The themes and tasks within the Art, Craft & Design curriculum creates new ways of seeing, thinking, doing and being. Our schemes of learning open possibilities and opportunities for learners to discover themeselves, their creativity, values, ethics, societies and cultures. The range of projects the students will explore, develops an understanding of creative practice through knowledge, understanding and production of art in contexts and develops the learners ability to think critically and imaginatively. We believe it is also important to foster an intercultural understanding, and an empathic commitment to cultural diversity. Our curriculum is a developmental process. Learners engage with 'making' along-side learning about art. We encourage visual literacy as it is an essentail skill in today's world and it encourages appreciation and understanding of visual communication and the ability to critically analyse and make meaningful images. Art, Craft and Design encourages the development of many transferable skills which enhances learning in other curriculum areas.
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Key questions/concepts
What is Art, Craft & Design?
Why do artists make marks?
What are the basic visual elements of art?
How do we combine the visual elements in various ways to communicate?
How do artists play with visual language? Focus on drawing, painting and printing.
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Key vocabulary
Wider reading
How can we develop close observation and accuracy in our drawing, then modify through stylisation?
How do artists continually influence others?
How do cultures develop art 'traditions' ? Focus on textiles and printing.
How can we work from a range of cultures demonstrating various rules/conventions of art, craft and design?
How do we problem solve with materials and techniques to extend our skills and knowledge?
How can we explore organic forms through observational and experimental drawing and various media?
How can we use our imaginations to invent original artworks and ideas?
How can we play around with our 2D outcomes to create 3D clay orgainc oddities?
What different ways can we further manipulate the visual elements for different purposes?
How do we analyse the work of others, and why is it important?
What can we learn from exploring the form and functions of architectural design from different eras?
What effects does drawing with and without rules have on outcomes and ideas? Focus on one/two perspective and the conceptual drawings of architect Zaha Hadid.
How can we translate 2D ideas into experimental 3D constructions?
What are the main characteristic and Brutalist and Islamic Architecture?
How can we mix and adapt arcitecural styles through collage, print and relief?
What is soft sculpture and installation art and how can it deepen understanding of form and space?
Who is artist Joana Vasconcelos? How can we use her work as a stimulus and how she promotes traditional craft techniques?
What skills and knowledge can we develop through ''hands on' textile workshops that explore a range of construction and decorative techniques?
How do we give the illusion of form in a drawing? Focus on developing drawing practice, using cross contour techniques and ellipses to create the illusion of form.
How have artists highlighted issues surrounding sea pollution and to what affect?
How can we show a sense of self through self portraiture and symbolism?
How can we develop observational/experimental recordings using drawing, photography,mixed media and writing?
How can working from a range of genres, in various rules/conventions of art develop original ideas? Focus on illustator Hattie Stewart, painter Frida Kahlo and textile artist Victoria Villasana.
How can we show a creative journey through playing with composition, techniques and media?
In what ways do artists use head, hands and heart to show skill and evoke a response?
How does art make people powerful/institutionss/ideas powerful?
What can we learn from exploring interpretations, contexts and connections?
How art influences the thoughts and actions of others - for good and bad?
How can we create mixed media, illustrated resposes to societal issues/current affairs?
How do our own experiences influence our 'reading' of an artwork?
Explore the complex structures within anatomy
Explore a range of textile and sculptural techniques to produce a range of outcomes
Mix contemporary and traditional styles and techniques to create original outcomes
Reflect on ideas as they develop
Reflect on skills as they develop
Opportunity for personal expression and independent thinking through a chosen theme
Discover artists that give meaning and opportunities to develop own imagery and experimentation
Work from a range of genres demonstrating various rules/conventions of art
Exploring interpretations, contexts and connections
Creative exploration meets the criterion of the assessment objectives
Select a starting point from which to develop own work
Intregate practical, critical and contextual study by direct engagement with original works and practice
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of sources that inform creative intentions
Intentions should be realised through purposeful engagement with visual language
Explore appropiate scales, media, materials and techniques
To promote discussion and experimentation
To engage with traditional, modern and contemporary approaches to art making
How conventions can be re-imagined
Work collabrately with peers to explore concepts and new ways of working
To explore and question ambitions, agendas, experiences and biases of other artists
Independently research, question and expand ideas based on a chosen theme
Opportunity to explore and develop a visual language
A deeper understanding of the role of art, craft and design within history and society
Opportunity to discuss, share, experiment and collaborate with peers
Opportunitiy to question, challenge and respond to the world through a personal theme
Recognise and develop own strengths to sustain a strong line of enquiry
Explore how images and artefacts relate to the time and place in which they were made and to their social and cultural contexts
Organise, select and communicate ideas, solutions and responses and present them in a range of visual, tactile and/or sensory forms
Generate and explore potential lines of enquiry using appropiate media and techniques
Demonstrate a working vocabularly and specialist terminology
Develop an understanding of the interrelationships between art, craft and design processes and an awareness of the contexts in which they operate
Show an awareness of different roles, functions, audiences and consumers of art, craft and design
Develop investigative, analytical and critical judgement in response to a line of enquiry
Develop independence of mind in communicating own ideas, judgements and evaluations
Research and explore a given starting point from which to develop own work
Communicate knowledge and understanding of sources that inform creative intentions in a variey of ways
Intentions should be realised through purposeful engagement and manipulation of visual language
Explore and experiment with appropiate scales, media, materials and techniques
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