Year 12 Subjects – Visual Arts - Art
Level: Stage 2
Subject Name: Visual Arts - Art
Prerequisites: Nil
Assumed Knowledge: 10 or 20 credits of Stage 1 Visual Art - Art or Design
Course Summary:
In this subject, students are expected to:
- Conceive, develop, and make work(s) of art or design that reflect individuality and the development and communication of a personal visual aesthetic
- Demonstrate visual thinking through the development and evaluation of ideas and explorations in technical skills with media, materials, and technologies
- Apply technical skills in using media, materials, technologies, and processes to solve problems and resolve work(s) of art or design
- Communicate knowledge and understanding of their own works and the connections between their own and other practitioners’ works of art or design
- Analyse, interpret, and respond to visual arts in cultural, social, and/or historical contexts
- Develop inquiry skills to explore visual arts issues, ideas, concepts, processes, techniques, and questions.
Assessment:
- School Assessment (70%)
- Assessment Type 1: Folio (40%)
Maximum of 40 x A3 pages to support one body of work - Assessment Type 2: Practical (30%)
One practical artwork and two practitioners’ statements (500 words) OR one body of work and one practitioner’s statement (1,000 words)
- Assessment Type 1: Folio (40%)
- External Assessment (30%)
- Assessment Type 3: Visual Study (30%)
Maximum of 20 x A3 pages and 2,000 words- student negotiated investigation
- Assessment Type 3: Visual Study (30%)
For this subject, the assessment design criteria are:
- Practical application
- Knowledge and understanding
- Analysis and synthesis
- Inquiry and exploration