席勒在《美育书简》中所说：“有为健康的教育，有为认知的教育，有为道德的教育，还有为审美能力和美的教育。最后那种教育的目的是培养我们整个感性和理智的力量达到尽可能全面的和谐。”
美育，又称美感教育。美育不仅包含审美教育、情操教育、心灵教育，还有丰富想象力和培养创新意识的教育。
美育是“另一种思维”的教育。不仅培养审美品味、学习艺术思维、掌握艺术创作技能，更能够培养学生对于美的敏锐度。
关于美的定义，不同的人会有完全不同的想法。画家于画作中感受笔触与风景的细腻，诗人则说每一片落叶都是对秋天的致敬。从古至今，那些能欣赏美的人，往往都将成为优秀的创造者，为世界留下属于自己的风景。
因此，对于优秀的教育而言，如何教导学生们感受美、创造美，并发现更好的教育方式，应当受到更多的关注。
美育的本质，并不单单在于创造出多少作品，更是在于让学生们学会用独特的想法，表达出自己心中的感受和想法，展现自己眼中的美。把感官打开，让内心能够自由地、轻松地去表达，让孩子在艺术里找到这种感觉，这就是美育最大的意义。
美育，是一种感性的认知，是直击心灵、对话精神的教育，是没有标准但一定有结果的一项教育，是致力于促进学生打破学科分类和知识结构的界限与隔阂，激发学生创造力的教育。
艺术教育是美育的重要组成部分，其核心在于坚持以美育人、以美化人、以美润心、以美培元，引导学生在健康向上的审美实践中感知、体验与理解艺术。
无论是将艺术教育写进法律的美国、英国，还是要求每一位孩子都必须在幼儿园到高中的义务教育阶段接受完整的艺术教育的法国，以及要求德智体美全面发展的中国新时代教育观点，都说明了艺术教育的重要性。
在艺术教育中，艺术只是一种达到目标的方法，而不是目标。艺术教育就是造就富有创造力的身心健康的人。而建筑设计、视觉艺术、手工艺、传媒艺术、音乐、文学艺术、马戏艺术、舞蹈、戏剧等作为艺术教育的载体，通过对具体项目的学习，挖掘学生对艺术项目的兴趣与爱好进行进一步培养。
当学生被艺术浸润之后，拥有的是一种感知世界、独立思考以及幸福快乐的能力。艺术的效用往往不是立竿见影的，但它会在人的一生发展中越来越突显其重要性。
美育如光，熹微朝阳。达罗捷派艺术课程根据艺术课程核心体系要求结合艺术项目专业技能，引导学生进行艺术学习、艺术思考、艺术体验和艺术创作。
艺术课程核心标准
为了更好地引导学生对艺术进行探索，在学会自我表达、感悟艺术魅力的同时勇于创新。达罗捷派艺术课程教师Mr.Jairo以绘画这种艺术表达形式作为切入点，带领学生们通过艺术创作绘制出自己对于美的定义。
Jairo Benitez Torres，达罗捷派艺术中心负责人。
加利福尼亚大学戴维斯分校本科学位学士。精通英语和西班牙语。曾在多个国家担任艺术教师。具有丰富的艺术教育经验。作为一个拥有创意的教育者、终身学习者，热爱教育行业，帮助学生发现自我，树立目标并完成自我能力的提升。对于艺术和设计拥有极高的追求。
课程根据同学们的学术基础进行了分层教学。对于初学者，课程内容主要围绕基础素描与绘画手法进行学习，引导学生通过线条进行创作，发挥自己的创意。对于需要进阶学习的学生，教学重点倾向帮助学生在艺术创作的过程中，找到属于自己的美与感悟，画出自己独特的思想与个性。
艺术课程教学设置核心
JPED艺术课程学习重点
JPED艺术课程实景
点画法：光影与笔触
课堂上，初级班的学生们通过学习物体阴影与角度的不同变化，对素描、点画法等绘画方式进行了了解以及运用、并通过画出几何体、纹理等方式，进行了大量的练习，从现在开始，为以后的艺术创作打下良好的基础。
素描作品绘画过程
光影练习，感受光于不同角度照射对阴影的影响
课堂纹理创作练习作业
经过了长时间的学习与练习，运用构图以及明暗等技巧，尝试进行自画像的绘制。同学们学习运用光影与笔触，通过点画法进行自画像创作。对于一个优秀的自画像而言，画出自己的脸上的五官仅仅只是基础，更重要的是如何通过手中的画笔，在纸上体现出主角的的神态以及与环境的互动。
同学的自画像成品，通过点组成的面貌栩栩如生
对于同学们来说，能够独立进行自画像创作是一次特殊的体验，这不仅让他们对绘画艺术产生了浓厚的兴趣，也希望对绘画艺术进行深入学习。
