7–10Visual Arts 7–10 Syllabus (2024)

Investigate how artworks represent systems of signs, symbols, codes and forms of visual and/or multisensory language to structure and communicate meaning

Explain how artists and audiences decode and understand artworks as images or texts at different times, for different cultures or contexts

Identify ways Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Artists reflect symbols and signs in artworks to communicate and sustain meaning over time

Investigate how artists express ideas and meanings about aspects of the world in artworks shaped by individual experiences, intuition, emotion, feeling and imagination

Explain how artists and audiences can respond to and understand artworks from personal perspectives, experiences and associations

Identify ways Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Artists express lived experiences, the Dreaming and Storytelling in artworks

Investigate how artworks reflect social values, conditions and shared understandings in communities and societies

Explain how artists and audiences understand artworks using cultural, community and social perspectives at different times and in different contexts 

Identify ways Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Artists represent the Cultural, social and historical perspectives of local Community(ies), Country and/or Place

Investigate how artworks challenge, critique or reimagine accepted narratives or conventions using current and emerging theories

Explain how artists and audiences understand that artworks critique and reassess accepted beliefs, roles and relationships in the artworld and in the contemporary world

Identify ways Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Artists challenge, critique or reimagine accepted narratives, lived experiences and relationships