Years 7 and 8 Visual Arts

In Visual Arts, students: build on their awareness of how and why artists, craftspeople and designers realise their ideas through different visual representations, practices, processes and viewpoints extend their thinking, understanding and use of …

Years 7 and 8 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Structure 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 the knowledge of visual arts, develop skills, techniques and processes, and use materials …

Structure | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Example of knowledge and skills Visual Arts

In this band students are introduced to the ways that ideas and intentions are communicated in and through visual arts. They develop knowledge, understanding and skills through visual arts practices focusing on: Representation Subject matter personal …

Example of knowledge and skills | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACAVAM127

Considering viewpoints – histories: For example – How has the artist appropriated an artwork from another time?

Elaboration (1) | ACAVAM127 | Content Descriptions | Years 9 and 10 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (5) ACAVAM116

Considering viewpoints – skills, techniques and processes: For example – How did the artist work within a space, and at this time? How have they innovated their practice?

Elaboration (5) | ACAVAM116 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACAVAM120

Considering viewpoints – societies and cultures: For example – How does the context of time and place, culture and ideology influence the look and meaning of art in public spaces?

Elaboration (2) | ACAVAM120 | Content Descriptions | Years 7 and 8 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (2) ACAVAM116

recognising and evaluating how culture, gender, age, time and place, among other factors, impact on how an audience reads an artwork, for example, comparing the response of different age groups

Elaboration (2) | ACAVAM116 | Content Descriptions | Years 5 and 6 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum

Elaboration (1) ACAVAM110

Considering viewpoints – meanings and interpretations: For example – What is this painting telling us about the past? How does the artwork use visual conventions to convey meaning? How did the artist work within a space, and at this time? How and why …

Elaboration (1) | ACAVAM110 | Content Descriptions | Years 3 and 4 | Visual Arts | The Arts | F-10 curriculum