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The Importance of Art & Design
In art, craft and design, pupils explore visual, tactile and other sensory experiences to communicate ideas and meanings. They work with traditional and new media, developing confidence, competence, imagination and creativity. They learn to appreciate and value images and artefacts across times and cultures, and to understand the contexts in which they were made. In art, craft and design, pupils reflect critically on their own and other people's work, judging quality, value and meaning. They learn to think and act as artists, craftspeople and designers, working creatively and intelligently. They develop an appreciation of art, craft and design, and its role in the creative and cultural industries that enrich their lives.
There are a number of key concepts that underpin the study of art, craft and design. Pupils need to understand these concepts in order to deepen and broaden their knowledge, skills and understanding.
Key concepts
- Creativity
- Producing imaginative images, artefacts and other outcomes that are both original and of value.
- Exploring and experimenting with ideas, materials, tools and techniques.
- Taking risks and learning from mistakes.
- Competence
- Investigating, analysing, designing, making, reflecting and evaluating effectively.
- Making informed choices about media, techniques and processes.
- Cultural understanding
- Engaging with a range of images and artefacts from different contexts, recognising the varied characteristics of different cultures and using them to inform their creating and making.
- Understanding the role of the artist, craftsperson and designer in a range of cultures, times and contexts.
- Critical understanding
- Exploring visual, tactile and other sensory qualities of their own and others' work.
- Engaging with ideas, images and artefacts, and identifying how values and meanings are conveyed.
- Developing their own views and expressing reasoned judgements.
- Analysing and reflecting on work from diverse contexts.
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