Year 11

Visual Arts

Who is this course for?

This course is for students:

Who have a passion and enjoyment for Visual Arts

Who are highly able art students

Who want to expand their appreciation of the role of Visual Arts in our society

Where will this course lead you?

This course is designed to develop your: Creativity

Increasing autonomy in practical and theoretical understanding, knowledge and skills

Initiative in undertaking academic work

Ability to work independently and collaboratively

Appreciation of Visual Arts and contemporary art practice

Develop a deeper understanding of the content – subject matter, forms and frames – of the Visual Arts through experience in each of the practices of:

Art Making StudiesArt Critical Studies Art Historical Studies

This course allows you to:

Year 11 and 12 Visual Arts aims to:• Enrich your understanding of the Visual Arts in contemporary

and past worlds;

• Develop your art making skills and representation of ideas and images with different materials, techniques and processes;

• Challenge you approach to work in order to develop your creativity, technical skills, concepts, communication and presentation skills;

• Develop an informed point of view about art and understand how artworks are made, valued, interpreted and used; and

• Excite your imagination and your expectation of yourself

What career opportunities are there?

• Advertising• Graphics and Design• Architecture• Visual Arts• Art Education• Gallery Management

HSC Results: 2003

Visual Arts HSC Results 2003 (16 Knox candidates, 8462 students in NSW)

Mean Std Dev Band 6 Band 5 Band 4 Band 3 Band 2 Band 1

Knox 91.5* 5.3 81.3% 18.8% - - - -

NSW 78.2 9.9 11.3% 38.4% 33.5% 14.2% 2.1% 0.6%

• Thirteen (13) students achieved Band 6• Three (3) students achieved Band 5• Seven (7) students pre selected for possible inclusion in ArtExpress• One (1) student selected to exhibit their Body of Work in ArtExpress

Visual Arts HSC Results 2004 (18 Knox candidates; 8486 in NSW) Mean Std Dev Band 6 Band 5 Band 4 Band 3 Band 2 Band 1

Knox 90.4 4.5 61.1% 38.9% - - - -

NSW 78.5 8.8 11.0% 36.9% 37.8% 12.8% 1.1% 0.1%

HSC Results: 2004

• Eleven (11) students achieved Band 6• Seven (7) students achieved Band 5• Ten (10) students pre selected for possible inclusion in ArtExpress• Four (4) students were selected to exhibit their work in ArtExpress

Visual Arts HSC Results 2005 (18 Knox candidates; 8486 in NSW) Mean Std Dev Band 6 Band 5 Band 4 Band 3 Band 2 Band 1

Knox 92.5 4.5 77.8% 11.2% 11.2% - - -

NSW 79.1 8.8 11.0% 36.9% 37.8% 12.8% 1.1% 0.1%

HSC Results: 2005

• Fourteen (14) students achieved Band 6• Two (2) students achieved Band 5• Two (2) students achieved Band 4• Sixteen (16) students pre selected for possible inclusion in ArtExpress• Seven (7) students were selected to exhibit their work in ArtExpress

Visual Arts HSC Results 2006 (16 Knox candidates; 8766 in NSW) Mean Std Dev Band 6 Band 5 Band 4 Band 3 Band 2 Band 1

Knox 92.5 4.5 87.5% 12.5% - - - -

NSW 79.1 8.8 13.26% 42.39% 35.34% 8.2% 0.05% 0.29%

HSC Results: 2006

• Fourteen (14) students achieved Band 6• Two (2) students achieved Band 5• Seven (7) students pre selected for possible inclusion in ArtExpress• Three (3) students were selected to exhibit their work in ArtExpress

Visual Arts HSC Results 2007 (16 Knox candidates; 8766 in NSW) Mean Std Dev Band 6 Band 5 Band 4 Band 3 Band 2 Band 1

Knox 89.60 50% 50% - - - -

NSW 79.51 11.42% 40.54% 35.34% 8.2% 0.05% 0.29%

HSC Results: 2007

• Fourteen (14) students achieved Band 6• Two (2) students achieved Band 5• Thirteen(13) students pre selected for possible inclusion in ArtExpress• One (1) students were selected to exhibit their work in ArtExpress

Visual Arts HSC Results 2008 (16 Knox candidates; 8766 in NSW) Mean Std Dev Band 6 Band 5 Band 4 Band 3 Band 2 Band 1

Knox 89.60 64% 36% - - - -

NSW 79.51 14% 46 % 30% 7% 0.08% 0.21%

HSC Results: 2008

• Fourteen (14) students achieved Band 6• Two (2) students achieved Band 5• Ten (10) students pre selected for possible inclusion in ArtExpress• Four (4) students were selected to exhibit their work in ArtExpress

Visual Arts HSC Results 2009 (23 Knox candidates; 9000+ in NSW) Mean Std Dev Band 6 Band 5 Band 4 Band 3 Band 2 Band 1

Knox 90.83 74% 26% - - - -

NSW 79.67 12% 41% 36% 8% 1% 0.1%

HSC Results: 2009

• Seventeen (17) students achieved Band 6• Six (6) students achieved Band 5• Five (5) students pre selected for possible inclusion in ArtExpress• Two (2) students were selected to exhibit their work in ArtExpress

Visual Arts HSC Results 2010 (28 Knox candidates; 9620 in NSW) Mean Std Dev Band 6 Band 5 Band 4 Band 3 Band 2 Band 1

Knox 90.83 71% 29% - - - -

NSW 79.67 12% 39% 37% 11% 1% 0.1%

HSC Results: 2010

• Seventeen (20) students achieved Band 6• Six (8) students achieved Band 5• Six (6) students pre selected for possible inclusion in ArtExpress• Five (5) students were selected to exhibit their work in ArtExpress

Year 11: Preliminary Course

Assessment: School-based assessment:Artmaking (50%) Art Criticism and Art History (50%)

A focus on the key components and concepts in the Visual Arts through… The content of practice, conceptual framework and frames Making artworks in at least 2 art forms Use of Visual Arts Process Diary Broad investigation of ideas in art criticism and art history

What practical experiences will you have within this Year 11 course?

• Photography – Colour, Black &White

• Digital Media – Graphic Design

• Installation

• Printmaking and Mixed Media

• Painting and Mixed Media

• Drawing and Mixed Media

Installation: Group Work

Installation: Group Work

Installation: Group Work

Installation: Group Work

Installation: Individual Work

Installation: Individual Work

Installation: Individual Work

Installation: Individual Work

Installation: Individual Work

Painting &

MixedMedia

Painting &

MixedMedia

Year 11 Mixed Media

Year 11 Mixed Media

What theoretical experiences will you have within this course?

Traditional Art History Modern Art History Post Modern History

Broad investigations of ideas in Art Criticism and Art History within Landscape, Body & Object:

Traditional Art History

www.powow.com/ wfan/bosch04.jpgHieronymus Bosch

www.illumin.co.uk/svank/ biog/arcim/winter.html Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Modern Art History

serendip.brynmawr.edu/.../ surrealism%20dali.Salvadore Dali,

www.mat.ucsb.edu/.../ images/paint-balla.jpgBalla: Dog on a Leash, oil on canvas, 1912.

Post Modern Art History

www.georgetown.edu/.../ Artworld-examples.html Antony Gormley

www.studio-international.co.uk/.../ Gormley1b.jpg