The Arts have the capacity to engage and inspire all students and help to ignite the imagination.
The Arts learning area at Cape Naturaliste College comprises of four subjects: Drama, Media Arts, Music and Visual Arts. Together they provide opportunities for students to learn how to create, design, represent, communicate and share their imagined and conceptual ideas, emotions, observations and experiences, as they discover and interpret the world.
Visual Arts is universal in its communication and provides a means of expressing ideas, observations, experiences and emotions. At Cape Naturaliste College, our students develop their creative expression and explore a variety of skills, techniques and processes for a wide range of contexts including; drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture and graphic arts.
Years 7 – 10
Visual Arts courses offered in Year 7-10 will develop students’ critical thinking, collaboration and communication skills all relative to today’s global society. Students will develop fundamental skills required to engage in the creation of artwork in a variety of media, with opportunities for students to challenge and extend their practical skills. All Visual Arts courses support the development of analytical writing skills through responding to their own work and that of historical and contemporary artists’. Students who engage in Visual Arts courses in 7 – 10 will be prepared for a specialised Visual Arts curriculum upper school, with courses available in General Visual Arts and ATAR Visual Arts.
Years 11 and 12
Visual Arts pathways in Year 11 and 12 have a focus on both practical and theoretical components of Visual Arts. Students will respond to themes developed for each unit, producing ideas that are conceptual and expressed through the development of inquiry work and a resolved artwork. Students will demonstrate advanced ability and manipulation of a variety of media, skills and processes to effectively communicate ideas.
Students will have the opportunity to exhibit their work in the College and in community exhibitions and competitions.
