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Year 9 Art and Design

Art

Elective Unit

Unit Description

Year 9 Art explores a variety of two- and three-dimensional creative experiences aimed at developing artistic skills and awareness. It is designed to assist students competency to obtain a high level of accomplishment in a range of different art forms. The course is structured so that students explore thematic topics in both two- and three-dimensional artworks and enhance a greater conceptual and skill based knowledge through the development of an understanding of contemporary art practice

Final artworks explore a range of media and processes including:

  • Sculpture
  • Drawing and Painting
  • Digital Art
  • Art Analysis

Students create both from their imagination and research into current art practice in Australia and abroad as they undertake a series of artworks over the semester. Students are introduced to a range of artists, both historical and contemporary, that have a connection to their own practical tasks.

Essential Questions

  • What can we learn from historical and contemporary artists?
  • How do we encourage an individual artistic style?
  • How do we interrupt artworks?
  • What experiences help us to engage with meaning and messages in Contemporary art?

Assessment

  • A series of finished artworks (two-dimensional and three-dimensional) and accompanying developmental work presented in the Visual Diary.
  • Art analysis.