The Arkansas Fine Arts Curriculum Frameworks reflect the best contemporary philosophy and practices in arts education, provide courses that meet the needs of Arkansas students, and offer consistency of format and content across all disciplines and all levels. Updated in 2014 by a committee of arts educators representing all arts disciplines, all grade levels, and all areas of the state, the following standards allow students to create and perform or present original artistic work, as well as to respond and connect their own artistic work to that of other people and other cultures.
Dance
- Dance K-8 (PDF)
- Dance K-8 (DOCX)
- Dance Appreciation (PDF)
- Dance Appreciation (DOCX)
- Dance I-IV (PDF)
- Dance I-IV (DOCX)
Music
- General Music K-8 (PDF)
- General Music K-8 (DOCX)
- Music Appreciation (PDF)
- Music Appreciation (DOCX)
- Beginning Band I-IV (PDF)
- Beginning Band I-IV (DOCX)
- Band I-IV (PDF)
- Band I-IV (DOCX)
- Introduction to Band (PDF)
- Introduction to Band (DOCX)
- Jazz Band I-IV (PDF)
- Jazz Band I-IV (DOCX)
- Beginning Orchestra I-IV (PDF)
- Beginning Orchestra I-IV (DOCX)
- Orchestra I-IV (PDF)
- Orchestra I-IV (DOCX)
- Beginning Vocal Music I-IV (PDF)
- Beginning Vocal Music I-IV (DOCX)
- Vocal Music I-IV (PDF)
- Vocal Music I-IV (DOCX)
- Music Lab I-IV (PDF)
- Music Lab I-IV (DOCX)
- Music Technology (PDF)
- Music Technology (DOCX)
- Music Theory (PDF)
- Music Theory (DOCX)
Theatre
- Theatre K-8 (PDF)
- Theatre K-8 (DOCX)
- Theatre Appreciation (PDF)
- Theatre Appreciation (DOCX)
- Theatre I-III (PDF)
- Theatre I-III (DOCX)
- Stagecraft I-III (PDF)
- Stagecraft I-III (DOCX)
Visual Art
- Visual Art Appreciation (PDF)
- Visual Art Appreciation (DOCX)
- Visual Art K-8 (PDF)
- Visual Art K-8 (DOCX)
- Visual Art I-IV (PDF)
- Visual Art I-IV (DOCX)
- Studio Art 2-D (PDF)
- Studio Art 2-D (DOCX)
- Studio Art 3-D (PDF)
- Studio Art 3-D (DOCX)
- Art History Prehistoric to Renaissance (PDF)
- Art History Prehistoric to Renaissance (DOCX)
- Art History Baroque to Post Modern (PDF)
- Art History Baroque to Post Modern (DOCX)
For more information, please contact:
Lana Hallmark, Fine Arts Specialist
Arkansas Department of Education
Division of Learning Services
Four Capitol Mall, Room 202-B
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501-682-7590