Introduction Visual Arts provides diverse and engaging learning opportunities through which students may develop their skills by making artworks and thinking creatively. The artrooms and art staff are equipped to offer studio experience in many media areas including digital and wet photography, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, visual design, painting, drawing, graphic design,film, video, architecture,book illustration, computer graphics, art theory and art appreciation. Students learn to develop and record their experiences in a visual diary and as they progress through the college may study the subject to HSC level. Students of the Visual Arts have been very successful academically and many have gone on to have careers in the Visual Arts after leaving the College. Each year students excel in countless ways. Artworks have been chosen to be exhibited in The Clancy Art Prize for religious art, Artexpress and Artrules. St Ursula’s students have also been accepted into the National Art School HSC extension programme. We are proud of our department and its teachers and students.
Course Outlines
Stage 4 (Years 7 and 8) Students study ideas about the self, the world and the world of art. A wide range of media and skills are used to make artworks. An excursion is included in Year 8.
Stage 5 (Years 9 and 10) Students may study Visual Arts for 100 or 200 hours as an elective for the School Certificate. Techniques of photography and ceramics are explored in more depth, as well as many other media. A biennial excursion is included.
Stage 6 (Years 11 and 12) Students use case studies of important artists and art styles to explore critical and historical issues about the art world. Students learn and extend skills in 2D and 3D media to create artworks. A one unit Film, Video and Photography Course is available in Year 11.
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