Visual Art

Overview

Throughout the visual art curriculum students explore, refine and employ techniques and processes of art-making through a variety of traditional, contemporary and nonconventional techniques and materials. Through this process students develop skills such as analysis, creative thinking, critical thinking, problem solving and reflection. As students create and reflect upon their own art and that of others, they come to view visual art as means of communication; an expression and reflection of themselves and society.

General curriculum outcomes in art are grouped according to the following unifying concepts:

Creating, Making, and Presenting

This strand develops students’ creative and technical aptitude; their ability to manipulate media to create art forms that communicate ideas and feelings. Through creating, making, and presenting, students provide evidence of achievement in both the creative process and the final product.

Students will:

  • explore, challenge, develop, and express ideas, using the skills, language, techniques, and processes of the arts.
  • create and/or present, collaboratively and independently, expressive products in the arts for a range of audiences and purposes.

Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community

This strand focuses on understanding and valuing the arts in a variety of contexts.

Students will:

  • demonstrate critical awareness of and the value for the role of the arts in creating and reflecting culture.
  • respect the contributions of individuals and cultural groups in local and global contexts, and value the arts as a record of human experiences and expression.
  • examine the relationship among the arts, societies, and environments.

Perceiving, Reflecting, and Responding

This strand advances students’ abilities to respond critically to art works through increasing knowledge and understanding of, and appropriate responses to, the expressive qualities of art works.

Students:

  • apply critical thinking and problem-solving strategies to reflect on and respond to their own and others’ expressive work.
  • understand the role of technologies in creating and responding to expressive works.
  • analyze the relationship between artistic intent and the expressive work

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Primary / primaire

Students learn how to think and work as artists by exploring, analyzing, and reflecting on the creative process. They will produce various forms of art using traditional and unconventional materials.

Students focus on provincial, national, and international cultural content through creative, hands-on, collaborative learning activities.

The language and concepts of the fundamental elements and principles of design are the integral aspects of the primary visual art curriculum. Students explore:

  • design elements including line, shape, form, colour, space, and texture
  • design principles including pattern, repetition, balance, movement, unity, and contrast

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Elementary / élémentaire

Visual Art education at the elementary level is experiential and open-ended. Students cultivate an appreciation for creativity and sensitivity to the visual environment. The elementary art program fosters confidence in expression and risk-taking through the development of basic skills in art making techniques and processes.

Students draw upon personal experience and, physical, social, and cultural environments as the basis for visual expression. Visual literacy is developed through such activities as describing, comparing, classifying, matching, and manipulating material, content, and reflections.

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Intermediate / intermédiare

The intermediate visual art program explores visual design and cinematic arts. Students actively engage in artistic understandings of, and expression within, traditional and contemporary art forms through creation, contextualization and reflection.

During the design component of the program, students examine the works and their contexts of multiple artists, and explore and create with various art media. A student created mixed media design journal enables them to explore design elements and principles, develop concepts and skills, reflect and record potential ideas, concepts and issues for future animation in cinematic arts component.
Student exploration of early motion devices and narrative design informs their emerging storyboards. Storyboards are brought to life through digital capture and editing to create a cinematic work. The program culminates in a debut screening of cinematic works.

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High School

Visual Art 1202

Visual Art 1202 is designed as a practical foundational course that can be expanded and elaborated upon in studio courses at higher grade levels. In Visual Art 1202, students will build upon prior experiences with the elements and principles of design. Students will develop foundational and media specific skills and techniques as they create art using a range of media within the disciplines of drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpture.

Students will reflect upon and learn to critically analyze artwork they view and create within contexts across a spectrum of time periods and cultures. Through informed, creative art-making and viewing experiences, students will delve into new ideas, materials, and processes for artistic exploration and experimentation.

Note: Visual Art 1202 is a course in the fine arts that fulfills the graduation requirement for Fine Arts credit

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Visual Art 2202

Visual Art 2202 is a studio-based course that will enable students to further develop their knowledge and skills in visual arts through practical application within five visual art disciplines. Students will apply the creative process, problem solving skills, and critical analysis in their exploration of a wide range of themes and contexts through studio work in drawing, painting, sculpture and two other disciplines from the options of printmaking, fibre arts, pottery, graphic arts, photography, functional art and public art.

Throughout the course, students will reflect upon and learn to critically analyze artwork they view and create within contexts across a spectrum of time periods and cultures. Through informed, creative art-making and viewing experiences, students will delve into new ideas, materials, and processes for artistic exploration and experimentation.

Note: Visual Art 2202 is a course in the fine arts that fulfills the graduation requirement for Fine Arts credit

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Visual Art 3202

Visual Art 3202 is an advanced studio-based course that will enable students to further develop their knowledge and skills in visual arts through practical application within five visual art disciplines. Students will apply the creative process, problem-solving skills, and critical analysis in their exploration of a wide range of themes and contexts through advanced studio work in drawing, painting, sculpture and two other elective disciplines (different from those explored in level two) from the options of printmaking, fibre arts, pottery, graphic arts, photography, functional art and public art.

Throughout the course, students will reflect upon and learn to critically analyze artwork they view and create within contexts across a spectrum of time periods and cultures. Through informed, creative art-making and viewing experiences, students will delve into new ideas, materials, and processes for artistic exploration and experimentation.

While Visual Art 3202 builds upon Visual Art 2202, Visual Art 2202 is not a prerequisite for Visual Art 3202. It is expected students considering Visual Art 3202 but who have not completed Visual Art 2202, should be able to demonstrate level readiness for course content through teacher pre-assessment.

Note: Visual Art 3202 is a course in the fine arts that fulfills the graduation requirement for Fine Arts credit

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