中国风主题创作
中级班同学们的考核内容则是以中国风为主题进行艺术创作。课题发布后，同学们进行资料查找、文献阅读，在寻找的过程中不断思考总结，明确自己心目中对中国风的感悟与理解。
在探索的过程中，同学们根据自己喜欢的主题，描绘出或风趣、或优雅的图像。有人认为“不是庐山真面目，只缘身在此山中”，就是中国文化的妙笔；有的则以中国神话为背景，通过自己精湛的画工，绘制出一位身着长裙的神明，身边龙凤环绕，不知看向何处。
中国风主题作品，每一幅画都在讲述一个特别的故事
对于他们而言，这不仅仅是一副中国风的画作，更是通过每一笔的线条表达出自己对于中国文化的理解。此后，“中国风”将不再不仅仅是一个空洞的名词，而是他们寻觅到的的，那看向不知处的神明，那盛开着花、飘带随风飘摇的刀与枪。这是他们在艺术探索中获得的感悟，这是他们脑海中独一无二的诠释，是来源于学习却远比学习更珍贵的内容。
独一无二的原创作品
对于绘画基础夯实的同学们，艺术课程的考核内容也进行了难度升级，要求他们创造出带有自己独特风格的艺术作品。这绝对不是一个简单的工作，他们需要在保证品质的前提下，独自设计出作品画面的风格、创意、布局并进行最终的绘制。可想而知，这是相当具有挑战性的。
设计构思及创作过程
艺术作品的创作过程是艰难的，具有挑战性的。在创作的过程中，同学们将会面对无数的难题，作品的内涵的展示、空间的设计、色彩的运用，每一个细节都需要同学们不断琢磨。
同学们独自设计完成的作品
他们设计时的身影被灯光倒映在地板上，他们每一次的修改被记录在一张张草稿纸上。直到创作结束，放下手中的笔，那令人赞叹的设计展示在大家面前。这些作品不仅是课程学习的收获，也是他们努力过的勋章，那样努力的他们，值得喝彩。
他们发挥自己的想象力与创造力，让自己的思想走出条条框框的束缚，去学习自己所爱，去思考自己所想，去画出自己所见。他们在课堂中不仅仅成为了一位优秀的学生，更成为了真正的创造者。
博物馆的文化史
博物馆的本质意义在于它能够将记忆从原先依赖的文化中分离出来。它记录时光，留存艺术。观博物馆中的艺术品，可知晓文明从何而来，又将去往何处。
本学期艺术课程所涉及的博物馆
艺术课程推荐书籍
艺术课程实景
新的学期，艺术课程带领同学们探讨从16世纪(欧洲)的陈列柜到20世纪晚期的艺术中心的演变过程。分析不同时期博物馆艺术品及放置装置的配合，从而获取文化价值的变化的信息，研讨博物馆收藏、展示艺术品的规则与动机。本学期的艺术课程，带同学们从博物馆出发，在艺术中来一次跨越古今的旅程。
全新的艺术挑战
随着对艺术学习的不断深入，同学们对于艺术创作形式的探索也在持续进行中。本学期，挑战升级，同学们将学习目前应用范围非常广泛的3D建模技术。
3D建模操作实景
通过学习，能够实现利用设计软件中的线条进行图像的绘制以及艺术作品的创造。目前同学们本学期的第一个任务已经开始了，他们将通过软件进行绘制出自己脑海中家的模样。这次考核涵盖了迄今为止艺术课程中所学习的创作知识及技能考核。
艺术是一种无声的语言，它可以让我们用不同的方式来表达自我、与他人沟通、传递重要的观念与信息。而这些学习艺术创作技巧的学生们，正在努力用线条与光影来表达、反对、揭露、赞美他们所知的世界。
他们是年轻的艺术家，是年轻的创作者，用艺术这门世界通用的语言，来记录生活的多样，文化的多彩。
In Schiller's A Brief History of Aesthetic Education, he says: "There is education for health, education for cognition, education for morality, and education for aesthetic ability and beauty. The aim of that last kind of education is to cultivate the fullest possible harmony of our whole sensual and rational powers."
