2023 Visual Arts Rubric

Score: 10(A+) 9(A) 8(A-) 7(B+) 6(B) 5(B-) 4(C+) 3(C) 2(C-) 1(D)
Communication of • clearly and concise • clear • vague • poor
Objective and • understandable by an • understandable by an • somewhat unclear to • confusing to all
Significance educated non-expert expert but not an experts and non-
educated non-expert experts
Explanation of • well-articulated. • articulated but • not clearly articulated. • poorly articulated
Relevance to • understandable by an somewhat unclear. • somewhat unclear to • confusing to all
Contemporary Art educated non-expert • understandable by an experts and non-
and Visual Culture expert but not an experts
educated non-expert
Technical execution • excellent technical • good technical • uneven technical • poor technical
execution execution execution execution
• craftspersonship • craftspersonship is • craftspersonship is • Poor craftspersonship
maximizes the impact effective uneven • artwork is not
• installation maximizes • installation effective • installation somewhat displayed well
the impact detracts impact

Creativity • Highly Innovative • Innovative • Partially Innovative • Not innovative

• Form, subject matter • Form, subject matter • Form, subject matter • Form, subject matter
and content strongly and content and content weakly and content are not
support one another moderately support support each other supportive of each
one another other
Overall Presentation • concepts and artistic • concepts and artistic • concepts and artistic • concepts and artistic
context clear, concise, context mostly in a context not context of the artwork
and professional clear, concise, and completely clear unclear
• answers questions professional • answers to questions • answers questions
completely • answers questions somewhat confusing poorly
adequately