7-12 Grades Course Description: Art Appreciation online is a 2 semester course that will introduce students to the fundamentals to understanding art of the past, present and allows students to participate and predict what is to come in their future. Participants will deal with the Elements, Principles, and Concepts behind constructing effective artworks in the 21st century by referencing prior Western and Non-Western movements. Students will also be required to function within the online school and must demonstrate their knowledge and utilize a variety of computer-related technical skills. This is an introductory survey course that will approach traditional and non-traditional techniques, processes and concepts behind contemporary art-making. Students will learn the tools necessary to understand, evaluate and make critical judgments of the value of visual culture and how it affects our everyday world. Students will in addition be required to produce a variety of personal artworks that deal with these affects.