SYDNEY EXCURSION 2011

Students choosing this subject need to have a genuine interest in the VISUAL ARTS.

You don’t necessarily need to be able to draw well just have a creative mind.

There are many ways to express yourself creatively from PHOTOGRAPHY to SCULPTURE to MIXED MEDIA to COMPUTERS to FILM and so much more.

Students choosing VISUAL ARTS will have the opportunity

• to go to Sydney to see Artexpress, the Museum of Modern Art, The National Art Gallery, The White Rabbit Gallery and visit the studio of Brett Whiteley.

• Visit the local Art Gallery

• attend workshops

Students at a workshop run by a visiting artist

During the Preliminary Course students will have access to a broad range of exercises to help promote ideas they may wish to develop in their BODY of WORK you have to produce in Year 12. You have all of Year 12 to work on the one Body of Work. There are many choices that you can choose from. The BOW is worth 50% of the HSC mark.

The other 50% is made up from a written exam. This tests the students knowledge of artists and three main areas of study – THE FRAMES, PRACTICE and CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

Some examples of YEAR 12 BODY OF WORKS

This work was chosen to be in Artexpress

Students can choose from the following for their BODY of WORK:

• Painting

• Drawing

• Sculpture

• Collection of Works

• Documented Forms

• Film

• Photographic and Digital Media

• Textiles

• Graphic Design

• Printmaking

• Designed Environments