Towards beauty, educating people through beauty
What is aesthetic education?
Aesthetic education is also known as education for the sense of beauty. Aesthetic education encompasses not only education in aesthetics, sentimentality and spirituality, but also education that enriches the imagination and develops a sense of creativity.
Aesthetic education is the education of 'another kind of thinking'. It is not only about developing aesthetic taste, learning to think artistically and acquiring creative skills, but also about developing students' sensitivity to beauty.
The definition of beauty is completely different for different people. Painters feel the delicacy of brushstrokes and landscapes in their paintings, while poets say that every fallen leaf is a tribute to autumn. Throughout history, those who can appreciate beauty have often been excellent creators, leaving their own landscapes for the world. For good education, therefore, more attention should be paid to teaching students how to feel beauty, create it and discover better ways to teach it.
The essence of aesthetic education is not just about the amount of work that is created, but also about students learning to express their feelings and ideas with their own unique thoughts, and to show the beauty in their own eyes. Opening up the senses and allowing the heart to express itself freely and easily, so that children can find this feeling in art, is the greatest meaning of aesthetic education.
Art education is the way to realise aesthetic education
Aesthetic education is a sensual perception, an education that strikes at the heart and speaks to the spirit, an education that has no standards but certainly has results, an education that is dedicated to promoting students' creativity by breaking down the boundaries and barriers of subject categories and knowledge structures.
Arts education is an important part of aesthetic education, the core of which lies in insisting on nurturing people with beauty, beautifying them, moistening their hearts and nurturing their minds with beauty, guiding students to perceive, experience and understand the arts in a healthy aesthetic practice.
The importance of art education is illustrated by the United States and the United Kingdom, where art education is written into law, by France, where every child is required to receive a complete art education during the compulsory education period from kindergarten to high school, and by China's new-age view of education, which requires the all-round development of the moral, intellectual, physical and aesthetic aspects.
In art education, art is only a method of achieving a goal, not a goal. Art education is about the creation of creative, physically and mentally healthy people. Architectural design, visual arts, handicrafts, media arts, music, literary arts, circus arts, dance and drama are used as vehicles for arts education to further develop students' interests and hobbies in the arts through the study of specific projects.
When students are imbued with the arts, they have the ability to perceive the world, to think independently and to be happy. The effects of the arts are not always immediate, but they become increasingly important in the development of a person's life.
To feel, to explore, to create
Aesthetic education is like a light, a bright sunrise. The JPED Art Curriculum guides students through art learning, art thinking, art experiencing and art creating in accordance with the core art curriculum requirements combined with art project expertise.
Core Standards for the Arts Curriculum
In order to better guide students in their exploration of the arts, they will learn to express themselves and be creative in their art. Mr. Jairo, a teacher in the JPED Art Programme, uses painting as a form of artistic expression as an entry point, leading students to draw their own definitions of beauty through artistic creation.
Jairo Benitez Torres, coordinator of the JPED Art Programme holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of California, Davis. Fluent in English and Spanish, he has worked as an art teacher in several countries. He has extensive experience in art education, a creative educator and lifelong learner with a passion for education, helping students discover themselves, set goals and accomplish self-improvement. he has a true passion for art and design.
The course is graded according to the academic base of the students. For beginners, the course focuses on basic sketching and drawing techniques, guiding students to create their own creativity through line. For students who need more advanced study, the focus is on helping students to find their own beauty and perceptions in the process of creating art, and to draw their own unique ideas and personalities.
