11–12Visual Arts 11–12 Syllabus (2026)
The new Visual Arts 11–12 Syllabus (2026) is to be implemented from 2028 and will replace the Visual Arts Stage 6 Syllabus (2016).
2027
- Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2028, Term 1
- Start teaching the new syllabus for Year 11
- Start implementing new Year 11 school-based assessment requirements
- Continue to teach the Visual Arts Stage 6 Syllabus (2016) for Year 12
2028, Term 4
- Start teaching the new syllabus for Year 12
- Start implementing new Year 12 school-based assessment requirements
2029
- First HSC examination for the new syllabus
Content
Year 12
Content from Loading is to be integrated as appropriate in Art criticism and art history.
Investigate historical and critical case studies that include a range of artworks, artists and practices to focus on relations between practice, the Artworld concepts and Viewpoints
Evaluate how Viewpoints provide ways to generate critical and historical arguments about the concepts and meanings in the visual arts
Adopt an understanding of Viewpoints to provide ways to shape arguments about concepts and meanings in art criticism and art history
Construct different accounts of practice and the development of their practice through Viewpoints by applying knowledge of the variations in the relationships between the Artworld concepts
Adopt the role of the art critic and art historian to construct critical interpretations and art historical explanations and accounts
Evaluate how the Artworld concepts and the relationship networks they form are critically and historically evaluated and explained
Evaluate how critical and historical accounts represent a range of meanings and judgements to support an informed argument