Pukekohe High School
Year 9 Art
Course Description
Head of Faculty - Kaihautuu: Mrs V. Moore-Allen.
Why study Visual Art?
Much of our experience of the world is visual. The visual arts stimulate our thinking and feeling, and increase creativity and open-mindedness. Creativity is cited by business leaders as the most important competency for the future. Not to mention, learning in the Arts is lots of fun and always hands-on!
Year 9 Art focuses on developing a range of art skills, inquiry, and curiosity. Students learn to examine the world around them, and to express personal ideas. Through their art-making students strengthen creative thinking skills and understand themselves and others as culturally located people.
Students will work individually and collaboratively within the course at different times, and will learn by making art using a wide range of materials and processes.
These include:
Drawing skills and media
Painting skills (water colour / acrylic)
Printmaking skills (woodcut, collograph or tetra pack)
3D sculptural processes
Year 9 Art is an ideal way to begin a learning journey in the visual arts that you can continue right through to Year 13, or beyond at tertiary level. It is an ideal foundation for Year 10 Art courses.
Pathway
There are multiple careers and future pathways linked to visual arts. Students can develop skills and pathways in a combination of digital and practical arts. Many jobs and future pathways require creative thinking skills and people with visual literacy. Visual art courses will develop these capabilities in increasingly specialised ways, and can open up exciting options for your future. They can support your enjoyment of school, and help you to grown and mature in many ways.
Assessment Information
Students will complete 4 modules of work combining a variety of skills and ideas: using drawing, illustration, painting, printmaking, sculpture and digital processes. They will be mark on the outcomes of these modules looking at technique and skill and the development of their creative ideas.Pathway Tags
Architect, Artist, Graphic Designer, Interior Designer, Jeweller, Visual Merchandiser, Exhibition and Collections Technician, Florist, Landscape Architect, Printer, Signmaker, Animator/Digital Artist, Art Director (Film, Television or Stage), Artistic Director, Film and Video Editor, Film/Television Camera Operator, Fashion Designer, Musician, Industrial Designer, Make-up Artist, Director (Film, Television, Radio or Stage), Media Producer, Production Assistant (Film, Television, Radio or Stage), Lighting Technician, Game Developer, Photographer,
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