STUDIO ARTS NAME: LAVERTON P-12 COLLEGE UNITS:VCE SUBJECT OVERVIEW UNIT DESCRIPTION VCE Studio Arts supports students to recognise UNIT 1 SUBJECTS FROM their individual potential as art makers and Students focus on using sources of inspiration YEAR 10 DOES THIS presents a guided process to assist their and individual ideas as the basis for FOLLOW ON FROM? understanding and development of art-making. developing artworks and exploring a wide Visual Art Media range of materials and techniques as tools Visual Students develop an understanding of how for communicating ideas, observations and Communication to source artistic inspiration related to their experiences through art-making. They research Design individual interests and explore a wide range the ways in which artists from different times of materials and techniques for use in the and cultures have interpreted and expressed development of their own artworks. Students ideas, sourced inspiration and used materials produce a folio, as well as develop a solid and techniques. foundation basis for studio practice through a substantive theoretic component. UNIT 2 Students establish and use a studio process to produce artworks. The process includes the use of an individual approach to locating sources of inspiration, experimentation, and the development of aesthetic qualities, potentila direction and solutions prior to the production of artworks. Artworks made by artists from different times and cultures are analysed to understand the artists’ ideas and how they have created aesthetic qualities and identifiable styles. SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT WHAT KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS WILL I BUILD? ASSESSMENT COULD INCLUDE: NEED TO KNOW? • How to establish a studio process • A Visual Diary Studio Arts is ideal • Creative and critical thinking • Finished artworks for students with a strong interest • Historical/contextual understanding • Written assessment tasks. in history and creativity • Development and documentation of ideas • End of year exam • Critical analysis skills • In depth knowledge of materials and techniques