Year 12 Visual Art - Project Based Art

Course Description: This is a Year 12 Arts course which is aimed at students who don’t want to specialise in one Art subject. It is a project based course, with the ability to choose from a range of Year 12 Art Internal Assessments in the areas of Painting, Photography, Design, Sculpture and printmaking. Students will work with their teacher to design a course that fits their interests. These are some examples of what a course could look like but there are many other combinations available:

Student A:

• Term one: takes 2.2 painting to give them more advanced painting skills- 4 credits
• Term two first half: takes 2.2 photography to learn about basic photography skills - 4 credits
• Term two second half and term 3: Combines sculpture and painting to create a series of work and a sculpture along the same theme: 8 credits
• Term 4: completes a research standard about their favourite painters- 4 credits 
• Course total: 20 credits

 Student B:

• Term one and two: Already has good computer and photography skills so does a combined design and photography assignment creating a mini magazine where they design the magazine and take the photos: 8 credits
• Term 3: Completes a documentary photographic project 4 credits
• Term 4: Organises and runs a photographic exhibition of their work (has enough credits from other classes and doesn’t need any more) 
• Course total: 16 credits

 Student C:

• Really loves making things but struggles to meet deadlines for credits:
• Creates a large-scale mural which takes them most of the year to be installed into the school or made on site and transported to somewhere else they are working with eg a local kindergarten or shop. 
• 4 credits + 4 credits showing their working process and initial ideas as a painting internal. 
• Course total: 8 credits

  Students will be expected to contribute a piece of work for an end of year Arts publication.

  Assessment: Up to 20 credits internally assessed.

 Prerequisites: Open Entry. Students can take other Year 12 Art courses as well, but they will only be doing the External Folios in these courses (12 credits)

 This course leads to: Level 3 Design, Painting or Photography if at least 12 credits have been achieved over the course of the year.

 Contribution: $50 for take home costs.

Please note: Art Kits with a range of specific art making products are available on the Gordon Harris Schools Direct website.