[vc_row type=”vc_default” full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1541292973989{margin-top: -70px !important;background-color: #dbd700 !important;}”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Visual Arts” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1541405246196{margin-top: -25px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]The Visual Arts are an integral part of MEF International School. Through both traditional and contemporary processes, the visual arts allow children to fully experience the world and appreciate cultures, both past and present, around the globe. We believe that purposeful inquiry is the best way to learn and that the creative process begins with inquiry. The visual arts support the acquisition of essential knowledge and skills, the development of conceptual understanding, the demonstration of positive attitudes, and the taking of action. When learning experiences enable students to develop artistically, students are able to make connections, apply their learning, and transfer their conceptual understanding to new situations. This progressive conceptual development provides the foundation for lifelong learning. Throughout the year, students\u2019 artwork is showcased in ongoing art exhibitions around the school.<\/p>\n
Two strands, Responding and Creating, support the development of the students as artists. These strands are detailed below.<\/p>\n
Creating<\/strong><\/p>\n Responding<\/strong><\/p>\n Art is a universal language by which we can communicate powerful messages within and across cultures and time periods; Consideration of the contexts in which others have created art can help us understand the cultural significance of image making; Art adds an aesthetic dimension to everyday life; The knowledge and use of the elements and principles of visual art allows us to create and understand works of art.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1541292979477{padding-bottom: -50px !important;background-color: #dbd700 !important;}”][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1541288959192{margin-top: -10px !important;margin-right: 10px !important;margin-bottom: -50px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;}”][vc_widget_sidebar show_bg=”false” sidebar_id=”sidebar_11″ el_class=”early-menu”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”vc_default” content_placement=”middle” css=”.vc_custom_1540213559652{margin-bottom: -111px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_col-xs-12″][vc_single_image image=”15562″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″ offset=”vc_col-xs-12″]\n
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