Visual Arts
The study of Visual Arts develops knowledge and understanding of traditional and contemporary art works through engagement with art from a range of different styles, times, places, and cultures. Through exploration of traditional and non-traditional art forms, students develop the technical proficiency and confidence as art-makers to communicate their ideas. They learn as consumers and art creators, by responding critically to art works, concepts, and theories, enriching their intercultural understanding. Students critically and creatively analyse their world and develop curiosity, knowledge and understanding of the evolving and dynamic nature of art.
The study of Visual Arts develops knowledge and understanding of traditional and contemporary art works through engagement with art from a range of different styles, times, places, and cultures. Through exploration of traditional and non-traditional art forms, students develop the technical proficiency and confidence as art-makers to communicate their ideas. They learn as consumers and art creators, by responding critically to art works, concepts, and theories, enriching their intercultural understanding. Students critically and creatively analyse their world and develop curiosity, knowledge and understanding of the evolving and dynamic nature of art.
Students learn as artists, by creating art products that engage audiences and communicate meaning, utilising art techniques. Art practice has the capacity to engage, inspire and enrich all students, excite their curiosity and imagination, and encourage students to reach their creative and expressive potential. They work collaboratively, independently, and ethically whilst making and responding to art works. Through creative processes, they develop capacity as problem solvers, risk takers, and critical and creative thinkers. They learn that art exists in process, as much as in finished art works and understand the collaborative nature of an interconnected art ecosystem.
Students develop transferable skills useful in any academic, professional, and vocational context, such as independence, collaboration, teamwork, and leadership. Visual artists become highly skilled at working with others and communicating clearly to achieve joint enterprises. They develop skills as researchers and engage with theories and ideas critically and creatively. Students engage with technologies and become adept at pivoting to new technologies that help them achieve their goals. They develop production skills and hone practices that present ideas and projects in ways that engage target audiences. Students develop empathetic awareness and skills in the practice of collaborating with others respectfully and using Work Health and Safety standards.
The Visual Arts course is written under The ARTS Framework 2021: BSSS ARTS Framework
Achievement Standards for ARTS courses can be found within the Framework.
Through the study of the Arts, students learn to express their ideas, thoughts and opinions, as they discover and interpret an increasingly complex technological and interconnected world. The subjects in this Learning Area share common understandings and broad conceptual underpinnings and imperatives.
Creativity in Visual Arts
Students learn about the creative process in Visual Arts by critically and creatively analysing art works, experimenting with creative processes, and developing technical proficiency to express their ideas through various conventions and forms. They examine different approaches to the creative process. Students understand that creativity in the visual arts is the transformation of materials to convey ideas. Students apply their emerging creative process, techniques, and strategies to express their understanding of self and the world.
Communicating Meaning in Visual Arts
Students develop visual literacy by learning about how meaning and concepts are constructed and communicated in a variety of art works. They analyse the forms, conventions, vocabulary, and symbols used by artists to construct meaning and express their ideas. Students explore techniques for communicating their ideas to an audience and develop skills as audience and artist. They apply techniques to communicate their understanding of a range of issues through art works. Students express concepts, ideas and meaning through visual communication.
Visual Arts in Context
Students learn about how artists over time and place have represented their concepts and ideas. They explore how artists, curators, critics throughout the world and history have expressed their understanding of self, place, and issues. Students apply their technical knowledge, empathy, ethics, and principles of intercultural understanding to creating art works.
Narratives in Visual Arts
Students learn about the artist as a storyteller. They explore representational and non-representational art works and how these shape narratives. Through analysis of narratives in art works, students gain insights of how perspectives on the world are presented and how that affects reception of and responses to art works and artists. Students apply their theoretical and technical skills to create representational and non-representational art works that convey narratives and responses to narratives.
Independent Study
An Independent Study unit has an important place in senior secondary courses. It is a valuable pedagogical approach that empowers students to make decisions about their own learning. An Independent Study unit can be proposed by an individual student for their own independent study and negotiated with their teacher. The program of learning for an Independent Study unit must meet the unit goals and content descriptions as they appear in the course. Students must have studied at least THREE standard 1.0 units from this course. A student can only study a maximum of one Independent study unit in each course. An Independent Study unit requires the principal’s written approval. Independent study units are only available to individual students in Year 12. Principal approval is also required for a student in Year 12 to enrol concurrently in an Independent unit and the third 1.0 unit in a course of study.
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