Havergal's Uncalendar, 2020-21 Academic Year

VISUAL ARTS

GRADE 9 AVI1O – Visual Arts, Grade 9, Open 1 CREDIT

In this course, you will explore a variety of materials and methods of creating art. You will try everything from stone carving to quilting and, of course, you will do some printmaking, painting and drawing, too. You will have the opportunity to try out these different ways of making art to see which processes capture your imagination and help you express your visual ideas. To start the year off, you will take part in a Grade 9 Art excursion to an amazing outdoor sculpture centre where you will view hundreds of beautiful works of art and have the opportunity to meet artists who sculpt in stone. This excursion will inspire and inform your stone carving back at Havergal and help you to see in three dimensions. Throughout the year you will develop your art skills, learn to take risks, learn about yourself and experience the joy of exploration as you are guided through the creative process! Have you ever wondered how jewelry or glass artists work? Have you visited the One of a Kind Craft Show and been inspired? AVI2O is now focused on developing your design skills through a variety of craft and fine art projects. For example, in this course you will have the opportunity to work with a silversmith to create a unique piece of jewelry and you will learn how to shape and design with glass, using our glass fusing kiln to fabricate amazingly colourful and delicate glass objects. If you are interested in fashion and fabric, this course will invite you to use your creativity to design and create pieces of wearable art. As well, you will improve your drawing, printmaking and painting skills through a series of sketchbook design projects that connect with the craft processes you are exploring. We invite you to bring your individuality and imagination to this new version of Grade 10 Art. Open to students in Grades 10 to 12. Note: This course focuses on studio activities in one or more of the visual arts. GRADE 10 AVI2O – Visual Arts, Grade 10, Open 1 CREDIT

GRADE 7 Grade 7 Art

“I can’t draw. I wasn’t born with the art-making gene. I am so going to fail this class.” Do you often find yourself uttering these words? Are you terrified of the Art Room? Or, conversely, can you create a drawing with little effort? If so, then Grade Art 7 is the course for you. Throughout the term, you will use your sketchbook to explore different mediums, ideas and techniques in a series of hands-on exercises. In this course, Art will be demystified for you. You will learn how to talk about art and understand the approaches that artists use to make unique and beautifully crafted works of art. Using these new skills and techniques, you will engage in the creative process: find inspiration, plan, then produce your own art. You will learn to write about what you created and explain why you created it. You will have the opportunity to work with clay and your sketchbook will become a beautiful and unique record of your ideas and learning in your first year in Middle School Art. In this course, you will build on the art skills and means of expression you explored in Grade 7 Art. You will continue to keep a sketchbook as a place to explore a variety of media and art techniques and to house your notes and process work for your assignments. Your sketchbook will become a work of art as you produce cool, funky layouts and create unique images using a variety of materials. In the studio, you will come to understand how to apply the elements and principles of design in your artwork. You will expand your understanding of working in 3D with various materials such as clay, fibre arts or fused glass. You will develop your understanding of your own creative process, learning how to how to plan, refine, document and reflect on your art and the art of others. Whether you are designing a title page for Biology, organizing text and images for a presentation or selecting a colour scheme for your first apartment, these critical and analytical skills will be very useful to you. GRADE 8 Grade 8 Art

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