Visual Arts ATAR
Visual Arts ATAR
Course Code - ATVAR
Estimated Cost: $170.00
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Course Outline
This course encompasses the practice and theory of the broad areas of Visual Art. Students are encouraged to explore and represent ideas and gain an awareness of the role that artists play in reflecting, challenging, and shaping our society. The Visual Arts ATAR course allows students to develop aesthetic understandings and a critical awareness to appreciate and make informed evaluations of art through their engagement of their own art practice and the work of others.
The course is divided into two units, each of one semester duration.
Unit 3 – Social Commentary
Unit 4 – Point of View
The course is separated into two equally weighted areas, Art Making and Art Interpretation. Within Art Making, students will be expected to produce a visual journal of inquiry, exploring drawing, design, influences, media testing, documentation, reflection culminating in the production of resolved artwork.
Art Interpretation encompasses two areas, Critical Analysis, and Investigation. Tasks will include analysing artworks, applying art language, exploring art movements, writing artist statements, writing analytical investigative essays and developing ideas to create resolved artworks. This course culminates in a written exam and a practical exam, both of which are equally weighted and externally assessed.
Minimum Entrance Requirements
Successful completion of Year 11 ATAR Visual Arts course.
B Grade in Year 11 English.
Further Study
Teritary courses in Creative Arts and Design
Certificate courses in the Creative Industries