Year 9 Visual Art

Why study Visual Art? 

Much of our experience of the world is visual. The visual arts stimulate our thinking and feeling. The visual arts enhance fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, problem-solving skills, lateral thinking, complex analysis and critical thinking skills. And art education increases creativity and open-mindedness. Creativity is cited by business leaders as the top leadership competency for the future.

Not to mention, it is lots of fun and always hands-on! Part of the joy of an Art course is that you don’t just study Art: you make it.

Year 9 Art focuses on innovation, inquiry, and curiosity. We encourage our students to examine the world around them, learning to interpret and communicate their ideas and responses. Students, through their art-making, practice problem-solving and strengthen their creative thinking skills.  

This course is divided into three interrelated areas that all explore a common ‘big picture’ theme: Kaitiakitanga - respecting and conserving our environment - in a local context: Tauranga Moana. The units of work are:

1. contemporary painting exploring mixed media, 
2. contemporary sculpture using raranga (weaving) techniques, and
3. digital art using scanography photographic processes.

Our Year 9 Art students learn from examples, practise ways of working and explore a range of practical processes.

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Students within this course will participate in a group exhibition – that will be shared with our students' whānau and the local community.