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2005
Assessment in Visual Arts (pdf - 95kb)
What do we want students to learn and how do we assess what students know? There are important principles to consider when designing learning programs and assessment strategies for your students. This article contextualises these principles in terms of the new 7–10 Visual Arts, Visual Design, and Photographic and Digital Media syllabuses.
2004
A school perspective: Introducing Photographic and Digital Media (pdf - 83kb)
The following article has been written by John Skillington, HT Visual Arts, James Fallon High School in response to a request to provide a single perspective on setting up the facilities, resources and wherewithal to conduct a photographic and digital media course. John’s comments are based on his personal experiences and will not necessarily apply to all teachers and all schools, but they might provide some ideas for teachers who are thinking of ways to introduce the new elective course in their schools.
2003
Visual Arts - the journey (pdf 116kb)
In the visual arts, students undertake a journey beginning in Kindergarten and continuing through Year 6 to Years 7 and 8. For the students who choose to continue the journey, it can extend to Year 12. With the introduction of the new Stages 4-5 visual arts syllabus, the entire continuum of learning will be complete. This article seeks to draw together the common threads between the three syllabuses and to show how students can develop understandings and skills through teachers addressing the areas of content.
2002
Contemporary Art Curators talk about their work (pdf 35kb)
This article is an edited transcript of a discussion with curators of the 2002 Biennale of Sydney, Richard Grayson and Anthony Bond. Teachers can use the transcript, or selected comments, to explore with students the notion of the Biennale of Sydney and aspects of curatorial practice, which address the relationship between audience and the art world.
2001
Stage 6 Visual Arts: Using Beyond the frame (pdf 41kb)
This article sets out some strategies for teaching the content of the Stage 6 syllabus, using artworks from the visual arts resource, Beyond the frame. Although the kit focuses primarily on combined appreciating and making activities for Years 5 to 8, the reproductions of the artworks provide valuable reference material for Stage 6 study.
Asian–Australian artists: Cultural shifts in Australia (pdf 54kb)
The following article could provide material for a case study with a focus on curatorial practice, art critical practice, cross-overs or borders, e.g. regional or international art; Asian–Australian (Western)—or relationships between the agencies of the conceptual framework: artist, world, audience.
Visual Arts Specimen Examination Paper: Question 1 (c) (pdf 42kb)
This article demonstrates an approach to addressing Question 1 in the Visual Arts Stage 6 Specimen Examination Paper.
Activities of a Curator (pdf 111kb)
This article was written by Craig Judd and is a development from What is the Art World ?, a keynote lecture presented at the AES conference in April 2001. The keynote, which discussed the mutuality of interdependent organisations, individuals and professions in the contemporary art world has been refocused in this article, on the role and activities of the curator, specifically the current Artistic Director of the Biennale of Sydney, Richard Grayson.
Metaphor, creativity and art practice (pdf 144kb)
This article discusses a way of looking at and thinking about artworks which might be useful for students in Year 11, particularly for those students who are not familiar with the language of art and the practice of art writing. The strategy involves expanding modes of thinking through using metaphor, which in turn, provides students with language for writing and artmaking. References are made to activities involving students and teachers in workshops using metaphor as the means of addressing practice.
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