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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
Ex. “The Last Supper”
personal life. 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