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-AMC-01
makes and refines artworks to represent different ideas informed by an understanding of Artworld concepts and their relationships
Adopt the role of the artist to make artworks that represent points of view about the world
Examine how artists represent intentions, ideas and interests to inform own art making
Investigate and compare how artists use art forms, materials and approaches to represent meaning, and apply to own art making with increasing autonomy
Evaluate how artworks function as forms of representation in the artworld
Make and refine artworks using a range of materials, techniques, skills and approaches, including 2D, 3D and/or 4D art forms, to represent intentions, choices and actions
Investigate the ways artworks represent artists’ intentions and ideas to audiences in art making
Investigate the world as a source of ideas and subject matter to represent meaning in artworks
Investigate and select subject matter and ideas to represent personal, symbolic, cultural or critical meanings when making artworks
Evaluate the role of audiences in relation to making artworks
Investigate how audiences interact with artworks through exhibitions and/or multisensory displays