Massachusetts Arts Curriculum Frameworks

VISUAL ARTS STANDARDS

1. Media, Materials and Techniques

2. Elements and Principles of Design

3. Observation, Abstraction, Invention, and Expression

4. Drafting, Revising, and Exhibiting

5. Critical Response

6. Purpose and Meaning in the Arts

7. Role of Artists in the Community

8. Concepts of Style, Stylistic Influences and Stylistic

Change

9. Inventions, Technologies and the Arts

10. Interdisciplinary Connections

For a complete explanation of these standards, visit the following website of the Mass Department of Education: http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/arts/1099.pdf