Visual Literacy
The visual arts are an essential form of communication, indispensable to freedom of inquiry and expression. Visual arts education develops visual literacy, giving students the skills needed to:
- perceive and respond to images and evaluate visual information in its many forms
- create and communicate through images, expressing ideas and emotions to satisfy a range of personal and social needs
The development of visual literacy requires that students develop visual arts skills and knowledge, including familiarity with and understanding of:
- image-development and design strategies
- personal, social, cultural, and historical contexts in which images are created and communicated
- visual elements and principles of art and design
- materials, technologies, and processes
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