The Loudoun County Public Schools’ Middle School Art Education Program infuses art production, art history, art criticism, and aesthetic critiques. The art education program is designed to provide students with the opportunity to continue to develop a foundation of varied art skills, techniques, and concepts. Also, the students will produce, discuss, and write about their own art and that of others. The students will establish a continuing portfolio for the purpose of generating ideas, recording visual evidence, analyzing historical/professional