Stage 4
In the mandatory course, essential content refers to students engaging with practice (artmaking, critical and historical studies), the conceptual framework, and at least three of the four frames in making and interpreting art. In artmaking, students explore a range of ideas and interests in the world, in at least two of the broad areas of 2D, 3D, and/or 4D forms. The provision of opportunities to explore some sustained drawing and computer-based technologies is a requirement.
Students begin a visual arts diary as they make specific explorations of ideas and interests, formulate ideas for artworks, and record relevant technical information. In critical and historical studies students are introduced to the conceptual framework and at least three of the four frames as a way to understand the visual arts.
Stage 5
Visual Arts
Students will develop the knowledge, understanding, and skills:
- to make artworks informed by their understanding of practice, the conceptual framework, and the frames
- to critically and historically interpret art informed by their understanding of practice, the conceptual framework, and the frames.
Values and attitudes
Content is organised in three broad areas as it connects with artmaking and critical and historical interpretations and explanations of art. These areas are: Practice, Conceptual Framework, and Frames.
Practice relates to students' artmaking and critical and historical studies of art. It describes artistic activity demonstrating the ability to make suitable choices from a repertoire of knowledge and skills. Practice respects the different views that circulate and are exchanged in and about the visual arts. The Conceptual Framework identifies the functional and intentional relations of the artist, artwork, world, and audience as the agencies of the artworld. The Frames – subjective, cultural, structural and postmodern – account for different points of view, values and belief in and about the visual arts. The syllabus implementation patterns allow for 100 hours and 200 hours of study.
Visual Design
This course is designed to enable students to develop and enjoy practical and conceptual autonomy as a visual designer in the making of visual design artworks and understand and value the different beliefs and contexts that affect meaning and significance in visual design artworks. Students will develop knowledge, understanding and skills:
- to make visual design artworks informed by their understanding of practice, the conceptual framework and the frames
- to critically and historically interpret visual design artworks informed by their understanding of practice, the conceptual framework and the frames.
Stage 6
Visual Design
This course is designed to enable students to gain an increasing accomplishment and independence in their representation of ideas in different fields of design and to understand and value how graphic, wearable, product, and interior/exterior design invite different interpretations and explanations. Students will develop knowledge, skills and understanding through the making of works in design that lead to and demonstrate conceptual and technical accomplishment.
Students will develop knowledge, skills and understanding that lead to increasingly accomplished critical and historical investigations of design. Stage six students will develop knowledge, skills and understanding of how they may represent their interpretations of the world in artmaking as an informed point of view.
Students will develop knowledge, skills and understanding of how they may represent an informed point of view about the visual arts in their critical and historical accounts. A focus on the key components and concepts that need to be known in the visual arts through:
• the content of practice, conceptual framework, frames
• making artworks in at least 2 forms
• use of a process diary
• broad investigation of ideas in art criticism and art history
Photography
Photography, Video and Digital Imaging in Stage 6 is designed to enable students to gain an increasing accomplishment and independence in their representation of ideas in the fields of photography and/or video and/or digital imaging and to understand and value how these fields of practice invite different interpretations and explanations. Students will develop knowledge, skills and understanding, through the making of photographs, and/or videos and/or digital images, that lead to and demonstrate conceptual and technical accomplishment.
Students will develop knowledge, skills and understanding that lead to increasingly accomplished critical and historical investigations of photography and/or video and/or digital imaging.
