CLHCO Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 I need some places to begin the search - both history as well as technique. Any good companies doing an adequate job of this on the high school level? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
womenfly Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 In terms of appreciation -> The National Gallery of Art loans materials out for free. You just pay to ship it back when you're done. We've been using a program for upper elementary this year - and it's been great. http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/loanfinder/ Have fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne/Ankara Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 I would like to know some resources on this too. We now attend an art school for 4hrs/week, as well as summer camp, and the kids learn technique and how to create a portfolio of required original works (sketches of bicycles, or whatever). So I am wondering how to round this out into true high school level work. I am thinking that we will do some in-depth art history study, linked to our four year history work, which should be easy enough (videos from Teaching Company, readings from art history books, several essays along the way). I know there is an AP Art History course, so I'm sure there are a lesson plans available. Perhaps our third year we could take the AP Art History exam. On the studio art side, I would like to submit the year's work to Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, so that the artwork would be judged each year. Also, continue to send work to various magazines for publication. That would be another way to show how successful the high school art program was. Of course, we would continue to visit art museums, but probably need to take this to a higher level-- I know our local museums have teen volunteer positions available, workshops, and things like that. I'm just a bit leery about some of them-- our famous Andy Warhol museum, for example! But the Carnegie International is a world-famous touring exhibit that high school kids can help out with.... I wonder what other aspects of an art program would be necessary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brindee Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Where would I be able to find the AP Art History Course? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne/Ankara Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Where would I be able to find the AP Art History Course? Brindee, you can start with the College Board's site at http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_art.html and then pick up a review book such as http://www.amazon.com/Barrons-AP-Art-History-2008/dp/0764137379 and then you can search for different websites from high schools that teach this course, such as http://www.aparthistory-design.com/ Just some thoughts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackie in AR Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 In terms of appreciation -> The National Gallery of Art loans materials out for free. You just pay to ship it back when you're done. We've been using a program for upper elementary this year - and it's been great. http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/loanfinder/ Have fun! Oh, wow! I had no idea this was available. Thanks so much for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmkclscroggins Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Hewitt has an art history syllabus and it uses Gombrich's book. They are reasonably priced ( about 7.00) and it gives a huge list of projects, etc to complete. melissa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susie-Knits Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 Hewitt has an art history syllabus and it uses Gombrich's book. They are reasonably priced ( about 7.00) and it gives a huge list of projects, etc to complete. melissa absolutely loved it and my ds is sad to see it coming to an end since he is almost finished. I appreciated the list of projects and enjoyed seeing what ds would come up with each time. We used the Hewitt syllabus as a guide but didn't enroll with them. Highly recommend it! Susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLHCO Posted April 30, 2008 Author Share Posted April 30, 2008 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaurieM Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 We used Hewitt's syllabus with Gombrich's book last year. My sons really enjoyed Gombrich's book. As for the syllabus, we used the quarter tests and some suggestions for writing. One son used the Hewitt's project ideas, the other used the Draw Today program to practice skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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