1. Young Artists Express Themselves

3. When I grow up, what kind of artist might I want to be? Exploring Careers in the Arts With Technology

5.  Do you like to shape clay with your hands?  Do colors stir up feelings in you?  Do you like to draw?  Do you enjoy working alone?

6. Visual Artist Visual Artist You imagine and express your ideas, or the ideas of others. You create art and products to sell, or to be collected

7. Graphic Design, Commercial Art, and Animation Art Making art for media such as film, books, graphic novels, internet, advertisements, video games, television and movies

8. A Designer Designs objects or products that have a distinctive look or function: Fashion * Architecture * Landscape * Furniture * Toys * Interior Design

9. An Art Historian or Museum Curator Studies, teaches, preserves and protects cultural and fine art objects. Organizes the exhibits of items into Museum collections and informs visitors about the collections

10.  Does music stir up feelings within you?  Do you like to sing or play an instrument?  Do you enjoy helping others improve singing or playing an instrument?  Do you enjoy listening to music and singing along?

11. Musical Artist Vocal * Instrumental* Composing Music and Performing

12.  Do you like to tell stories?  Do writing and words stir up feelings in you?  Do you like to imagine other places and people?  Do you enjoy working alone?

13. Writer Imagine and write novels, short stories, poems, articles, and essays

14.  Do you like to move to music?  Do you feel better when you are active?  Does music bring out emotions in you?  Do you like looking at fashions in magazines?

15.  Do you want to share your talents with others?  Do you like pretend to be someone else?  Do you enjoy being in front of groups of people?

16. Performing Artist Performs on stage and in assemblies, using talents and expressive ability

17. Filmmaker Takes a story and screenplay/script and films it to express the ideas and characters most effectively

18. Art Teacher Helps young people experience art, learn about the history of art, and gain skill in expressing themselves and their ideas in an artistic way

19. Art can stay a part of your life whether you have an art career, moonlight as an artist, or keep art as a fun and relaxing hobby!

20. Art Standards Benchmark: F.4.1 Learn that art includes mass media, such as magazines, television, computers, and films Benchmark: F.4.2 Know that art techniques are used in mass media Benchmark: F.4.3 Know that advertisements, news, and entertainment programs contain visual messages Benchmark: I.4.5 Understand that art is made by people from different times, places, and cultures Benchmark: K.4.1 Connect their knowledge and skills in art to other areas, such as the humanities, sciences, social studies, and technology Benchmark: K.4.2 Invent new ways to communicate ideas and solutions to problems in art Benchmark: K.4.5 Know art includes activities, such as museum curation, historic preservation, collecting, and writing about art and design Benchmark: L.4.2 Begin to develop a base of knowledge and skills from which to create new ideas Art Standards Standard: F. Visual Media and Technology Benchmark: F.4.1 Learn that art includes mass media, such as magazines, television, computers, and films Benchmark: F.4.2 Know that art techniques are used in mass media Benchmark: F.4.3 Know that advertisements, news, and entertainment programs contain visual messages Standard: I. Personal and Social Development Benchmark: I.4.5 Understand that art is made by people from different times, places, and cultures Standard: K. Art and Design / Creating Benchmark: K.4.1 Connect their knowledge and skills in art to other areas, such as the humanities, sciences, social studies, and technology Benchmark: K.4.2 Invent new ways to communicate ideas and solutions to problems in art Benchmark: K.4.5 Know art includes activities, such as museum curation, historic preservation, collecting, and writing about art and design Standard: L. Visual Imagination and Creativity Benchmark: L.4.2 Begin to develop a base of knowledge and skills from which to create new ideas

21. Technological Literacy Standards Students in Wisconsin will access, evaluate, and apply information efficiently and effectively from a variety of sources in print, nonprint, and electronic formats to meet personal and academic needs. Benchmark: B.4.1 Define the need for information Benchmark: B.4.2 Develop information seeking strategies Benchmark: B.4.3 Locate and access information sources Technological Literacy Standards Standard: B. Information and Inquiry Students in Wisconsin will access, evaluate, and apply information efficiently and effectively from a variety of sources in print, nonprint, and electronic formats to meet personal and academic needs. Benchmark: B.4.1 Define the need for information Benchmark: B.4.2 Develop information seeking strategies Benchmark: B.4.3 Locate and access information sources

22. Exploring Careers in the Arts With Technology This lesson will occur in 1-2 classes in the Computer Lab with Kennedy fifth graders. It will happen at the end of the school year, at the end of Youth Art Month in March, or during the May Art Show week at Kennedy. Exploring Careers in the Arts With Technology This lesson will occur in 1-2 classes in the Computer Lab with Kennedy fifth graders. It will happen at the end of the school year, at the end of Youth Art Month in March, or during the May Art Show week at Kennedy.

23. View Presentation on Art Careers in the Computer Lab *Complete an interest survey to determine their area of greatest art interest based on personal characteristics. (Students will determine interest by checking boxes, and enter the totals checked in large boxes for each art area on their form.) *Share their survey results with a peer *Participation in class discussion to explore: Open the PowerPoint file in the Student Art Folder *Tour Careers in art through PowerPoint hyperlinks *Writing activity and print out explaining their possible career area in the arts View Presentation on Art Careers in the Computer Lab *Complete an interest survey to determine their area of greatest art interest based on personal characteristics. (Students will determine interest by checking boxes, and enter the totals checked in large boxes for each art area on their form.) *Share their survey results with a peer *Participation in class discussion to explore: What is a hyperlink? How is it found and inserted? How is it accessed? Open the PowerPoint file in the Student Art Folder *Tour Careers in art through PowerPoint hyperlinks *Writing activity and print out explaining their possible career area in the arts

24. Assessment Art survey completed Evidence of sharing with a peer and/or during the class discussion Written summary of highest area of interest in Word file, printed and handed in. It will start with an open ended prompt in a file they can access on the student file area.