Kindergarten – Grade 2
Mark making, colour, shape, cutting and pasting, modelling with clay and free creative expression.
Arts, Health & Wellbeing
Visual Arts & Design
Grade bands served: Kindergarten through Grade 12
Visual Arts develops observation, craftsmanship and creative confidence, and increasingly connects to digital design and communication. Learners draw, paint, model and craft with local materials, study Liberian and African art traditions, and progress into graphic design, layout, typography, photography and digital illustration. Design is taught as problem solving for an audience, which links directly to entrepreneurship and media work.
Why this subject matters
Design skills create income through printing, branding, signage, textiles and digital freelancing, and creative confidence supports learning across subjects.
Overall learning goals
- • Observe and represent accurately.
- • Use the elements and principles of design.
- • Work skilfully with varied media.
- • Design for a defined audience and purpose.
- • Appreciate Liberian, African and world art traditions.
Core competencies & skills
- • Drawing and composition
- • Colour and design principles
- • Craft technique
- • Digital design tools
- • Critique and iteration
Scope by grade band
Grades 3–5
Observational drawing, colour mixing, pattern and local craft traditions, and simple poster design.
Grades 6–8
Perspective, composition, printmaking, photography basics, and digital graphic design for real messages.
Grades 9–12
Portfolio development, advanced digital design, branding, typography, illustration and exhibition preparation.
Typical learning activities
- • Studio practice
- • Sketchbook keeping
- • Group critique
- • Local craft workshops
- • Digital design labs
Project examples
- • Class mural or exhibition
- • Poster campaign for a community cause
- • Brand identity for a school enterprise
- • Senior art and design portfolio
Assessment methods
- • Portfolio review
- • Studio process and sketchbooks
- • Critique participation
- • Final exhibited works
Real-world & career connections
- • Graphic design
- • Printing and signage
- • Photography and video
- • Textiles and craft enterprise
FutureTech & AI integration
Learners use free digital design tools and study generative image tools honestly — including attribution, originality and the limits of AI-made work.
Expected learner outcomes
- • Graduates present a coherent creative portfolio.
- • Graduates design effective visual communication for a client brief.