The art curriculum is based on the Minnesota Visual Art Standards The following are the essential skills learned in third grade based on the standards:
3D drawing: concave lines, convex lines, converging lines
Balance: symmetry and asymmetry
Value: shading shapes
One-point perspective
Two-point perspective
Clay construction: pinch pots, hand building and glazing
Painting techniques: watercolor and tempera
Printmaking
Weaving
Relief art
Math: tessellations
Art History: Native American art, Op Art, Egyptian art, Greek art, M.C. Escher