Scotch College

Art Year 10 — 2012

[Semester Unit]

Rationale 

Pushing the Boundaries - What is Art?

In this Semester Unit the Year 10 students explore the question “What is Art”.  They are challenged to investigate their current ideas and beliefs and to explore contemporary ideas and methods.  They are encouraged to explore new materials and methods as they respond to their world in a visual and creative way.

Student Outcomes 

• develop sensitivity to the environment through discriminatory selection 
• stimulate development according to each student’s potential 
• encourage lateral thinking and communication skills 
• allow a student to gain confidence in his ability, cultivating his individuality 
• clarify and extend students’ conceptual knowledge 
• establish standards and values relating to his cultural heritage 
• push the boundaries to traditional methods and ideas of art practice

Art promotes creativity and imagination, exercises the emotions and intellect simultaneously, encouraging self-expression and individuality while promoting social skills and responsible actions.

Course Content 

The course will explore a wide range of art materials and techniques to find visual solutions to a problem or theme set for the class. Whilst painting and drawing in their various forms are central to the course, students will create a major work drawn from the following areas: sculpture, ceramics, three-dimensional studies, printmaking and airbrushing.  All students will complete a unit in investigating photography and printing techniques.  Editing of images is done on Photoshop.  The theoretical aspects of Art deal with gaining an appreciation for fine art in contemporary society as well as from past cultures. 

Assessment 

Examination 

Finished Art Work/Folio 

Design and Development Journal  

ICT Application/Research Assignment