Te toi whakairo, ka ihiihi, ka wehiwehi, ka aweawe te ao katoa.
The arts are powerful forms of expression that recognise, value, and contribute to the unique bicultural and multicultural character of Aotearoa New Zealand, enriching the lives of all New Zealanders. The arts have their own distinct languages that use both verbal and non-verbal conventions, mediated by selected processes and technologies. Through movement, sound, and image, the arts transform people’s creative ideas into expressive works that communicate layered meanings.
This course offers a combination of external and internal assessment
Course endorsement available
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Through studying art a deeper appreciation for the world around us is developed. This includes cultural contexts specific to Aotearoa New Zealand and beyond. Art enhances our ability to communicate and interpret visual information while nurturing our creativity, personal growth and general wellbeing. Being able to create your own artwork and bring ideas to life is a very desirable skill to have.
In this course you will develop your observational drawing, painting and art making skills through a series of tasks that build towards a cohesive portfolio of work.
You will research artists and art styles. You will become familiar with cultural contexts specific to Aotearoa and this will be a springboard for your own investigation and personalisation of your own project. Possible themes are portraiture, landscape, cityscape, interiors, to Māori, Pacific or cultural.
You will develop your art making skills and ideas by:
Advancing your technical ability with pencil, paint, ink and other mediums to record accurate visual information.
Engaging in a personalised project which is presented as a workbook - this includes making technical studies, concepts, sketches, painting samples, compositional planning and notation
Creating an A1 portfolio of drawings and paintings of your best work from your personalised project.
Producing a resolved artwork in response to art making conventions (this could be in ceramics, printmaking, or painting)
Your work will be assessed through two internal achievement standards and one external achievement standard.
Standard AS90914 - Use drawing methods and skills for recording information using wet and dry media (internal)
Standard AS90915 - Use drawing conventions to develop work in more than ole field of practice (internal)
Standard AS90916 - Produce a body of work informed by established practice, which develops ideas, using a range of media (external)
Additional Optional Costs: Full art packs are optional and available front the college.
For further information you can contact:
HOLA of Art - Nicola Hoddinott - hdn@pc.school.nz
Or
Careers Department - careers@pc.school.nz