AC9AVA10D02 Years 9 to 10 The Arts

Content descriptor reflect on the way they and other visual artists respond to influences to inspire, develop and resolve choices they make in their own visual arts practice

Elaborations

• • Elaboration investigating and reflecting on the role and influence of their own culture, family or personal experiences when developing ideas for artworks
• • Elaboration investigating a diverse range of visual artists; for example, artists who live and work in a different place, such as a country in the Asia region, and reflecting on accounts of them discussing influences on their work and practices, in order to develop an understanding of the many factors that can shape their own visual arts practice
• • Elaboration analysing and reflecting on the ways that artists have structured their artworks to represent ideas; for example, using Viewpoints to generate questions to facilitate their understanding of the artists’ intentions
• • Elaboration reflecting on, evaluating and resolving their choices for representing their ideas as their work progresses; for example, through informal discussions or reviews, or in written/oral/multimedia evaluations, such as journals
• • Elaboration exploring current issues that are of importance to them, such as global or local issues, as a starting point for generating and reflecting on ideas for artworks that explore themes/concepts such as sustainable futures, wellbeing and emotional health, or human rights issues
• • Elaboration investigating the ways that artists use their visual arts practice to explore, examine, resolve or represent personal experiences and expressions as a starting point to understand how they can use their own visual arts practice to explore and respectfully/safely represent personal issues, such as self-awareness, emotional awareness and personal wellbeing