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Visual Arts
Russel Jazon Mañanita

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Visual Arts implemented in education
at school can help students bring out
their creativity as well as develop their
personality. Children performing arts
help them think creatively, improve
their mental and imagination skills.
Schools implementing Visual Arts in
education help develop student skills
and personality.

Art has various forms which help us to
let out our emotions and skills. Visual arts refer
to painting, drawing, sketching, photography,
crafting, sculptures, textile design, digital
Painting etc. Visual Art is widely appreciated
through paintings, sculptures as well as short
films, documentaries too. For a person to learn
visual arts requires years of consistent practice
so they can put their imagination and
creativity concisely. Let us read about the
importance of visual arts in education –

Importance of Visual Arts Education
at Schools
❖Helps individuals explore their imagination
power –Visual Arts help individual to represent
their thoughts and skills. It lets them explore
and perform their artistic skills, imagination
and memories creatively
❖Helps in school work – Visual Arts also affect
students academics as their learning skills
improve with the practice of arts and crafts.
They are better at adapting skills and so they
learn faster than the children who are less
active in visual arts.

Importance of Visual Arts Education at
Schools
❖Improves motor skills - Students who do arts and crafts
on regular basis learn to use art tools and techniques
like different types of brush, uses of colors,
photography, videography techniques etc.
❖Boosts self-confidence – Visual Art is a way of
representing one’s feelings and imagination in a form.
When students make arts and it is appreciated, then
they feel good about their performance and hence
are motivated to do better. This confidence and
determination helps them improve their weak areas
and also they become more open about representing
of their art skills

Importance of Visual Arts Education at
Schools
❖Learning from artists- Individuals who
make visual arts refer to work of the
established artists. This helps them expand
their knowledge about visual arts. Visual
art education helps students in analysis,
judgement skills and improves their own art
form.

Importance of Visual Arts Education at
Schools
❖Decision and Determination skills - With art
students learn to analyze, criticize, reason
and think logically. This helps them to
decide on different alternatives and make
better choices for presenting their work

Importance of Visual Arts
Education at Schools
❖ Focus - Visual arts teaches students patience and focus on their
work. Sometimes, students while studying lose concentration due
to distractions but with help of visual art students learn planning
and organizing skill which helps them focus on their tasks
❖ Coordination skills - Students at art class learn to cooperate by
helping each other in their work. They are teamed up and given
group objectives for competition which teaches them team
work and collaboration
❖ Accountability - Children learn ownership skills with visual arts as
they want to appreciate for their work and also, they learn to
accept criticism for their work. This helps them improve their

Purpose of Visual Art
Ceremonial – ritual, celebration,
artworks are created
to support worship
ceremonies

Ceremonial
worship, or
in personal
life.
Ex. “The Last Supper”
By Leonardo Da Vinci
“The Last Supper” By Leonardo Da Vinci

Purpose of Visual Art
Artistic Expression – artworks are
used to express or
communicate,
emotions, ideas,
feeling, (for self-
expression, to decorate or
beautify objects

ARTISTIC EXPRESSION

Purpose of Visual Art
Functional – artistic objects used in
everyday life
(pottery,
quilts, baskets,
etc.)

FUNCTIONAL
Southwest Indian Pottery

Purpose of Visual Art
Narrative – artworks that tell stories,
describe and illustrate experiences, or
communicate information, art to
document important or historical
events (Lange’s photography of the
Depression Era)

NARRATIVE

“Migrant Mother”-by
Dorothea Lange
❖Error Correction
❖Second Language Writing
❖Teachers’ Beliefs
❖Teachers’ Pedagogical
Practices

Purpose of Visual Art
Persuasive – artworks that promote
ideas,
philosophies, or
products (advertising,
marketing,
propaganda,
ideology, etc.)

PERSUASIVE

Purpose of Visual
Art
Aesthetics: art created for visual appeal
-Splatter Paintings

Purpose of Visual
Art
Morals/Ethics: art depicts people and behaviors
that are considered good and
noble
-The Attentive Nurse

Purpose of Visual
Art
Spirituality: Art enables people to connect to the spirit
world OR tell stories associated with religious beliefs
-The Last Supper

Purpose of Visual
Art
History – artworks provide valuable information about
important people, places, and events
-Guernica