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• Visual Arts: Levels 9 and 10 description

  In Levels 9 and 10, students build on their awareness of how and why artists, craftspeople and designers realise their ideas through different visual arts practices. They refine their personal aesthetic through working and responding perceptively as an artist, craftsperson or audience. They identify...

  Level description | The Arts | Visual Arts

• VCAVAR045

  Analyse and interpret artworks to explore the different forms of expression, intentions and viewpoints of artists and how they are viewed by audiences

  Elaborations

  • reflecting on and refining the connections in their own work between viewpoints, materials, techniques, technologies practices and processes
  • discussing artists’ use of metaphors in artworks to express ideas and influence the viewer, for example, the artist’s use of visual metaphors to express meaning and persuasion
  • investigating the practices of artists from different cultural groups, including artists from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, and their use of persuasion, communication or expression in artworks

  VCAVAR045 | The Arts | Visual Arts | Levels 9 and 10 | Respond and Interpret

• Visual Arts: Levels 9 and 10 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 10, students analyse and evaluate how artists communicate ideas and convey meaning in artworks.

  Students identify the influences of other artists and analyse connections between techniques, processes and visual conventions in artworks to develop their own art practice. They...

  Level description | The Arts | Visual Arts | Levels 9 and 10

• VCAVAR046

  Analyse, interpret and evaluate a range of visual artworks from different cultures, historical and contemporary contexts, including artworks by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples to explore differing viewpoints

  Elaborations

  • analysing the role of visual arts as a means of challenging prevailing traditional ideas, for example, how contemporary Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artworks challenge prevailing traditional ideas about traditional art styles from this culture
  • identifying how visual arts professionals embed their values and beliefs, and how audiences react and interpret the meaning and intent of their artworks differently
  • discussing the range of viewpoints expressed about an artwork or art issue
  • considering the practices of visual arts practitioners when making commentaries about social, environmental and sustainability issues
  • interrogating the cultural and social roles and responsibilities of arts industries, recognising the power of the visual arts in advocating for, and being a catalyst for, change

  VCAVAR046 | The Arts | Visual Arts | Levels 9 and 10 | Respond and Interpret

• VCAVAV043

  Conceptualise, plan and design art works that express ideas, concepts and artistic intentions

  Elaborations

  • analysing and documenting the practices of selected visual artists and designers, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists, to investigate their use of materials, technologies, techniques and processes, when developing their intentions
  • developing an individual focus for a series of artworks based on a given theme, concept or subject matter
  • developing different options for making artworks in different forms, that have similar concepts, for example, artworks made from different materials or produced in a different form to change the meaning of the artwork
  • applying their understanding of traditional art, craft and design practices to plan the use of materials, technologies and processes in a contemporary context
  • planning, manipulating and/or appropriating images, objects and spaces into new contexts and meanings, applying a personal aesthetic

  VCAVAV043 | The Arts | Visual Arts | Levels 9 and 10 | Visual Arts Practices

• VCAVAP044

  Create, present, analyse and evaluate displays of artwork considering how ideas can be conveyed to an audience

  Elaborations

  • visiting galleries, art museums and public art displays, in formal and informal settings, to research the role of the curator and the evaluate the effective display or exhibition of artworks
  • exploring a range of artworks in different settings and discuss how the location can influence the viewer’s understanding of the artwork.
  • developing and expressing ideas as images, objects and spaces for example, presenting artworks and highlight how artworks demonstrate the interaction between the artist and the audience
  • discussing the presentation and relationships of artworks in an exhibition, and how the display enhances the relationship between the artist and audience
  • applying ethical understandings to a theme, concept or subject matter when making their artworks.
  • investigating the role of commercial galleries and collectors in the making of artworks, for example, sponsorship of work and artworks commissioned for a commercial business
  • documenting experiences and observations from visiting an exhibition and apply this knowledge to develop a physical or virtual exhibition of their own or others’ artworks

  VCAVAP044 | The Arts | Visual Arts | Levels 9 and 10 | Present and Perform