumbling, frottage, washes, priming, under-glazing, blocking in, dry brushing, impasto, fresco
Content image development strategies Studio Arts 2D 11 No CCG
Keyword: image development strategies Elaboration: processes that transform ideas and experiences into visual images (e.g., abstraction, compression, distortion, elaboration, exaggeration, gesture, figure, fragmentation, free association, juxtaposition, magnification, metamorphosis, minification, multiplication, point of view, reversal, rotation, simplification, stylization, thumbnail sketch)

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