52 THE ARTS

Visual Art 2

Students will select one (1) of the following studio areas to study for the year:

Ceramics/ Pottery Digital Art and Media (New Media Art)

Textile/Fibre Art Digital Photography

Body Adornment/ Jewellery

Sculpture

Drawing

Painting

Graphic Design Mixed Media

Time-based media

Art Practice 2

Select three (3) of the following studio areas to explore over the year:

Ceramics/ Pottery Digital Art and Media (New Media Art)

Body

Adornment/ Jewellery

Art Theory and Criticism

Digital Photography

Drawing/ Painting

Printmaking

Sculpture Graphic Design Collage/ assemblage/ Mixed Media

Printmaking

Assemblage Installation Art Collage

Wearable Art Projection Art Street Art

This course has been developed for learners seeking to engage with art practice in a particular studio area.

The course may also support those learners preparing for further study in Art at Level 3.

Learners develop a body of work in a single art studio, developing their technical skills and aesthetic understanding.

Methods and processes specific to their studio of choice are introduced and explored.

Learners also develop initial skills in the research, analysis and criticism of art.

What will I learn from this course?

• experiment and develop technical skills and aesthetic understanding

• explore methods and processes specific to the studio area of your choice

• Develop creative, critical thinking, communication and visual literacy skills and initial skills in the research, analysis and criticism of art

• develop a body of work in one studio area

• a thorough understanding of one chosen artistic medium

• produce art journals containing creative processes: investigations, idea generation, art production, refinement and displays.

Pathways

1. Visual Art 3.

Wearable

Art/Textiles/ Fibre Art

Time-based media Street Art

Installation or Projection Art

This course has been developed for learners seeking to engage with art practice in a variety of studio areas chosen from those listed above. The course may also support those learners preparing for further study in Art at Level 3.

Learners will work independently and collaboratively to develop technical skills and aesthetic understanding. Methods and processes specific to their studios of choice are introduced and explored.

What will I learn from this course?

• learn to use a variety of skills, technologies and techniques in the creation of art works

• learn creative and critical thinking skills

• apply the elements and principles of design to produce art works

• use a variety of technologies and techniques in the creation of art works

• create, experience, experiment and produce artwork in three studio areas

• develop an understanding of the relationship between your work and artistic ideas, techniques and concepts

• produce art journals containing creative processes: investigations, idea generation, experiments and responses.

Pathways

1. Visual Art 3

2. Art Theory and Criticism.

This course enables learners with an interest in art, but who do not necessarily wish to be artists, to immerse themselves in learning about significant developments and movements in art history. This is a theory-based subject which does not have a practical component. Students study the political, social and cultural influences on visual art, architecture and design. Visiting local art exhibitions is an important aspect of this course.

There is no external examination for this course, but learners will be required to complete a 4000 to 6000 word Major Study where they will examine in detail a question or theme of interest concerning an aspect of art, architecture and design, undertaken through a visual arts lens. What will I learn from this course?

• how to analyse art works in terms of cultural, social and historical contexts

• significant concepts and principles of art theory

• a greater understanding of visual arts, artists and art movements through engagement with local, national and global visual art communities.

Pathways

1. Visual Art 3

2. Art Theory and Criticism.