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VISUAL ART

Visual Art is a vital component of the curriculum at Grace Lutheran College. The College provides the opportunity to study Visual Arts from Years 8 with the option to continuing throughout the Middle School, and again to Year 12. This course aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills to understand visual art, visual images, and become proficient in visual literacy and Media/Film,Television and New Media.

As a Visual Art and Media Department, we feel it is vital for our students to experience firsthand Visual Art and Media in range of different settings. We provide students with the opportunity to encounter a variety of works, from the traditional to the modern, from popular culture to art-house. Student experience this both in classroom settings, hands on experience and through excursion to various galleries and film festivals.

COURSES OF STUDY

YEAR 8

VISUAL ART
Ceramics, Painting/Drawing, Logos/Design

YEAR 9

VISUAL ART
Drawing, Painting, Graphic Design/Computer Art, Sculpture, Ceramics/Clay, Print-Making, Lino/Screen printing, Gallery Excursions.

MEDIA
Digital Photography, Film Genres, PowerPoint, Special Effects in Film and Documentary Study.

YEAR 10

VISUAL ART
Study of the ‘isms’ (Impressionism, Expressionism, Fauvism, Surrealism, Pop Art) including the medias of:
Drawing, Painting, Collage,
Graphic Design/Computer Art, Ceramic
Tableware, Potters wheel, large hand built pots,
Canvas Painting, Gallery Excursions and Wearable Art.

MEDIA
Students will study units on various media texts including: Newspapers, Documentaries, Soap Operas, Film Study and Infomercials.

YEAR 11

VISUAL ART-AUTHORITY

Making tasks include units in:
Design Studies, Photography, 2D surface manipulation on large scale canvas, 3D Spatial composition which incorporate the medias of:
Graphic Design, Digital & Electronic imagery, Painting/Drawing, Mixed Media, Photographic Arts, Sculpture, Installation, Video & Film, Design, Digital Imaging. Appraising tasks include:
Art Gallery Critiques, Slide Analysis, Research into 3D studies and an Oral Presentation.

VISUAL ART SAS – ARTS IN PRACTICE

Students learn to be Arts Practitioner and study Design, Photographic Arts, Fine Arts, and Digital Imaging.

FILM, TELEVISION and NEW MEDIA

Topics studied include: Introduction to Film, Television and New Media, Music Videos, Clay Animation, Australian Media Ownership.
Design Tasks: Scripting, Storyboarding, Written Proposals, Treatments, Screen Shots.
Critique Tasks: Oral Presentation, Feature Articles.
Production Tasks: Music Video, Clay Animation.

YEAR 12

VISUAL ART-AUTHORITY

Making tasks include the concepts of: Identity, Space and a Sense of vision. Three major folios are produced in two dimensional, three-dimensional and design media.
Appraising tasks include: Post-modern studies, Gallery critiques, and art analysis.

VISUAL ART SAS – ARTS IN PRACTICE

Students continue study programs as in year 11 and also study extended units in Event Management through the Wearable Art Show and Film Night, Design, Fine Arts and self- extension studies in Art area of choice.

SENIOR FILM, TELEVISION and NEW MEDIA

Topics studied include: Art House Film, Hollywood, World Cinema – including Australian Cinema, Experimental Film and Short Film Production.
Design Tasks: Scriptwriting, Storyboarding, Written Proposals and Film Treatments.
Critique: Spoken Film Pitch, and Analytical Essay.
Production: Short Film and Experimental Film.


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