Visual Arts

Mission

The mission of the Lafayette Parish Visual Arts Department is to provide each student with the skills needed to experience a lifetime love of art while stimulating creativity and critical thinking skills. We will also integrate core curriculum into the arts curricula on a daily basis in order to enrich the content and meet state and national standards.

Vision

The Lafayette Parish Visual Art Department will encourage all students to achieve their greatest potential by:

• valuing a life enriched by the arts
• using the arts as a creative expression
• achieving cognitive development (critical and flexible thinking)
• learning other content areas through the arts
• embracing Acadiana's strong presence of artistic expression
• providing an opportunity to select art as a profession
• inspiring students to realize their full artistic potential while equipping them with the skills necessary to succeed in today's world.

Visual Art Curriculum Resources

• LPSS Visual Arts Scope and Sequence for Grades K-12

Community and Teacher Resources

Content Standards

• LA Department of Education

Community Resources

• ULL College of the Arts   http://arts.louisiana.edu                                    
• Hilliard University Art Museum  http://museum.louisiana.edu/           
• Acadiana Center for the Arts (AcA) http://acadianacenterforthearts.org/AcA                        
• Children’s Museum  www.childrensmuseumofacadiana.com                       
• George Rodrigue Foundation (GRFA) http://georgerodriguefoundation.org/

Teacher Resources

• National Arts Education Association http://www.arteducators.org/
• Louisiana Arts Education Association http://laarteducators.org/
• Getty Center www.getty.edu/                                     
• Arts Edge http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/                                                              
• Smithsonian Associates http://smithsonian.org
• Kennedy Center  www.kennedy-center.org/education