Standards for A Look at the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum

Utilize inquiry methods of observation, research, and experimentation to explore unfamiliar subjects through art-making.

Apply methods to overcome creative blocks.

Visualize and hypothesize to generate plans for ideas and directions for creating art and design that can affect social change.

Choose from a range of materials and methods of traditional and contemporary artistic practices, following or breaking established conventions, to plan the making of multiple works of art and design based on a theme, idea, or concept.

Demonstrate willingness to experiment, innovate, and take risks to pursue ideas, forms, and meanings that emerge in the process of art-making or designing.

Analyze and evaluate the reasons and ways an exhibition is presented.

Recognize and describe personal aesthetic and empathetic responses to the natural world and constructed environments.

Hypothesize ways in which art influences perception and understanding of human experiences.

Analyze how one’s understanding of the world is affected by experiencing visual imagery.

Interpret an artwork or collection of works, supported by relevant and sufficient evidence found in the work and its various contexts.