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-CHV-01
interprets meaning and significance of artworks and the artworld using Viewpoints
Investigate how artworks represent systems of signs, symbols, codes and forms of visual and/or multisensory language to structure and communicate meanings
Interpret and explain how artworld practitioners and audiences decode and understand artworks as images or texts at different times, cultures or contexts
Respond to ways Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander artists reflect symbols and signs in artworks to communicate and sustain meaning over time
Examine art critical and historical accounts to understand the significance of artworks as systems of symbolic communication
Investigate how artists express ideas and meanings about aspects of the world in artworks shaped by individual experiences, intuition, emotion, feeling and imagination
Interpret and explain how artworld practitioners and audiences respond to and understand artworks from personal perspectives, experiences and associations
Respond to ways Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander artists express lived experiences, the Dreaming and Storytelling in artworks
Examine art critical and historical accounts to understand the significance of artworks as forms of personal, emotional and imaginative expression
Investigate how artworks reflect social ideologies, beliefs, values, conditions and shared understandings in communities and societies
Interpret and explain how artworld practitioners and audiences understand artworks using cultural, community and social perspectives at different times and in different contexts
Respond to ways Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander artists represent Cultural and social perspectives of local Community(ies), Country and/or Place
Examine art critical and historical accounts to understand the significance of how artworks represent social and cultural perspectives
Investigate how artworks challenge, critique or reimagine accepted narratives and conventions using current and emerging theories
Interpret and explain how artworld practitioners and audiences understand that artworks critique and reassess accepted beliefs, roles and relationships
Respond to ways Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander artists challenge, critique or reimagine accepted narratives, lived experiences and relationships
Examine how art critical and historical accounts critique or reconstruct accepted ideas and provoke new ways of understanding the world