CURRICULUM AREA The Arts/ Visual Arts – Context: Students explore different sculpture and craft traditions from Asian countries such as Japan, China and India. They explore the symbolism in these traditions and the relationship of the natural world of plants and animals to the symbolism. They explore different artists and their practice focusing on contemporary sculptors such as Noriko Nakamura. The students complete some sketches of animals and plants and then transform their visualization drawings into the design for a three dimensional sculpture to be made from plaster or clay. The experiment with different carving techniques and then create a work from a plaster or clay block. They evaluate their work discussing the processes used to create the work and the relationship of their artwork to the natural form. Content Descriptions: Select and apply visual conventions, materials, techniques, technologies and processes specific to different art forms when making artworks Create and display art work considering how ideas can be expressed to an audience Visual Arts Levels 5 and 6 Achievement Standard Visual Arts Levels 7 and 8 Achievement Standard Example of Indicative Progress toward Levels 7 and 8 Achievement Standard By the end of Level 6: In Visual Arts, indicative progression towards By the end of Level 8:Students identify, analyse and evaluate how other artists use materials, techniques, Students explain how ideas are expressed in the levels 7 and 8 achievement standard may be technologies, processes and visual conventions to express artworks they make and view. They demonstrate the when students: ideas and convey meaning. Students plan and make their use of different techniques and processes in art works in response to exploration of techniques, demonstrate a high level of skill and planning and making artworks. They use visual technologies and processes used in the work of other technique in making a three dimensional conventions and visual arts practices to express artists. sculpture using carving ideas, themes and concepts in their artworks. They demonstrate the use of materials, techniques, processes, visual conventions and technologies to express Students describe the influences of artworks and use visual conventions innovatively in the and convey meaning in their artworks. practices places on their art making. They describe design and creation of a three dimensional Students identify and describe artworks and exhibitions how artworks that they make and view can be sculpture from different cultures, times and places and how ideas are displayed to express and enhance meaning. demonstrate a high level of skill and interpreted by audiences. conceptualization in the planning and evaluation of the art process Students describe and identify how ideas are describe the presentation of their own expressed in artworks from different contemporary, artwork, explaining the expression of ideas historical and cultural contexts. to an audience
CURRICULUM AREA – The Arts/ Visual Arts Context: Students explore different sculpture and craft traditions from Asian countries such as Japan, China and India. They explore the symbolism in these traditions and the relationship of the natural world of plants and animals to the symbolism. They explore different artists and their practice focusing on contemporary sculptors such as Noriko Nakamura. The students complete some sketches of animals and plants and then transform their visualization drawings into the design for a three dimensional sculpture to be made from plaster or clay. The experiment with different carving techniques and then create a work from a plaster or clay block. They evaluate their work discussing the processes used to create the work and the relationship of their artwork to the natural form. Content Descriptions: Select and apply visual conventions, materials, techniques, technologies and processes specific to different art forms when making artworks Create and display art work considering how ideas can be expressed to an audience Visual Arts Levels 5 and 6 Achievement Standard Example of Indicative Progress toward Levels 7 and 8 Achievement Standard Visual Arts Levels 7 and 8 Achievement Standard By the end of Level 6: Students explain how ideas are expressed in artworks they make and view. They demonstrate the use of different techniques and processes in planning and making artworks. They use visual conventions and visual arts practices to express ideas, themes and concepts in their artworks. Students describe the influences of artworks and practices places on their art making. They describe how artworks that they make and view can be displayed to express and enhance meaning. Students describe and identify how ideas are expressed in artworks from different contemporary, historical and cultural contexts. In Visual Arts, indicative progression towards the levels 7 and 8 achievement standard may be when students: demonstrate a high level of skill and technique in making a three dimensional sculpture using carving use visual conventions innovatively in the design and creation of a three dimensional sculpture demonstrate a high level of skill and conceptualization in the planning and evaluation of the art process describe the presentation of their own artwork, explaining the expression of ideas to an audience By the end of Level 8:Students identify, analyse and evaluate how other artists use materials, techniques, technologies, processes and visual conventions to express ideas and convey meaning. Students plan and make their art works in response to exploration of techniques, technologies and processes used in the work of other artists. They demonstrate the use of materials, techniques, processes, visual conventions and technologies to express and convey meaning in their artworks. Students identify and describe artworks and exhibitions from different cultures, times and places and how ideas are interpreted by audiences.
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