Our Visual Arts program incorporates four strands which students will experience through their particular art units and projects:
- Explore and Express Ideas
- Visual Arts Practices
- Present and Perform
- Respond and Interpret
These main areas incorporate the use of artistic elements and principles of:
- Line
- Shape
- Colour
- Form
- Value
- Texture
- Space
- Pattern
- Movement
- Texture
- Pattern
- Unity
At Ashburton PS we aim to foster:
- Creativity, risk-taking, problem-solving and imagination
- Sequential development of skills and processes
- Exposure to the art of different cultures and prominent artists of the world, both traditional and contemporary.
- Exploration and manipulation of a variety of mediums
- Expression of feelings, ideas and emotions
- An ability to make aesthetic judgments about pieces of art by responding to their own work, peers’ work and that of recognised artists.
Students attend a regular, weekly 50 minute lesson. While some lessons will only require one session, others might run over several lessons and culminate in a major piece of work.
Miss Belinda Treseder