3a/3b - Churchlands Senior High School

VISUAL ARTS3A/3BSUGGESTED PREREQUISITES:For students who completed Visual Arts 2A/2B courses and are interested in applying to enter auniversity qualification. There are aspects of this course requiring good levels of literacy. Universitiesand art schools will want to see the portfolios you will create in this course.COURSE CONTENT:The focus of these two units is on artmaking but the content will include consideration of other people’swork as well as how this fits in with activities within the art world. You will be expected to complete goodimage analysis and case studies.Unit 3A: The focus for this unit is commentaries. It offers you opportunities to engage with the social,political and cultural purposes of art making and art interpretation. You have flexibility to select learningcontexts that reflect your own cultural milieu and promote the production of a unique and cohesive bodyof work. Broad and innovative inquiry includes the conceptualisation and documentation of experienceswithin contemporary society. You will research issues, events, and ideologies and examine your ownbeliefs, considering how the visual arts have reflected and shaped society and values.Unit 3B: The focus for this unit is points of view. It provides you with the opportunity to identify andexplore concepts or issues of personal significance in the presentation of a sustained, articulate andauthentic body of work. You will research and analyse factors affecting points of view such as time,place, culture, religion and politics, synthesising this knowledge to express and communicate yourpersonal viewpoint or position. In the critical analysis and interpretation of your own work and the workof others, you will reflect on the relationships between artworks, audiences and contextual factors,considering how these contribute to the development of different perspectives.It is possible that each unit will have one excursion. These may be a studio/art gallery visit or extendeddrawing excursions. These will cost approximately $25 each.ASSESSMENTStudents will be required to complete a variety of activities in both art making and art interpretation.They will be producing artworks, responding to their own work as well as the work of others andcomplete an in depth investigation of a selected artist and their work. Results from an examination atthe end of each semester will be part of the final assessment.This course is assessed in an external exam worth 25% of the overall assessment. The students willalso need to submit for external assessment resolved artworks. The assessment of these will be worth25% of the overall mark. The remaining 50% is made up of a school-based mark.FURTHER EDUCATION AND CAREER POSSIBILITIES:The development of a body of work and resolved artworks will be suitable to lead to a TER in Year 12.Many university qualifications lead to a variety of art-related career paths such as arts management andadministration; fine arts or contemporary arts in a variety of studio areas, graphic design, industrialdesign, fashion design and photography or digital media.56