PHILOSOPHY

Art is an essential part of human history; it is a means of communicating ideas in a multicultural society. Art education fosters perceptual awareness, cognitive processes, aesthetic literacy, and life coping skills. Interdisciplinary art experiences promote a visually literate society and a stronger understanding of oneself.

Visual arts education is an integral part of the curriculum of Arlington Public Schools

• Elementary Pacing Guides K-5
• High School art (overview)
  • Art I
  • Art II
  • Art III
  • Ceramics I
• National Standards
• Virginia Standards of Learning