AWQ 4M

Visual Art: AWQ 4M
This course focuses on the refinement of students’ skills and knowledge in photography. Students will
analyse art forms; use theories of art in analysing and producing photographic art; and increase their understanding of stylistic changes in modern and contemporary Western photography, Canadian (including Native Canadian) art, and photographic art forms from various parts of the world. Students will produce a body of photographic work demonstrating a personal approach.

This course focuses on these key expectations from the Ministry of Education’s curriculum:

• use a wide range of appropriate terminology related to all areas of art theory to describe art works, crafts, and applied design forms;

• demonstrate an understanding of modern and contemporary art, especially Canadian (including Native Canadian) art, as well as African, Oceanic, and Central and South American art;

• demonstrate an understanding of the historical context and stylistic evolution of some fine art, applied design, and craft forms;identify and develop ideas and concepts to shape and unify their own art works;

• choose the materials, tools, techniques, themes, and processes best suited to their fine art, applied design, or craftforms, and use materials and tools safely;produce a body of art work, using the stages of the creative process;

• document and evaluate their creative process and art works, using portfolios;

• evaluate, individually and in groups, the effectiveness of tehir personal research, creative process and art products;

• analyse and evaluate modern and contemporary Western works of art, as well as selected works of fine art, works in applied design, and works in crafts from African, Oceanic, Central and South American, and emerging art communities;analyse the role of critics and art criticism in the understanding of art;

• explain the influence of aspects of social, cultural, and political contexts, including arts organizations, on the creation and understanding of fine art, applied design, and craft works;

• describe the relationship between the knowledge and skills acquired through visual arts and postsecondary educational opportunities.

Your final mark will be calculated based on the Ministry of Education’s Achievement Chart for this course as follows:

Knowledge/Understanding: 20%; Thinking: 20%; Communication: 20%; Application: 40%

70% of the final mark will be based on work completed throughout the course. 30% will be based on the final evaluation.