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• The Arts | Visual Arts: Rationale and Aims

  Rationale

  Visual Arts includes the fields of art, craft and design. Students create visual art works that communicate, challenge and express their own and others’ ideas. They develop perceptual and conceptual understanding, critical reasoning and practical skills through exploring and expanding...

  Overview material | Visual Arts

• VCAVAR038

  Analyse how ideas and viewpoints are expressed in artworks and how they are viewed by audiences

  Elaborations

  • critiquing a physical or virtual exhibition of art, craft or design, and review how artists have expressed viewpoints in their artworks
  • critically analysing an artist’s intention for an artwork and their use of visual conventions
  • presenting an informed opinion about a display of artworks as a written review
  • discussing and identifying how artists express cultural identity in their artworks, for example, how artists from different cultures express the concepts of place and country, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

  VCAVAR038 | The Arts | Visual Arts | Levels 7 and 8 | Respond and Interpret

• 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 1 and 2 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 2, students make artworks using different materials, techniques and processes to express their ideas, observations and imagination.

  Students describe artworks they make and view, including where and why artworks are made and viewed.

  Level description | The Arts | Visual Arts | Levels 1 and 2

• The Arts | Visual Arts: Learning in Visual Arts

  Learning in Visual Arts involves students making and responding to artworks, drawing on the world as a source of ideas. Students engage with and develop knowledge of visual arts, skills, techniques and processes, and use materials as they explore a range of forms, styles and contexts.

  Through...

  Overview material | Visual Arts

• Visual Arts: Foundation Level achievement standards

  By the end of Foundation, students make artworks using different materials and techniques that express their ideas, observations and imagination.

  Students identify and describe the subject matter and ideas in artworks they make and view.

  Level description | The Arts | Visual Arts | Foundation Level

• Visual Arts: Level A achievement standards

  By the end of Level A, students communicate about artworks they make and view by reacting to sensory elements within artwork.

  Students assist in the making of artworks in different forms using different techniques.

  Level description | The Arts | Visual Arts | Level A

• Visual Arts: Level B achievement standards

  By the end of Level B, students indicate what they like about artworks they make and view.

  Students make artworks using different techniques and processes and make simple choices on the use of materials.

  Level description | The Arts | Visual Arts | Level B

• Visual Arts: Level C achievement standards

  By the end of Level C, students communicate about artworks they make and view.

  Students make artworks in different forms to express their ideas and observations, using different techniques and processes.

  Level description | The Arts | Visual Arts | Level C

• Visual Arts: Level D achievement standards

  By the end of Level D, students describe artworks they make and view.

  Students make artworks in different forms to express their ideas, observations and imagination, using different materials, techniques and processes.

  Level description | The Arts | Visual Arts | Level D

• Visual Arts: Levels 5 and 6 achievement standards

  By the end of Level 6, students explain how ideas are expressed in artworks they make and view. They demonstrate the use of different techniques and processes in planning and making artworks .They use visual conventions and visual arts practices to express ideas, themes and concepts in their artworks.

  Level description | The Arts | Visual Arts | Levels 5 and 6

• Visual Arts: Foundation Level description

  In Foundation, students explore visual arts. They make and share their artworks with peers and experience visual arts as audiences.

  Students become aware of whom artists, craftspeople and designers are, and that they express their ideas through different art forms and visual expressions.

  As they...

  Level description | The Arts | Visual Arts

• Visual Arts: Level A description

  In Level A, students are exposed to visual arts to assist them to attend to and explore the world around them with as much independence as possible. They experience visual representations of their ideas, experiences, observations and imagination.

  Students become aware of artists, craftspeople and...

  Level description | The Arts | Visual Arts

• Visual Arts: Levels 3 and 4 description

  In Levels 3 and 4, students explore how and why artists, craftspeople and designers realise their ideas through different art forms. They enhance their perceptual skills by observing the world around them and expressing these observations through different practical applications of art making....

  Level description | The Arts | Visual Arts

• The Arts | Visual Arts: Structure

  Strands

  The curriculum is structured around four strands, each of which involves making and responding.

  Strand	Explore and Express Ideas	Visual Arts Practices	Present and Perform	Respond and Interpret
  	Exploring, imagining, experimenting and expressing ideas, concepts, themes, values, beliefs, observations...

  Overview material | Visual Arts

• VCAVAP019

  Create and display artworks

  Elaborations

  • displaying a series of artworks created by their class
  • viewing an exhibition at a gallery and museum and discussing the expression of ideas in the artworks exhibited.
  • describing the theme or ideas expressed in an exhibition of their class art works

  VCAVAP019 | The Arts | Visual Arts | Foundation Level | Present and Perform

• VCAVAV035

  Experiment with materials, techniques, technologies and processes in a range of art forms to express ideas, concepts and themes in artworks

  Elaborations

  • imagining and refining their visual and spatial expressions of the world, combining a variety of materials, techniques and technologies
  • problem-solving with increasing confidence to expand their repertoire of visual arts practices and skills, for example, designing a mural for a local space
  • exploring artists use of materials and techniques to create artworks for public spaces, for example, researching the context of time and place, culture and ideology as an influence on the look and meaning of art in public spaces
  • developing and refining technical skills when designing and making visual arts images and objects, employing safe and sustainable practices
  • annotating their own and others’ art making by keeping a written or digital journal, or portfolio

  VCAVAV035 | The Arts | Visual Arts | Levels 7 and 8 | Visual Arts Practices

• VCAVAE017

  Explore ideas, experiences, observations and imagination to create visual artworks

  Elaborations

  • viewing a range of artworks with a common theme or subject matter, and make their own interpretations based on their experiences, observations and/or imagination
  • observing and recording their daily experiences in a range of visual forms
  • drawing, photographing and making images and objects related to self, others and personal environments in different art forms
  • identifying and using visual conventions in their artworks after investigating different art, craft and design styles from other cultures and times, for example, and styles from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and Asia

  VCAVAE017 | The Arts | Visual Arts | Foundation Level | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCAVAE013

  Explore ideas, experiences and observations to create visual artworks

  Elaborations

  • experiencing a variety of learning experiences that encourage them to express and communicate experiences, observations, ideas and feelings about themselves and their world
  • creating arts works that have a social purpose, e.g. Easter egg, birthday card
  • using a variety of basic tools and materials safely to create visual art works including constructions and sculptures
  • participating in teacher directed class discussions which enable students to learn, discuss and express opinions about the available ways to create and make art works
  • using colour and/ or shape to communicate moods or feelings in their artworks
  • practicing drawing images and making objects related to self and personal environments in different forms, for example, painting, sculpture, photography
  • using visual conventions in their artworks after exploring different art, craft and design styles and techniques from other cultures and times, for example, Expressionism, Fauvism, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, and Asia

  VCAVAE013 | The Arts | Visual Arts | Level D | Explore and Express Ideas

• VCAVAE029

  Explore visual arts practices as inspiration to create artworks that express different ideas and beliefs

  Elaborations

  • exploring how artists select and manipulate materials and techniques and use these in their own art making
  • exploring ideas and expressions when making artworks inspired by observation or imagination, for example, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art from the local community, graffiti art, graphic design, or manga art
  • analysing the materials used by artists in artworks to enhance the meaning of the work, for example, the choice of material to enhance the viewer’s understanding of the artist’s intention
  • exploring the ways in which artists communicate their views, beliefs and opinions in artworks and use these in their own art making
  • making aesthetic choices about the expression of ideas and beliefs and describe the use of visual conventions and processes

  VCAVAE029 | The Arts | Visual Arts | Levels 5 and 6 | Explore and Express Ideas