Prelim+Program+Overview

VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM OVERVIEW

 =Unit Title: "Self & Identity"= =** CONTENT: ART MAKING / HISTORICAL STUDY / CRITICAL STUDY UNIT OVERVIEW **=  A detailed investigation of the Modern Art movements, styles, techniques and procedures to develop a basis for understanding the Visual Arts. Students are given an overview of all Modern Art Movements and choose a personal focus for this unit to investigate and appropriate.  Students are introduced to the elements of the Preliminary Course and form an understanding of The Frames, Conceptual Framework and Practice. Understanding of Modernism is shown through and in class essay and a major body of work appropriating the style of a chosen artist.The unit of work focuses on the theme Self & identity, providing an opportunity for students to understand how art can be used to represent personal and cultural meanings. All outcomes are assessed in this unit and this is the starting point of understanding the arts.