Theme
This program is organized around the theme of excellence. Excellence has been important to people for a long time and continues to be something we care about in many aspects of our lives today.

Theme in Life: Different people often make different judgments about what makes a thing (object, event, idea) excellent.

Theme in Art: We can all make our own judgments about excellence in art.

Inquiry Questions
Each lesson in this program focuses on one of the following big questions:

Judgment: How are judgments about art different from preferences?
That is, how is liking something different from concluding that it is good?

Proportion: How do artists use proportions and profiles in their work?
That is, how do artists make decisions about the size of one thing compared to another and about the outside shape of their artworks?

Pattern: How do artists use patterns to make artworks more expressive?
That is, how do artists repeat elements to help their artworks express ideas and feelings?

This program invites you to explore the big idea of excellence and to inquiry into judgment, proportion, and pattern as you investigate ceramic art.