Stage 2 Visual Arts
Length of Course
Level
Learning Area
Core or Specialist
Pre-requisites
Stage 1 Visual Arts
Subject Description
Throughout this course, students will research, analyse, explore and experiment with art materials and techniques, and will produce resolved practical artworks. They will use visual thinking skills to develop ideas and concepts, refine technical skills and produce imaginative ideas. Students will learn to communicate personal ideas, beliefs, values, thoughts feelings, concepts and opinions. They will provide observations of lived or imagined experiences in visual form.
Cost: $20.00 for access to art materials
- Students will understand the process of engaging in a visual study, folio, practical and practitioner’s statement from a SACE perspective.
- Students will have completed investigations and practical works with personalised focus.
Visual Study (40%): An investigation into an art style/process/theme/issue, answering a
question through research, analysis, practical experimentation and reflection.
Practical with a Practitioner’s Statement (30%): Production of refined artwork(s) exploring a personal topic, accompanied by a Practitioner’s statement that reflects on the art making process.
Folio (30%): Supports the development of the practical through research, experimentation, conceptualisation and reflection of a personal aesthetic.
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