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Art Making and Presenting

What's it all about?

This subject introduces students to VCE and IB Visual Arts curriculum. Students develop skills in the use and exploration of a wide range of materials to enrich their visual vocabulary. Effective art practices are encouraged through the creative process. Students interpret and respond to art practices and artist works whilst developing their own artworks.

Students are encouraged to be self-disciplined and develop personal creativity to enrich their visual perceptions and expressions. Interpreting and analysing art works are skills developed in this course.

What type of things will I do?

Art Folio and Studio Works; Completion of a series of practical works which investigate media, techniques and imaginative development of ideas.

What will I learn?

TOPIC 1: EXPLORE & EXPRESS IDEAS

  • Explore, imagine, experiment and express ideas, concepts, themes, values, beliefs, observation and experience in artworks

TOPIC 2: VISUAL ARTS PRACTICE

  • Develop an understanding of skills by exploring, selecting, applying and manipulating techniques, technologies and processes

  • Conceptualising, planning and designing artworks

TOPIC 3: PRESENT & PERFORM

  • Create, exhibit, discuss, analyse artworks and consider the intention of artworks and curators

  • Consider the relationship between artist intentions and audience engagement and interpretation

TOPIC 4: RESPOND & INTERPRET

  • Analyse, evaluate, interpret and reflect upon meanings, beliefs and values in artworks

  • Examine artworks in historical and cultural contexts

What can this lead to?

University and TAFE courses in Art, Art & Design, Visual Arts, Fine Art, Visual Arts and Design. 

POSSIBLE PATHWAY 

YEAR                               COURSES OFFERED 

YEAR 10                              Art Making and Exhibiting

YEAR 11                              Art Making and Exhibiting 

                                             Visual Communication Design 

                                             VET Certificate III in Visual Arts 

                                             IB Visual Arts 

YEAR 12                              Art Making and Exhibiting 

                                             Visual Communication Design 

                                             VET Certificate III in Visual Arts IB Visual Arts


Why choose this subject?

Choose this subject if you wish to complete a practical art folio using different artforms, processes and techniques.

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