VCE Art Making and Exhibiting
Aim
In VCE Art Making and Exhibiting, students develop an understanding of the curation, presentation, and conservation of artworks, exploring materials, techniques, and processes. They curate and present their own and others' works for display, reflecting critically on their practice. The course includes the creation of a final artwork for exhibition and visits to galleries to learn about preventative conservation. Students also study the impact of exhibitions on artistic ideas and gain skills to pursue art studio practices, along with potential pathways in fine art, research, and education. This course fosters personal development, encouraging lifelong contributions to the community's culture through the creation and appreciation of art.
Prior Learning: No prerequisites for Units 1, 2 and 3; but students must undertake Unit 3 prior to Unit 4.
The study design is available as a Word document. Please click the link below to download.
https://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/Documents/vce/studioarts/2023ArtMakingExhibitingSD.docx
Assessments
Units 1 and 2: Demonstration of achievement of outcomes and satisfactory completion of a unit is determined by evidence gained through the assessment of a range of learning activities and tasks.
Unit 3: School assessed coursework (5%)
Unit 4: School assessed coursework (5%)
Units 3 and 4: School Assessed Task (60%)
End-of-year Examination: (30%)
UNIT 1: Explore, Expand & Investigate | UNIT 2: Understand, Develop and Resolve |
Explore: Students will explore the characteristics and properties of materials and techniques to demonstrate how they can be manipulated to develop subject matter and represent ideas in art making. Expand: Students will make and present at least one finished artwork and document their art making in a Visual Arts Journal. They will write a Reflection and Artist Statement. Investigate: Students will research Australian artists (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists) and present information in a format appropriate for a proposed exhibition. | Understand: Students will select a range of artworks from an exhibition and other sources to plan and design their own thematic exhibition. Develop: Students will explore and progressively document the use of art elements, art principles and aesthetic qualities to make experimental artworks in response to a selected theme. Resolve: Students will progressively document art making to develop and resolve subject matter and ideas in at least one finished artwork. |
UNIT 3: Collect, Extend and Connect | UNIT 4: Consolidate, present and conserve |
Collect: Students will collect information about artists and artworks in specific art forms to develop subject matter and ideas in their own art making. Extend: Students will make artworks in specific art forms, prepare, and present a critique, and reflect on feedback. Connect: Students will research the characteristics of exhibition spaces and curatorial considerations and plan an exhibition of artworks of three artists. | Consolidate: Students will refine and resolve at least one finished artwork in a specific art form and document the materials, techniques and processes used in art making. Present: Students will plan and display at least one finished artwork in a specific art form and using an Overview Statement present their work. They will present a Critique and reflect on written and verbal feedback. Conserve: Students will research the presentation, conservation, and care of artworks, including the conservation and care of their own artworks. Students will present a case study on conservation. |