Digital Photography 10 Syllabus

Digital Photography 10

The Digital Photography Course has one major aim:  to enable you to further develop your knowledge and skills in the visual arts through the medium of photography.

Visual Arts Syllabus 2012

VISUAL ARTS

Mrs. Thompson & Mrs. Nelson (Intern) Room 215

Welcome to the BRCI Arts Education Program. I hope that you will find your experience here interesting and enjoyable. The following information will provide you with some guideline for materials, attendance policies and basic expectations.

GUIDELINES FOR ALL ART STUDENTS

Please:

• leave your coat in your locker and take your hat off during class.
• do not bring candy, drinks, chips etc into the classroom as it is messy and distracting. If you are working over the noon hour you may eat your lunch while you work but be sure to clean up after yourself.
• remember to sign your work and include the number of your storage cupboard.
• store your artwork in your assigned storage space. Do not leave work unclaimed in the drying rack for extended period of time. If your project is complete hand it in!
• respect the personal belongings of your fellow students.
• Clean after yourself.
• Remember that the art office is the personal workspace of the art teachers; do not enter without permission
• Place your chairs up on the tables if you are the last class of the day.

ATTENDANCE

• You are expected to be here everyday. If you are away or ill, class goes on. You are responsible for work and time missed.
• Most of the instructions are given during the first ten minutes of the period. If you do arrive late, come in quietly and get to work. If attendance has already been recorded, you are responsible for reporting your late arrival to the attendance office.
• If you have to be absent or arrive late, a note from your home is appreciated. After several unexcused absences or late arrivals I will contact your home to discuss the situation and you and I will have a chat about the time missed.

EVALUATION

The assessment process is ongoing as part of the teaching and learning cycle. The intention is to suit the learning styles by employing multiple assessment strategies. The students are provided with the criterion with which they are assessed. It is important to note that each student is assessed in relation to the identified assessment criteria and not in relation to the work of other students. No mark for midterm & final assessments will be officially assigned without a dialogue between the teacher and student.

• All projects will be given a mark out of ten.      ____/10marks              

     

• Investigation Work Book and Developmental Activities. (PROCESS)                40%
• Studio work and complete “Masterpieces”. (PRODUCT)                                  60%
• End Term Final Assessment – Accumulated mark representing

                  Product and Process through the semester                                       85%

• Independent Project                                                                                     15%

• Attitude, attendance and work habits make up 15% of the final mark for all grades. This should be an easy 15% to as this is an optional class that you have chosen to take; it is assumed that you like art and want to be here!
• Projects are due at the end of the assigned time period. Unfinished work may be completed on your own time and handed in before the next report period.
• Bonus marks may be earned for attending art shows or making gallery visits on your own time. (One mark per visit. 5marks max per term.)

MATERIALS

ART STUDENTS WILL NEED THE FOLLOWING…

• 2-3 GOOD DRAWING PENCILS (HB, 2B)
• 2 ERASERS (ART GUM)
• PENCIL SHARPENER WITH A CONTAINER FOR SHAVINGS
• PENCIL CRAYONS (24-PRANG) **V ART 20/30
• SKETCHBOOK (50 PAGES MIN) – (V ART 30 only)

*It is a good idea to put your name on all your personal supplies and keep them in your locker or storage cupboard.

** You are welcome in the art room during your spare or at lunch to work on your projects. If a class is in session, you must first ask permission to the art teacher, then come in quietly and find a space to work.

            PLEASE COME AND SEE ME IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS.

ENJOY THE SEMESTER!

What is Art?

Visual ART                         

    What is Art?

• Why are the arts important?
• What do the subjects that make up the arts have in common?
• What are the roles of emotion and reason in the arts?
• To what extent do other Diploma Programme subjects have artistic qualities?
• What are the standards by which we judge art? Can we justify these standards, and, if so, how?
• What moral responsibilities does the artist have? Are they different to those of any other “knower”?
• Does the artist have a responsibility to reflect on the values, beliefs and attitudes of his or her time and place?
• To what extent does the work of the artist influence the culture in which it was created? To what extent does the existing culture influence the artist working within it?
• Is it possible for artistic expression in visual arts to take the place of words?
• Is it important for artworks to be original? Why?
• Is art simply an imitation of an idea?
• Is the artist’s intention relevant to the viewer?
• What do we expect from art? Truth? Seduction? Provocation? Beauty?
• What does it mean to say “I know an artwork”?

What is ART?

Visual Art Syllabus

VISUAL ARTS

Ms. Thompson & Mrs. Nelson (Intern Teacher) – Room 215

Welcome to the BRCI Arts Education Program. I hope that you will find your experience here interesting and enjoyable. The following information will provide you with some guideline for materials, attendance policies and basic expectations. 


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