 | Visual Arts Headed by Judy Cantwell, the visual arts program at Lo-Ellen Park offers students a challenging and insightful course of study. AVI 1O In this course, units are organized according to themes that reflect issues which are relevant to most adolescents. |  | Foremost, students will use a variety of mediums, tools, processes, and technologies to create art works. They will also apply the creative process and the design elements and principles to their own work. Students will demonstrate understanding of visual arts concepts by viewing artworks which represent historical, Western, non-Western, Canadian, and contemporary cultures. |  | Each theme is framed by three essential questions, a strategy that will model problem solving and develop creative thinking skills. Connections among essential questions and concepts will be made evident from one unit to the next. Each of the essential questions addresses either production, context, or reflection within the Visual Arts program. “Production” refers to the creation of works of art and design. “Context” addresses the cultural and historical relevance of artworks and artifacts, and “Reflection” refers to both philosophical questions about art making and more personal questions. |  | AVI 2O The Grade 10 course profile provides opportunity for students to explore and to further develop their artistic and creative processes. Students make connections between works of art and their historical context. This will occur through practice that builds on what students know. By introducing them to new ideas, materials, and processes for artistic thinking and experimentation, students will discover and understand the relationship between form and content. |
Students produce works designed around specific objectives with an overall unifying theme which demonstrates the ability to take varied and creative approaches to using materials, tools, processes, and technologies in studio activities. Students will analyse their artwork critically and describe the relationship between art and the community.
AVI 3O The open course in Grade 11 allows students to broaden their knowledge and skills in the visual arts. It reflects their interests while providing students with a broad educational base and equipping them for an active and rewarding participation in the visual arts. This course is appropriate for all students regardless of post-secondary destination. It is not designed with the specific requirements of universities, colleges or the workplace in mind. |  | | This course focuses on art forms in one or more of the visual arts. Students create artworks that explore a range of subject matter, and evaluate artworks providing grounds for their aesthetic judgements. In this course students are encouraged to produce a body of creative work that represents a progressive record of studio development in both technique and expression. They express ideas and feelings in personal imagery while analysing their work and the works of others. This course is recommended for students who wish to further their enjoyment of the visual arts and who also might like to develop skills that relate strongly to the work place, such as creative problem solving, expressing human compassion and insight, visual thinking, and the ability to create and “read” and interpret visual images. |  | AVI 4M This course focuses on studio activities in one or more of the visual arts. Students will create art works that explore a wide range of subject matter, and will evaluate art works, providing grounds for their aestetic judgements. They will also examine historical and cultural contexts of Western art (including Canadian art) and art from various world cultures to support their study of specific media.
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