Arts & Crafts

Features of SSIS Arts and Craft Programme

In SSIS we believe that Art can nurture our students’ character and integrity, and make their lives more colourful and fruitful.
The objectives of the SSIS Art curriculum are as follows:

To develop students’ EQ (Emotional Quotient) and IQ (Intelligence Quotient), discover and enhance their imagination and creativity
To help students grasp the basic knowledge and skills of Art, enable them to express their own thoughts and creations through art activities
To enhance students’ comprehension of life skills; cultivate their ability for independent and lifelong learning
To cultivate students’ ability to create art and enable them to combine art with the other subjects, and skills to create a better life through design, beautification, art practice and exhibition

To achieve the objectives above we will educate our students in four major areas:

Art theory—basic knowledge and skill

To promote good habits in learning about art
To learn basic skills of art such as drawing, painting, craft and the usage of common art tools
To study the elements of art, theory of color and the principles of design

Art creation—IQ, EQ and creation ability

Fully demonstrate the ability for creative thinking and imagination
To love life, discover and create beauty; and beautify personal living conditions
To foster considerable design ability and creative notion

Art appreciation—aesthetic quality and artistic talent

To foster good aesthetic appreciation ability and be able to determine the characteristics of nature and artificial beauty
To grasp basic aesthetic knowledge, know about 8-10 art masters and their representative artworks, styles and factions
To express one’s own opinion and thought about artwork using basic art forms

Art practice—compatibility among different subjects, cultivation of integrated ability and lifelong learning

Realize the connection between Art and the other subjects and idea of integrated knowledge
Nurture good artistic creation habits; be able to combine art knowledge with the other knowledge and skills to create a better life through design, beautification, Art practice and exhibition
Cultivate spirit of exploration, be able to discover, learn and create beauty and keep up with self-enrichment and self-perfection