Art in the Middle School focuses on guiding students towards an understanding of the Design Process and the Elements and Principles of Design. It provides an intellectually and emotionally stimulating space for ideas to grow, connections to be explored and personal, collective and global experiences to be challenged. Students engage in creative processes and artistic practices to communicate and make meaning through art. Students study various themes under the two broad concepts of Looking Out and Looking In, where the aim is to build confidence in art using a variety of 2D, 3D and digital media. Students develop a visual diary where they are encouraged to experiment, explore ideas and solve problems in their work.
Viewpoint question: As artists, how can we celebrate local content through our unique perspective?
In Unit 1, students investigate a variety of 2D approaches through an experimental folio where they are encouraged to examine and celebrate aspects of the local area and share individual perspectives.
2D
Drawing
Lino
Artists - local, Caloundra Regional Gallery
Local Content theme
Viewpoint question: How does art help us express our identity?
In Unit 2, students explore 3D and 2D media through an experimental folio where they are encouraged to imagine, celebrate and share individual/cultural stories and engage their senses through the presentation of their work.
3D
Ceramic sculpture
Photography experiments with sculpture and display
Digital illustration
Artists - First Nations Australians
Personal Identity theme
Experimental folio and resolved works
Mrs Ros Braithwaite
rbraithwaite@mfac.edu.au
