Irene McCormack Catholic College Year 12 ATAR VISUAL ART Semester 1 Program 2018 Unit 3 Commentaries – & Persuasion’ ‘Power Week Teaching Content Addressed Assessment Task 1: Folio Term 1 Introduction to Course Art Making Work that is Wk 1 Inquiry completed over Visual language Overview of ATAR Visual Arts unit content, responsibilities and independent work. – the next 10 Visual influence Overview of Assessment expectations and requirements due dates. – – weeks will be Required materials folio, range of pencils, fineliners, display file, paper. – complied into a Art Interpretation visual folio. Visual analysis Distribute scheme of assessment, program and task sheet booklet to students. DUE: Term 2 Personal response Week 1 Wed Meaning & purpose UNIT FOCUS: Commentaries Power & Persuasion – 2/5 Social, cultural & Introduce to topic of for the semester. ‘commentaries’ historical contexts For this task you are required to use drawing, printing or mixed media to create a commentary on the theme of ‘Power & Persuasion’. You will draw inspiration from your immediate environment and also those around the world. BACKGROUND INFORMATION Using the info’ page in their task sheet booklet. The idea behind art as a form of social commentary is ‘background discussed. Students are to define social commentary, satire and ideology. How can artwork have power or persuade? Study the work of Mark Jenkins. Explain his connections to social commentary. Answer the questions provided in the task sheet booklet. Discuss the process of artist inspiration documentation. Over the term, students are required to have a minimum of 3 artistic influences documented in their folio. Artists are provided in the task sheet booklet. HOMEWORK Complete first artist inspiration this week. – ART HISTORY: Postmodernism vs modernism. Give students handout that differentiates the two. Discuss post-modernism in relation to social commentary. PRODUCTION TASK: Folio ACTIVITY A: WATERCOLOUR STILL LIFE Discuss how gender is a topic that falls under commentary’. ‘social Look at the still life arrangement provided consider how the selected objects are usually a masculine or feminine – association. Look at the art of Joan Berg Victor watercolour and pencil combinations. – Use a viewfinder to focus on a part of the still life and sketch the composition.
Irene McCormack Catholic College Year 12 ATAR VISUAL ART Semester 1 Program 2018 Unit 3 – Commentaries ‘Power & Persuasion’ Week Teaching Content Addressed Assessment Term 1 Wk 1 Introduction to Course Overview of ATAR Visual Arts – unit content, responsibilities and independent work. Overview of Assessment – expectations and requirements – due dates. Required materials – folio, range of pencils, fineliners, display file, paper. Distribute scheme of assessment, program and task sheet booklet to students. UNIT FOCUS: Commentaries – Power & Persuasion Introduce to topic of ‘commentaries’ for the semester. For this task you are required to use drawing, printing or mixed media to create a commentary on the theme of ‘Power & Persuasion’. You will draw inspiration from your immediate environment and also those around the world. BACKGROUND INFORMATION Using the ‘background info’ page in their task sheet booklet. The idea behind art as a form of social commentary is discussed. Students are to define social commentary, satire and ideology. How can artwork have power or persuade? Study the work of Mark Jenkins. Explain his connections to social commentary. Answer the questions provided in the task sheet booklet. Discuss the process of artist inspiration documentation. Over the term, students are required to have a minimum of 3 artistic influences documented in their folio. Artists are provided in the task sheet booklet. HOMEWORK – Complete first artist inspiration this week. ART HISTORY: Postmodernism vs modernism. Give students handout that differentiates the two. Discuss post-modernism in relation to social commentary. PRODUCTION TASK: Folio ACTIVITY A: WATERCOLOUR STILL LIFE Discuss how gender is a topic that falls under ‘social commentary’. Look at the still life arrangement provided – consider how the selected objects are usually a masculine or feminine association. Look at the art of Joan Berg Victor – watercolour and pencil combinations. Use a viewfinder to focus on a part of the still life and sketch the composition. Art Making Inquiry Visual language Visual influence Art Interpretation Visual analysis Personal response Meaning & purpose Social, cultural & historical contexts Task 1: Folio Work that is completed over the next 10 weeks will be complied into a visual folio. DUE: Term 2 Week 1 Wed 2/5