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Darron Blackmon - Art Teacher

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. Once I drew like Raphael, but it has taken me a whole lifetime to learn to draw like children. -Pablo Picasso

OUR GOAL

Although discovering the next Picasso would be nice, our goal, instead, is to nurture creativity and art appreciation within our students, while challenging them to be problem solvers, independent thinkers, and active, lifelong learners.
OUR PROGRAM

The art program is designed around the state of North Carolinas Visual Arts Curriculum, which lays out specific objectives for students at each grade level. It includes:

  • Art Production
  • creating art
  • Art Criticism
  • looking at/discussing art
  • Art History
  • learning about art from other time and places
  • Aesthetics
  • forming ideas about art

The program runs closely in line with regular classroom studies at each grade level. Reading, writing, math, social studies, and science are integrated and supported by art lessons.

Studies have shown that the arts develop the critical thinking skills of problem posing, analysis, evaluation, and decision making. For this reason, it helps promote achievement across disciplines, fostering the development of spatial, mathematical, logical, and physical abilities.
- Source: The Arts: Dynamic Partners in Building Strong Schools

ART at HOME - Nurture Your Young Artist

Encourage keen observation and exploration.
Look, look, look at everything.
Ask & answer questions about what you see and perceive.
Have your child explain the process involved in creating his/her artwork, and the decisions he/she made during the process.
Visit the Art Museum...it’s free!!!
Don’t overdue it by trying to see everything in one visit.
Don’t worry about knowing or not knowing about the artwork you see. Just share your ideas and feelings about each piece you visit.
Allow your child to make his/her own perceptions, but answer ”why”s when you can.

Visit some kid friendly Art sites:

www.yahooligans.com 

www.artcyclopedia.com 

http://allaboutartists.com 

www.crayola.com 

www.arthistory.net