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8.VA:Cr2.1 (Arts)


Standard Identifier: 8.VA:Cr2.1
Content Area: Arts
Grade: 8
Discipline: Visual Arts
Artistic Process: Creating
Anchor Standard: 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work

Enduring Understanding: 2.1 Artists and designers experiment with forms, structures, materials, concepts, media, and art-making approaches.
Essential Question(s): How do artists work? How do artists and designers determine whether a particular direction in their work is effective? How do artists and designers learn from trial and error?
Process Component(s): Investigate

Performance Standard(s):
Demonstrate willingness to experiment, innovate, and take risks to pursue ideas, forms, and meanings that emerge in the process of artmaking or designing.

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