​Important Notes:

• Pre-work is required. Be prepared to discuss your completed work during the class.

• If pre-work is not completed and discussed, you will not receive your Blue Card, as the requirements will not be met.

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Steps to Complete the Art Merit Badge:

 

Step 1: Complete the Pre-Work

• Use the following link to get your counselor's approval for visiting an art museum for requirement #6, click here: https://form.jotform.com/250740661962156

• See additional required prerequisites below.

 

Step 2: Attend the Online Class

• Join the Zoom session at your scheduled date and time using this link. It will be sent to the email address you used to sign up 1 hour after you signed up. If you don't see it check your junk and spam folder.

• Participation during the online session is required.

 

Step 3: Receive Your Blue Card

• • Complete the rest of the Online Classroom: https://form.jotform.com/223177974032155

  • Scouts can save their work using the save button at the bottom of the classroom.

  • Deadline: Scouts have Three months to complete this.
     

Merit Badge Prerequisites:

Requirement #1: Prerequisite

Discuss the following with your counselor:

• What art is and what some of the different forms of art are

• The importance of art to humankind

• What art means to you and how art can make you feel

Submit by: Come with your answers to each of the questions above.

 

Requirement #2: Prerequisite

Discuss with your counselor the following terms and elements of art: line, value, shape, form, space, color, and texture. Show examples of each element.

Submit by: Come prepared with answers to what each of these terms means: line, value, shape, form, space, color, and texture. You will also need to label and upload examples of each of these into the online classroom.

 

Requirement #3: Prerequisite

Discuss with your counselor the six principles of design: rhythm, balance, proportion, variety, emphasis, and unity. 

Submit by: Come with your answers to what each of these terms means: design, rhythm, balance, proportion, variety, emphasis, and unity. 

 

Requirement #6: Prerequisite

With your parent or guardian's permission and your counselor's approval, visit a museum, art exhibit, art gallery, artists' co-op, or artist's workshop. Find out about the art displayed or created there. Discuss what you learn with your counselor.

Submit by: To get your counselor's approval, click here: https://form.jotform.com/250740661962156

Come with your answers to each of the questions above. What did you learn on your visit? What did you see? Did you learn anything new?

 

How to submit completed work:

• Use the Online Classroom: https://form.jotform.com/223177974032155

• Scouts can save their work using the save button at the bottom of the classroom.

• Deadline: Scouts have Three months to complete this.

 

Thank you for your attention to these instructions. We look forward to seeing you in class and helping you earn the Art Merit Badge!

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