Core Art Curriculum
JPED Art Course Learning Focus
JPED Art Course in action
Pointillism: light and shadow and brushstrokes
Students in the beginners' class learn about different variations of shadows and angles of objects, learn about sketching, the pointillist method of drawing and its use, and practice drawing geometry and textures to build a good foundation for future art from now on.
Sketching process
Light and shade practice, feeling the effects of light on shadows at different angles
Classroom texture creation practice work
After a long period of study and contact, the students experimented with self-portraits using techniques such as composition and light and shade. Students learn to use light and shade and brush strokes to create self-portraits through pointillism. For a good self-portrait, drawing the features of one's face is only the foundation, but it is more important to reflect the main character's appearance and interaction with the environment through the brush.
The finished product of the student's self-portrait is lifelike through the features composed of points
It was a special experience for the students to create self-portraits independently, which not only aroused their strong interest in painting art, but also encouraged them to further study the art of painting.
Chinese style theme creation
Intermediate students were assessed for artistic creation with the theme of Chinese style. After the topic was released, the students searched for materials and read literature. In the process of searching, they kept thinking and summarizing, and made clear their own perception and understanding of Chinese style.
In the process of exploring, students drew funny or elegant images based on their favorite themes. Some people think that "not the true face of the Lushan mountain, only the body in the mountain", is a brilliant stroke of Chinese culture; Others, using Chinese mythology as a backdrop, depict a god in a long dress, surrounded by dragons and phoenixes, without knowing where to look.
With a Chinese theme, each painting tells a special story
For them, this is not only a painting of Chinese style, but also expresses their understanding of Chinese culture through each brush stroke. From then on, "Chinese wind" will no longer be just an empty term, but what they find, which looks at the unknown gods, the blooming flowers, streamers waving in the wind knife and gun. This is the perception they get from artistic exploration, this is the unique interpretation in their mind, is something that comes from learning but is far more precious than learning.
Unique and original work
For students with a solid foundation in painting, the examination content of the art course is also upgraded, requiring them to create art works with their own unique style. This is definitely not an easy job. They need to independently design the style, creativity, layout and final drawing of the works on the premise of ensuring the quality. As you can imagine, this is quite challenging.
Design conception and creative process
The process of creating a work of art is difficult and challenging. In the process of creation, students will be faced with numerous problems, the connotation of the work, the design of space, the use of color, every detail needs students to constantly ponder.
The students work alone on their designs
Their silhouettes were reflected in the light on the floor, and every change they made was recorded on a sheet of draft paper. When they put down their pens at the end of their work, the stunning designs were on display for all to see. These works are not only the harvest of the course, but also the medals of their hard work, and they deserve to be applauded for their efforts.
Students explain their inspiration for their creations
They used their imagination and creativity to get their minds out of the box, to learn what they loved, to think what they thought and to draw what they saw. They become more than just a good student in the classroom, they become true creators.
A new term with a new way to keep the beauty
The cultural history of museums
The essence of a museum is its ability to separate memories from the culture on which they were originally based. It records time and preserves art. Looking at the artworks in a museum reveals where civilisation came from and where it is going.
Museums covered in this term's art course
Recommended books for the art course
Art course in action
In the new term, the Art course takes students through the evolution of museums from 16th century (European) showcases to late 20th century art centres. They will analyse how museum artworks and installations fit together in different periods, in order to gain information about changes in cultural values and to examine the rules and motivations for collecting and displaying artworks in museums. Art classes this term.
A new artistic challenge
With the deepening of art learning, students are also continuing to explore the forms of artistic creation. This semester, the challenge escalates as students learn about 3D modeling techniques that are currently used in a wide range of applications.
3D modeling operation real scene
Through learning, I can realize the drawing of images and the creation of art works by using the lines in the design software. Now the students have begun their first task of the semester, they will use the software to draw their mind of what home would look like. This assessment covers the creative knowledge and skills learned so far in the art course.
Art is a silent language that allows us to express ourselves, communicate with others, and convey important ideas and information in different ways. These students, who are learning the art of making art, are using lines and light to express, oppose, expose and celebrate the world as they know it.
They are young artists, young creators, using the universal language of art, to record the diversity of life, the diversity of culture.
