Visual Art and Ceramics

Visual Art

Our Visual Art program offers a diverse range of units, including Communicating Meaning in Visual Arts, Context in Visual Arts, Innovations in Visual Arts and Negotiated Study. These units allow students to create in a variety of mediums including: pencil, graphite, charcoal, acrylic, watercolour, oil, gouache, printmaking, mixed media and digital art.

Over the course students can refine their skills in a particular medium of their choice or experiment with new mediums and practices. Students are exposed to artists’ work through theory, class discussions and excursions to major galleries, both in Canberra and interstate, as well as visiting artists talking to students about their art practice. Students will also have several opportunities to have their work displayed through in school exhibitions, Limelight and the end of year Arts Showcase.

Ceramics

The ceramics program offers a range of units that spans the broad possibilities of the ceramic medium. Functional and Sculptural approaches can be explored in units such as Creativity in Ceramics, Entrepreneurship in Ceramics, Narratives in Ceramics, and Negotiated Study.

Classes cover a wide range of clay construction methods such as pinch, coil, slab and thrown forms, as well as investigating surface treatments including slips, underglaze and glazes. Students will draw knowledge from their study of contemporary artists’ work and ancient influences to inspire them and expand upon their own creative practice. Students need to be prepared to work both with their teachers and independently to develop and refine skills to create finished works of art.