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 5
- VA5-CHP-01
investigates and interprets aspects of Practice to represent Art critical and historical perspectives
Investigate and interpret the role and work of artworld practitioners, with a focus on how their intentions evolve in relation to artworks, audiences and the world
Research and explain the value and significance of artistic practices, conventions and procedures that are informed by different times, places and cultures
Interpret artworks using different viewpoints to explain the meaning and intentions of artists, artworld practitioners and artworks
Explain how and why artworks may be interpreted in different ways by artists, writers, art critics, art historians, art curators and audiences
Investigate and apply the ways art critics and art historians construct and represent arguments about artists and their artworks
Investigate how art curators represent meaning by intentionally selecting, organising and displaying artworks to engage an audience
Read and analyse art critical interpretations and art historical explanations of artworks
Create written texts to represent intentions, choices and actions as an art critic and art historian
Use subject-specific language to communicate and represent Artworld concepts and Viewpoints
Respond to expressions of Cultural Practices and sustainable ways of being, knowing, thinking and doing by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Artists