VISUAL ARTS

OutcomesAssessment ScheduleTask 1Task 2Task 3Task 4, Task 5, Task 6

HSC Assessment                                             Visual Arts                               

Objectives

Students will develop:

HSC Outcomes

A student:

1. Art making:

knowledge, skills and understanding of how they may represent their interpretations of the world in art making as an informed point of view;

 

H1 initiates and organises art making practice that is sustained, reflective and adapted to suit particular conditions;

H2 applies their understanding of the relationships among the artist, artwork, world and audience through making a body of work;

H3  demonstrates an understanding of the frames when working independently in the making of art;

H4 selects and develops subject matter and forms in particular ways as representations in art making;

H5 demonstrates conceptual strength in the production of a body of work that exhibits coherence and may be interpreted in a range of ways;

H6 demonstrates technical accomplishment, refinement and sensitivity appropriate to the artistic intentions within a body of work.

2. Art Criticism and Art History:

knowledge, skills and understanding of how they may represent an informed point of view about the visual arts in their critical and historical accounts.

 

H7 applies their understanding of practice in art criticism and art history;

H8 applies their understanding of the relationships among the artist, artwork, world and audience;

H9 demonstrates an understanding of how the frames provide for different orientations to critical and historical investigation of art;

H10 constructs a body of significant art histories, critical narratives and other documentary accounts of representation in the visual arts.

schedule

OutcomesAssessment Schedule, Task 1Task 2, Task 3, Task 4, Task 5, Task 6

Visual Arts HSC Assessment Grid

Component

Task 1

Task 2

Task 3

Task 4

Task 5

Weighting

 

Development of body of work – investigations of artmaking practice evident in Visual Arts Process Diary (VAPD) including experiments with materials, written reflections and explanations, research about related artists’ practice

Art criticism and art history

In-class essay based on class work and/or case study content

Development of body of work – including VAPD and works under development

Development of body of work – works under development; VAPD, oral or written presentation about intentions, conceptual framework relationships, and viewpoint/s

Trial HSC – Art criticism and art history

 

Towards the end of Term 4

Term 1

Mid Term 2

Early Term 3 (approx. 4–5 weeks prior to BOS completion and submission date)

Term 3

H1, H2, H3, H4

H7, H8, H9

H1, H2, H3, H4, H5

H1, H2, H3, H4, H5, H6

H7, H8, H9, H10

Artmaking

10

 

15

25

 

50

Art Criticism and Art History

 

20

 

 

30

50

Marks

10

20

15

25

30

100


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