Gifted and Talented Art Group

Rationale

In the Gifted and Talented Art program, students communicate, celebrate and express their own ideas through creating a range of artwork. They develop perceptual and conceptual understanding, critical reasoning and practical skills through exploring and expanding their understanding of their world, and other worlds. Students learn about the relationships between the viewer and artworks/performance and how these can be presented to enhance meaning for the viewer. The program is targeted towards engaging students in a journey of discovery, experimentation, utilising techniques, technologies, practices and processes. Through this opportunity, students become increasingly confident and proficient in achieving their personal forms of expression, appreciating and valuing that of others within a team environment. It helps students to develop understanding of art in different cultures and events in the school community and represent their perceptions of them.

Objectives

The Gifted and Talented Art program aims to develop students’:

• visual arts techniques, materials and processes

• critical and creative thinking, using visual arts languages.

• respect for visual arts as social and cultural practices.

• confidence, curiosity, imagination and enjoyment and a personal aesthetic through engagement with visual arts making, viewing, discussing, analysing, interpreting and evaluating.

What will each session look like? 

10-12 Weeks per stage

One Collaborative Artwork 2020– Stage 3 Harmony Day, Stage 2 Remembrance Day

Clay Experimenting: Sculptures, Jewellery, Magnets

Print Making – Silk screen, experimenting with objects

Calligraphy including Chinese calligraphy

Painting – Water colour, Acrylic

Drawing - Charcoal

Paper Mache

Origami

Digital Art

Opportunities

Art Express Competition

Harmony Day and Remembrance Day collaborative projects displayed

Showcase Evening – Art to be displayed

Benefits of the program 

BHNPS students in the Gifted and Talented Art program will be learning, experiencing and challenging themselves to learn new art skills. Some benefits will include:

• Developing a growth mindset amid mastering new skills.

• Opportunity to contribute to displaying art for school events.

• Ability to express and communicate through the mode of art.

• Increasing self and cultural understanding through learning the technique, theory and history of the arts.

Selection Process

2-3 students were selected by classroom teachers based on student passion, dedication to visual arts and creative abilities.

Meet the teachers

Miss McRoberts

Teaching for 5 years. Passion for the Creative Arts.

Interests in Visual Arts: printmaking, painting, sculpture, digital art and creating art books. Studied art history and travelled to Italy, assisting with art classes.

Won NSW Art Start competition.

Miss Li

Teacher for 3 years. Strong passion for the Arts, specialising in Music and languages.

Highly interested in nurturing the talent of young artists.