Length: Semester or Full Year
Recommended background: Successful completion of Year 9 Visual Art or Design
Content:
This course aims to provide Year 10’s with a wide range of experiences and exposure to Visual Art, individually and collaboratively, whilst expanding on the knowledge and skills learnt in Year 9. It develops lateral thinking, presentation and research skills and encourages confidence, curiosity, imagination and enjoyment while building on a personal aesthetic of the student’s own and other artists’ works.
Encompassing 80% practical and 20% theory, students will have the opportunity to further develop techniques and skills associated with the production of artworks and be equipped for Stage 1 Visual Art. Key topics covered include event participation/organization (art prize/festival/exhibition/curator), tertiary and career options. ENTERPRISE OPPORTUNITIES WILL VARY FOR EACH SEMESTER.
Students will complete two major practical works from each of the following areas:
Students will continue to develop a rich use of art language and use historical and conceptual explanations to critically reflect on the contribution of visual arts practitioners as they make and respond to visual artworks.
This course leads to SACE Stage 1 Visual Arts – Art and SACE Stage 1 Aboriginal Studies (Art focus).
Assessment:
Students’ performance will be determined according to the subject’s Achievement Standards as outlined in the framework of the Australian Curriculum. Grades A to E will be used for reporting purposes. This includes assessment of achievement in both making and responding.