VCE Art Creative Practice Units 1 & 2 (Year 10)

Area of Study 1

In this area of study students research and analyse three artists, their practices and their artworks. They analyse one artwork by each artist and interpret meanings and messages. In doing so, students will discover analysing through different Interpretative lenses can enhance their understanding of artworks and the way they reflect the artist’s interests, experiences and thinking.

Area of Study 2

In this area of study students are introduced to the Creative Practice through Experiential learning activities guided by the teacher.

Students explore at least three art forms. They respond to a range of artworks, ideas and the practices of artists through experimentation and exploration. They build skills using materials, techniques and processes, and explore areas of personal interest to develop and make visual responses.

Students investigate the practices of selected artists as inspiration for their personal visual responses. From their personal investigation of artists and their practices, students develop a range of visual responses through a series of tasks in three different art forms. Students also develop their visual language by experimenting, exploring ideas, and using materials, techniques and processes relevant to their three selected art forms.

Area of Study 3

Students develop their art practice by responding to the ways artists conceptualise, develop, and make their artworks. They provide annotated documentation of their experiences in Making and Responding in a form appropriate to their art practice. Students reflect on their research and exploration undertaken in Area of Study 2 and understand that evaluation and documentation are integral components of the Creative Practice. They document the visual responses to the ideas they have explored, their creative and critical thinking, and their trials and experimentation with materials and techniques.

As artists, students reflect on their use of relevant components of the Creative Practice and evaluate and annotate their use of visual language to communicate ideas of personal interest. They use the language of the Structural and Personal Lenses to critically analyse and evaluate their personal explorations and visual responses.

1. On completion of this unit the student should be able to discuss the practices of three artists, and apply the Structural Lens and the Personal Lens to analyse and interpret one artwork by each artist.
   
   
2. On completion of this unit the student should be able to use the Creative Practice to develop and make visual responses informed by their exploration of personal interests and ideas.
   
   
3. On completion of this unit the student should be able to document and evaluate the components of the Creative Practice used to make personal visual responses.

Area of Study 1

In this area of study students focus on the ways in which art reflects and communicates the values, beliefs and traditions of the societies in which it was created. They will apply the Cultural Lens to study the practices of at least three artists from different cultures and times. 

Outcomes 

1. On completion of this unit the student should be able to use the Cultural Lens, and the other Interpretive Lenses as appropriate, to analyse and compare the practices of artists and artworks from different cultures.
   
   
2. On completion of this unit the student should be able to use the Creative Practice to explore social and cultural ideas or issues to make and present at least one finished artwork using collaborative approaches.
   
   
3. On completion of this unit the student should be able to critically reflect on, evaluate and document their use of the Creative Practice to develop and make collaborative visual responses.

Area of Study 1

In this area of study students use Project-based learning as they begin to develop a Body of Work. Students research one artwork by a selected contemporary or historical artist as inspiration for their own art practice. 

Responding to the research, students explore their own ideas through their use of the Creative Practice. They explore the ideas communicated by the artist in the selected artwork and develop ideas in response. The student’s personal response, resolved in a finished artwork, requires them to use the original artwork as a departure point for further investigation. Direct reinterpretations or appropriations of the original artwork should be avoided. Students may create their response in a different art form than the artwork they research.

Area of Study 1

In this area of study students continue to use the Creative Practice to develop, refine and resolve the ideas they developed in Unit 3. 

After beginning Unit 4 students present a critique to evaluate and reflect upon their use of the Creative Practice. They evaluate how they have responded to inspiration and influences throughout their Body of Work, and how they have explored and experimented with materials, techniques and processes in at least one selected art form to establish their visual language in personal visual responses. Through discussion, students identify and classify emerging ideas in their artworks. Students consider and reflect on the feedback they receive. The feedback the students receive from the critique will focus on how effectively they are communicating ideas in their artworks and how they can continue to refine and resolve their Body of Work.

Area of Study 3

In this area of study students undertake research of artists, their practices and their artworks. They critically analyse and interpret the meanings and messages of artworks and use evidence and the appropriate Interpretive Lenses to support their interpretation and point of view. Using appropriate terminology, they compare the meanings and messages of historical and contemporary artworks.