Unit 1 | ArtCP/M&EVCDMedia

Unit 1: Interpreting artworks and exploring the Creative Practice

Welcome to Art: Creative Practice! I am so thrilled that you have chosen this subject and am really looking forward to working alongside you this year!

In Unit 1 we will:

use Experiential learning in Making and Responding to explore ideas using the Creative Practice.
As the artist and audience, we will consider our connection to artworks, and how our communication of ideas and presentation of artworks challenge, shape and influence viewer or audience perspectives.
focus on the making of art and examine how artists communicate ideas and meaning in artworks.
examine artists in different societies, cultures and historical periods and develop our own interpretations and viewpoints about the meanings and messages of artworks.
explore how artists create new ways of thinking and representation, while developing our own art practice.
explore the practices of artists who have been inspired by ideas relating to personal identity.
study at least three artists and at least one artwork from each of the selected artists.
Through analysis and interpretation you will learn how to formulate and substantiate personal opinions about artworks.
apply the Structural Lens and the Personal Lens to analyse and interpret the meanings and messages of artworks and to document the reflection of your own own ideas throughout your art practice.
learn about the components of the Creative Practice and explore areas of personal interest to develop a series of visual responses.
use a range of materials, techniques, processes and art forms to create a body of experimental work in response to your research of the practices of artists and your personal observations of artworks.
experiment with a range of approaches to develop technical skills and promote creative thinking through the study of both traditional and contemporary art practices.
You will be guided through an Experiential learning process to research, explore, experiment and develop, and to evaluate and reflect upon your use of the Creative Practice.