What is Art: Defining Art through Visual Texts

Students will:

• Explore ways that visual conventions, visual arts processes and materials are combined to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in visual arts across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts (AC9AVA6E01).
• Investigate the diversity of First Nations Australians’ artworks and arts practices, considering culturally responsive approaches to Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property rights (AC9AVA8E02).
• Investigate the ways that artists across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts develop personal expression in their visual arts practice to represent, communicate and/or challenge ideas, perspectives and/or meaning (AC9AVA10E01).

Students can:

• Experiment with, document and reflect on ways to use a range of visual conventions, visual arts processes, and materials (AC9AVA6D01).
• Generate, document and develop ideas for artworks (AC9AVA8C01).
• Select and manipulate visual conventions, visual arts processes and/or materials to create artworks that reflect personal expression, and represent and/or challenge, ideas, perspectives and/or meaning (AC9AVA10C02).