11–12Visual Arts Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus (2026)
The new Visual Arts Life Skills 11–12 Syllabus (2026) is to be implemented from 2028 and will replace Visual Arts Life Skills Stage 6 (2009).
2027
- Plan and prepare to teach the new syllabus
2028, Term 1
- Start teaching the new syllabus for Year 11
- Continue to teach Visual Arts Life Skills Stage 6 (2009) for Year 12
2028, Term 4
- Start teaching the new syllabus for Year 12
Content
Life Skills
Through collaborative curriculum planning, it may be decided that Life Skills outcomes and content are the most appropriate option for some students with intellectual disability.
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This content aligns with course content from the following focus areas in the Visual Arts 11–12 Syllabus:
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Explore how artists make an artwork to communicate their intentions and artistic choices
Engage with artworks that prompt a personal response
Communicate a personal response to an artwork
Identify the subject matter and physical properties of artworks
Explore how the work of an artist is influenced by personal, cultural, historical or contemporary ideas or events
Communicate a personal preference for an artist, artwork or style
Identify that artworks can be shared, bought or kept because they hold meaning for people and their culture
Identify the contributions of an artist to the artworld
Explore how audiences can interact with artworks
Explore how audience responses to artworks can be different
Consider how audience responses to artworks can change over time
Engage with art critics’ practice of sharing opinions about artworks, artists or exhibitions
Communicate ideas about the history of artists or artworks
Engage with the ways art historians record art history
Explore how art curators exhibit artworks to communicate intentions and artistic choices
Identify how an art curator creates an inclusive and accessible experience for audiences
Demonstrate safe, respectful and responsible choices and actions when experiencing, sharing or discussing artworks
Identify signs and symbols in an artwork that represent meaning
Identify how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists use symbols and signs to communicate ideas about Cultures, Country or Place in artworks
Use an understanding of signs and symbols to interpret ideas represented in an artwork
Identify how an artwork conveys personally significant ideas or experiences
Consider how lived experiences or Storytelling informs artworks by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists
Engage with artworks that reflect a range of cultural perspectives, experiences, narratives or beliefs
Identify how an artwork conveys culturally significant ideas or experiences
Consider how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists represent Cultural and social perspectives of local Community(ies) in artworks
Explore how an artwork uses technology to represent ideas
Identify how an artwork challenges or raises awareness about ideas, social interests or concerns
Share opinions about how an artwork has represented personal, imagined, cultural or contemporary ideas
Respond respectfully to the opinions and perspectives of others about an artwork
Engage in safe practices when sharing opinions or ideas about artworks in online contexts
Engage with artworks or exhibitions for interest or enjoyment
Identify ways art criticism, art history or art curation can provide leisure or recreation opportunities
Identify accessible and inclusive art experiences in the community
Participate in cultural or community art events
Demonstrate an awareness of safe choices and actions when attending exhibitions or events in the community or virtually
Identify a range of employment opportunities in the visual arts
Identify employment skills or qualities needed to work in the creative industries