The arts enable students to develop their creative and expressive capacities by learning about the different practices, disciplines and traditions that have shaped the expression of culture locally, nationally and globally.
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 their understanding of their world, and other worlds.
The Visual Arts curriculum aims to develop students’:
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conceptual and perceptual ideas and expressions through design and inquiry processes
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visual arts techniques, materials, processes and technologies
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critical and creative thinking, using visual arts languages, theories and practices to apply aesthetic judgment
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respect for and acknowledgement of the diverse roles, innovations, traditions, histories and cultures of artists, craftspeople, designers, curators, critics and commentators
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respect for visual arts as social and cultural practices, including industry practices
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confidence, curiosity, imagination and enjoyment and a personal aesthetic through engagement with visual arts making, viewing, discussing, analysing, interpreting and evaluating.
