1. Division Overview

Every person needs aesthetic education in order to influence their experiencing, feeling and appreaciation of beauty. Plato regarded aesthetic educationas an indispensable composite part of the upbringing or education of the free man; Herbart points out the danger of rational unilaterality in education and is of the opinion that harmony and balance in the child's personal integrity can be maintained through aesthetic culture. Arts and Aesthetic Education will focus on developing learner’s aesthetic sensation and independent learning methods of art, design , music and performance art,fostering their heightened awareness of and appreciation for all that touches out lives, which support them to be fullfilled individuals.

Learners will be immersed in a learning environment that is highly interactive and discursive and that challenge learners’ perceptions and exposes them to the culturally diversed world in which they situate their emerging practice.

Art and Aesthetics Education aims to :

• introduce an understanding of the interrelationship of practice and theory, and to help leaners become informed and vonversant with relevant historcal and contemporary points of reference;

• support learners in the development of a focus portfolio of work that demonstrates their technical and intellectual aptitude and their capavity for future strudy in Art and Aesthetics related majers;

• establish a context that is responsive to local and global concerns and committed to active engagement and partivipation in Art and Aesthetics culture;

• build confidence in leanern's abilities to present their work and to engage in discursive modes of teaching and learning through listening and interpretation.

As Arts and Aesthetic Education curriculum, we value:  

• curiosity and exploration

• passion and self-discvoery

• open-mind and experiments

• projects management

• research ability

• creativity and independent practice

• communicaton of ideas

• intergrate art with other disciplies

• the opportunity to combine mind and emotion, cognition and sensory experience, analysis and intuition towards understanding the world

Learning Outcomes:

• develop knowledge of art, design, music, and performance art;

• demonstrate an understanding of historical and contemporary precedetns and how they relate to their developing practice;

• demostrate an understanding of the principles and methods of research;

• clearly articulate the intellectual and technical processes involved in the prodcution of their work

• experiments with materials, processes and environmnets in order to make their ideas tangilble in practice

• produce work that integrates independet thought, creativity and technique

• manage their time and resources effectively in order to meet their objectives

Learning and Teaching Methods:

• Lectures

• seminars

• workshops

• tutorials

• critiques

• technical support

• sites visiting

• refelection and evaluation

• assessment and feedback

Standards

When developing our Art and Aesthetics curriculum, standards are based on the National Arts Standards and AP Standards.

1. Course Outline in Art and Aesthetics

ARTS2001: Art History

ARTS2001: 艺术史

Prerequisite: N/A

Course Syllabus: https://shimo.im/sheets/iHxjLftk6LYPIIOi

You will be welcome into the global art world to engage with its forms and content as they research, discuss, read, and write about art, artists, art making, and interpretations of art. By investigating specific course content of 250 works of art characterized by diverse artistic traditions from prehistory to the present, you will develop in-depth, holistic understanding of the history of art from a global perspective. You will also learn and apply skills of visual, contextual, and comparative analysis to engage with a variety of art forms, developing understanding of individual works and interconnections across history.

Art History are recommended to everyone at MSA, the syllabus is designed based on AP Art History, but for learners who plan to join AP exams need to prepare for exams by themselves.

ARTS2002: Aesthetics of Life

ARTS2002: 生活美学

Prerequisite: N/A

open in 2021

This course is displinary compulsory course , aiming to raise learners' aesthetic sensation to appreciate the beauty of everyday life. Learners will not only be engaged with artworks and nature, but also be extended to all areas of living world. Thus, this course covers aesthestic appreciation to the beauty of nature, society, art, science, technology, to discuss different aesthetic categories. Leaners are expected not only to understand the theory and aesthetics, but also approach their aesthetic language to express their understanding towards the world through practicing different forms and materials.

Art Studio Practices

Four basic Art Studio are provided to both general and art learners: Painting Drawing and Graffiti(PDG), Comprehensive material painting Printmaking and Bookmaking(CPB), Sculpture and Installations(SI), Photography Film and Video art(PFV). By studying these courses, learners are going to be introduced to different forms of art, and experiment with many different materials. which aims to introduce an understanding of the interrelationship of practice and theory, and to help learners become informed and conversant with relevant historical and contemporary points of reference. After studying basic art studio courses, for those who plan to choose art and design pathway for future college study could join the Advanced Art Studio to prepare their projects and porfolio for college applications.

VART1001: Art Studio 1: Painting, Drawing and Graffiti

VART1001: 艺术创作1：油画、素描与涂鸦

Prerequisite: N/A

Course Syllabus: https://shimo.im/sheets/vXoSlKOYegMWM1Cs/

The cultivation of artistic perception and expression ability is never accomplished at one stroke. Every world-famous masterpiece includes the author's unremitting exploration in his own field. In the process of art exploration, beginners will constantly overcome the difficulties in technology and thinking, and slowly experience the power and infinite possibility of art foundation courses for future creation.

