National Core Arts Standard Assessment: 8th Grade

Discipline: Visual Arts

Artistic Processes: Responding, Connecting, Creating and Presenting

Title: Investigating Contemporary Public Art and Practice

Assessment Description

• Students collaboratively examine and respond to a body of contemporary public artworks in order to make interpretations of meaning conveyed through such works.
• Students use knowledge gained to experiment, plan, and make their own artworks to express meaning relevant to a theme or idea important to the group.
• Students develop an artist statement to accompany their work and prepare both to display.
• Students collaboratively exhibit their work and develop an exhibition narrative to guide viewers.

In this assessment, you will find

• Strategies for embedding instruction
• Detailed assessment procedures
• Knowledge, skills and vocabulary
• Differentiation/Inclusion strategies
• Scoring devices
• Task specific rubric
• Resources
• Assessment focus chart 

Estimated Time for Teaching Assessment

• Collaborative Analysis of Public Art Works: 5 class periods
• Creation of Original Art Work and Artist Statement: 5 class periods
• Presentation/Peer Review/Display: 2 class periods