Visual Arts Subject Selection

2. Visual Arts is a Board Developed ATAR, 2 unit course.
Visual Arts is a course for students with a wide range of abilities,
interests and needs. It offers opportunities to develop the student’s
own interests, to be self-motivated and active learners.
Students experience the practice of art criticism, art history
and artmaking such as: drawings, printmaking, digital
media, collage, painting, computer generated artworks,
ceramics, sculpture, film, installations, textile, designed
images, jewellery, wearables.

3. Course Structure
PRELIMINARY COURSE HSC COURSE
120 hours (indicative) 120 hours (indicative)
Course Requirements Course Requirements
A focus on the key components and A focus on more interpretive
concepts that need to be known in the investigations and relationships
visual arts through: through:
•the content of practice, conceptual • the content of practice, conceptual
framework, frames framework, frames
•making artworks in at least 2 forms • the development of a body of work
•use of a process diary • use of a process diary
•broad investigation of ideas in art • investigation of content through at
criticism and art history least 5 case studies in art criticism
and art history
Assessment Assessment
School-based assessment: School-based assessment:
artmaking (50%) development of the body of work (50%)
art criticism and art history (50%) art criticism and art history (50%)
External examination: submission
of a body of work (50%) and written
paper (50%)

4. Artexpress is a dynamic and popular exhibition featuring a selection
of outstanding student artworks developed for the artmaking
component of the HSC examination in Visual Arts. It includes a broad
range of approaches and expressive forms, including ceramics,
collection of works, documented forms, drawing, graphic design,
painting, photomedia, printmaking, sculpture, textiles and fibre, and
time-based forms.
The following Fairvale High School students were selected for
Artexpress
•2012 George Daud (year 12 of 2011)
•2011 Manh Wai Ly (year 12 of 2010)
•2010 Rohmone Kozlova (year 12 of 2009)
•2009 Ritchie Priyana (year 12 0f 2008)
•2008 Sothearoth Loeu (year 12 of 2007)
•2007 Tammy Martins (year 12 of 2006)

6. Detail
New World Order addresses the spread and diversity of subcultures through
the process of drawing. My artwork explores the growth of urban culture in our
postmodern world, while showing the influence of Western society on the
Eastern world. I created a series of small-scale drawings to capture the
intensity of the subject matter, giving the audiences a new dimension capturing
the moment. My artwork is a visual narrative that organically evolves,
illustrating the birth, spread, fear, resistance and acceptance of foreign
influences.
Manh Wai Ly
New World Order
ARTEXPRESS 2011

7. Rohmone Kozlova
ARTEXPRESS 2010
I am
Technology: the unstoppable force of
progress that threatens to overpower
mankind – or one of our greatest
achievements? With new
advancements in computer technology
and industrial mechanics, does the
future of artificial intelligence seem
very far off? My artwork shows the
audience that, one day, artificial
intelligence will be achieved and
machines will wish to be just like us,
maybe.

8. 'Entities of the Heart' portrays a hidden layer of the mind where a white soundless voyage takes
place, in which occurs a hollow absorption of conflict, curiosity, confusion and joy. The euphoric
white spaces and soft colours aim to create transparency and tranquility, reminiscent of a childhood
where a great story of imagination must have taken place. Each character is a gateway to a different
story, but they are all connected in one memory and in themselves, become a pattern to my
existence.
Entities of the Heart
Drawing
Ritchie Priyana,
ARTEXPRESS 2009

9. My artwork explores the forgotten past of
the Khmer Rouge regime, a communist
revolution which led Cambodia from 1975
to 1979. Over 1.5 million Cambodians
died due to forced labour, starvation and
execution. I was inspired by my mother's
story of her experiences of the revolution
and the hardship she faced during that
time. She told me endless stories, each
with a moral that taught me to appreciate
my present life. I took influence from
scrapbooking and created layers using
different materials, including paper, fabric,
metal embellishments and electrical
wires. Scrapbooking is used to capture
moment – a memory. I wanted to
recapture the horrors Cambodia faced
during the Khmer Rouge regime as it is
an important aspect of history that is often
forgotten.
Untold Story of the Tortured Faces
Collection of works
Sothearoth Loeu,
ARTEXPRESS 2008

10. Students working
in their choice of
media.

17.  Graphic designer Beauty therapist
 Architect Jeweller
 Costume maker Signwriter
 Cartoonist Camera operator
 Fashion designer Make-up artist
 Graphic artist/designer Painter and decorator
 Web designer Hairdresser
 Art teacher Florist
 Photographer Journalist
 Interior designer Museum curator
 Advertising manager Archaeologist
 Illustrator Advertising manager
 Interior decorator Archaeologist
 Camera operator (film,television)

18. REMEMBER TO SELECT SUBJECTS
THAT YOU ENJOY AND ARE GOOD AT.
THINK ABOUT YOUR FUTURE AND POSSIBLE
CAREER CHOICES.
GOOD LUCK.
Visual Arts Faculty