7–10Visual Arts 7–10 Syllabus (2024)
The new Visual Arts 7–10 Syllabus (2024) is to be implemented from 2027 and will replace the Visual Arts 7–10 Syllabus (2003).
2025 and 2026 – Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2027 – Start teaching the new syllabus
School sectors are responsible for implementing syllabuses and are best placed to provide schools with specific guidance and information on implementation given their understanding of their individual contexts. Schools may choose to implement the new syllabus during the planning and preparation phase.
Content
Stage 4
- VA4-CHP-01
explains aspects of Practice to represent Art critical and historical perspectives
Investigate and explain the role and work of artworld practitioners and how they represent their intentions
Explore artistic practices, conventions and procedures that are informed by different times, places and cultures
Use different viewpoints to explain the meaning and intentions of artists and artworks
Consider how and why artworks may be interpreted in different ways by audiences
Explore the ways art critics and art historians build explanations about artists and their artworks
Consider how art curators represent meaning by selecting, organising and displaying artworks to engage an audience
Read and respond to critical interpretations and historical explanations of artworks
Create written texts to identify intentions, choices and actions as an art critic and art historian
Use subject-specific language to communicate Artworld concepts and Viewpoints
Consider expressions of Cultural Practices and ways of being, knowing, thinking and doing by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Artists