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7–10Visual Arts 7–10 Syllabus

Record of changes
Implementation from 2027
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Content

Stage 5

Art making practice
Intentions, choices and actions as an artist
  • Research, document, justify and apply ideas about own intentions, choices and actions as artists in the Visual Arts diary

  • Investigate, invent, adapt and apply a range of strategies when selecting materials, techniques and procedures to represent ideas about the world and refine a body of work

  • Investigate how intentions, choices and actions can represent ideas about the world when using different viewpoints

  • Evaluate the relationship between concepts and material choices in representing ideas when making a body of work

  • Select 2D, 3D and 4D art forms to represent ideas and meaning in a body of work

  • Develop, refine and demonstrate technical accomplishment in a body of work

  • Demonstrate curatorial judgement to customise, select, arrange and present artworks as a body of work to audiences

  • Create written texts to reflect on and justify intentions, choices and actions in art making

  • Use subject-specific language to communicate and represent Artworld concepts and Viewpoints that inform art making

  • Apply protocols for art making with respect for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Artists, Communities and Cultural Knowledges, including Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property (ICIP)

  • Apply appropriate protocols and responsibilities for working safely and respectfully with others

  • Demonstrate safe, ethical and inclusive practices when making, sharing and discussing artworks

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