This course is open to all students who are interested in art. The course includes short-term project and long-term project. The short-term project will start from the six basic elements of painting creation to carry out a series of creative and comprehensive practices, and the presentation form of this section will be mainly painting. The short-term project is expected to lay a good technical and cognitive foundation for the following long-term projects. The two long-term projects — collaborative Graffiti and individual painting project will examine the students' comprehensive abilities (team cooperation, thinking and creativity, painting techniques and expression, work depth and completion, etc.).

VART2001: Art Studio 2 : Sculpture and Installations

VART2001: 艺术创作2: 雕塑与装置

Prerequisite: N/A

Course Syllabus: https://shimo.im/sheets/v9mwGPz3lPEar7Wu/MODOC

This course forsters a fundamental and experimenal approach to sculpture and Installations practice. It teaches you to value the importance of "thinking through making", and to develop an understanding of the inter-relationships between humans and objects and reflect upon people's interactions with the materials world. You will study different materials and all forms of sculptures and installations in historical and contemporary context . Through experiments and projects practice, we hope you'd find your relationships with material world and create your own art language to experess your understanding towards your innerside self and the outside world.

VART1002: Art Studio 3 - Mix-Media painting, Printmaking and Bookdesign

Prerequisite:

Course Syllabus:https://shimo.im/sheets/m5kv9bzMlKS4daqX/

This course is an advanced studio course that combines comprehensive material research with personal creative concept, student who wants to register this course is required to either finish STUDIO 1 first or to finish Grade 9. The exploration of comprehensive media will be based on the expression and deepening of personal creative ideas, and the guardian will guide students to realize and improve ideas and skills. In terms of skills, this course will include comprehensive material painting techniques, multiple printmaking techniques, book binding and design techniques. Aims to introduce an understanding of the interrelationship of practice, concept, and theory, and to help learners become informed and conversant with relevant historical and contemporary points of references.

VART2002: Studio 4- Installations and New Media Art

Prerequisite: N/A

open in 2021

This course commits to deep interdisciplinarity crosses a broad spectrum including photgraphy, film and new media. You are going to learn fundamental theory, knowledge and skills of phography, film, video making, and explore a range of new media forms. It encourages you a multidisciplinary apporach and provides you opportunity to experiment, and discoer your preferred media and pathway.

VART5001:Art Studio 5: Project-Based Practice

VART5001: 艺术创作5: 项目实践

Prerequisite: Succesful completion of at least 2 Art studio courses( VART1001/1002/2001/2002)

Course Syllabus: https://shimo.im/sheets/r4JMjaEzyAgdZ0bl/MODOC

The advanced art studio practice is open to 11 and 12 grades learners wo have finished at least two basic art studio courses and are going to apply for art universities. It supports learners in the development of a focused portfolio of work that demonstrates their technical and intellectual aptitude and their capacity for future college study in Art. This course covers 3 units: 3 short projects practice( 5 weeks each), 1 independent practice, and portfolio. Main learning and teaching methods are personal tutorials, lectures, workshops and critiques. Besides, you will have the oppotunity to collaborate with MSA residency artsits in one project and host your group graduation exhibition at Moonshot Gallery.

Design

all design courses are going to open in 2021

DESI2001: General Design

Syllabus: https://shimo.im/sheets/hbFozy4P4w8j2EMy/

This course offers you different forms of design areas:comprehensive materials experiments, graphic and typography design, illustrations, interactive design, animations, product design , architecture and interior design, and fashion design, and develops you an understanding of core deisgn skills and knowledge, like design principles, issues, theory, methodologies, processes, technolog and practice, through practical workshops, solfware inductions , lectures and projects.

1. Course Guides

General Learners

Step 1: 基础视觉训练

• 基础绘画和壁画课（授课：朱晓晴） —— 九年级上学期 4学分

• 综合材料绘画课（授课：朱晓晴 ）—— 九年级下学期 4学分

* 艺术史将穿插以上课程中讲述

Step 2: 360度方向探索

• 方向A - 艺术课： 绘画、摄影、版画、雕塑、装置、行为艺术（授课：李墨文、朱晓晴）—— 十年级一学年 4+4学分

• 方向B - 设计课： 平面设计、插画设计、动画游戏设计、电影、产品设计、建筑室内设计、服装设计、珠宝设计 （ 授课： 合作机构三位老师） —— 十年级一学年 4+4学分

* 若有学生两个方向都想尝试，可以在十、十一年级选修完两门课）

Step 3: 专业作品集准备 （艺术设计路径）

• 艺术工作室 - 项目制课程 （ 导师：李墨文、朱晓晴） —— 十一年级+十二年级上学期 4+4+4学分

• 设计工作室 - 项目制课程 （ 导师：合作机构艺术老师） —— 十一年级+十二年级上学期 4+4+4 学分

*学习者同时进入艺术设计路径准备作品集，保证一周四天创作课程时间

Step 4: 学校申请

• 作品集、文书、语言考试、简历、面试 （ 学生自己准备）—— 十二年级上学期

• 拿offer —— 十二年级下学期

建议艺术设计类学生毕业学分要求： 艺术类 - 16-20 学分

综合学习者美育培养：

• 艺术学部必修课： 生活美学课 —— 任一学期可修

• 综合学习者在任何年级都可选修Step 1、Step 2 任一课程学习艺术创作和设计。