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ArtKey Stage 5 - Year 12 and Year 13AS Art and Design Course StructureSummary of requirements| Sept 05 – 19th Nov 05 | 21st Nov 05 – 25th Feb 06 | 27th Feb 06 – 24th April 06 | | Unit 2 Expressive Study ‘Decay and Erosion’ | Unit 1 Thematic Enquiry ‘Human Condition’ | Unit 3 External Set Assignment | | All four Assessment Objectives must be met | All four Assessment Objectives must be met | All four Assessment Objectives must be met | Submissions must include:- Work journal(s)
- Development of visual language skills, showing sensitive selections of materials and processes
| Submissions must include:- Work journal(s)
- Research
- Analysis
- Exploration of media
- Idea development
- Outcome(s)
- Visual/written evaluation
| Submissions must include:- Work done during six week prep period
- work journal(s)
- prep studies
- Unaided work produced in a period of 8 hours
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AS Art and Design Term 1Unit 2 – Expressive Study. Deadline 19th November 05The aim of this unit is to ensure that you develop your understanding of the expressive nature of formal elements of art and design. Formal elements are 2D colour, line, pattern, shape, texture, tone, contrast 3D form, structure, space, volume, proportion, scale, movement Initial work will been based on experimenting with different media – drawing, painting, printing, mixed media - textiles (Asian Arts), photography and digital work. Students will use formal elements to experiment and look at other artist work. Students will then be asked to produce a series of work based on a theme. Decay and Erode. Decay – rot, decompose, decline or cause to decline in quality, power, wealth, energy, beauty. Erode – wear away, destroy or be destroyed. Destroy little by little. You must show evidence of: | Exploration of resource materials | Primary – urban decay, buildings, rubbish, rotting fruit, pollution, go to museums (earth galleries, science museum, Egyptian galleries in the British museum Secondary – Internet, books – science/geology magazines | | Experimentation with practical materials and record your ideas, thoughts and visions | Go out and draw, print, photograph, paint – collect objects (still life – skulls – fossils) War – decay of society Environmental – erosion, global warming | | Research into other artists have explored similar themes | Look at books, art magazines, internet – www.tate.org.uk. Go to galleries and museums- collect postcards. Artists include Goldsworthy, Damian Hirst, Picasso, | | Collections of visually exciting materials | This is both you research and use of visual language – sketchbooks, design sheets | | Development of visual & verbal language | Use language of formal elements to describe how you are using materials. – ‘I have used lino printing to explore the texture of the surface of the skull’ | | Analysis of things seen, remembered or imagined | This can be visual, but you will need to make notes about the sources you are using – Why have you selected it? What does it make you feel? | | Assimilate and Synthesis of ideas | Bring ideas together and start to develop ideas of a final outcome or outcomes – make connections to the other artists work. Outcomes may focus on an area of specialism, painting, photography, film, textiles, and graphic design. |
Unit 1 – Thematic Enquiry. Deadline 25th February 06This unit is concerned with the relationship between ideas and art and design practice. Ideas provide the starting point for much art and design practice, and they form an integral part of the creative process. As artwork is produced ideas and outcomes are modified. Students must develop a personal response to a given starting point, working sequentially through a series of ideas and outcomes, towards a well-considered conclusion or conclusions. In this unit the broad starting points will provide opportunities for translating ideas into diverse and personal outcomes. The following are three examples of possible broad starting points. The human condition Students may: · make carefully observed works in response to all or part of the human form · explore the situations in which people work, play, interact etc. · explore their inner worlds, their own psychological states, their own memories and imaginings. · explore the relationships between people and things, people and places, people and people · explore the effects of time and nature on people, things and places. Work presented for assessment must show coverage of all four Assessment Objectives. Submissions must include: - work journal(s)
- evidence of research
- evidence of analysis
- exploration of media
- idea development
- outcome(s)
- visual and/or written evaluation.
Unit 3 – The Externally Set Assignment. Deadline 24th April 06The Externally Set Assignment represents the culmination of the AS course. Students will be given a six-week preparatory period for the controlled test. During this period students may consult with staff and be supplied with supporting guidance and materials. The timed element (eight hours) must not be carried out until after 14 February in the year of the examination. The preparatory and supporting work is as important as the timed element in meeting the Assessment Objectives. Submissions must include: - work done during the six-week preparatory period
- unaided work produced under examination conditions in a period of eight hours.
The work journal, preparatory/supporting work and unaided work must show evidence of each of the four Assessment Objectives. A2 Art and Design Course StructureSummary of requirements| Sept 05 – 19th Nov 05 | 21st Nov 05 – 25th Feb 06 | 27th Feb 06 – 24th April 06 | Unit 4 Contextual Study | Unit 5 Creative Problem Solving | Unit 6 Externally Set Assignment | | All four Assessment Objectives must be met | All four Assessment Objectives must be met | All four Assessment Objectives must be met | Submissions must include:- the personal study
- it is expected in this unit that the work journal will include a bibliography, details of research, a list of resources and any other appropriate supporting information.
| Submissions must include:- work journal(s)
- evidence of the candidate’s solution(s) to the problem(s) which they have identified.
| Submissions must include:- work done during the six week preparatory period, that is:
– work journal(s) – other preparatory studies - unaided work produced under examination conditions in a period of 12 hours.
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Unit 4 – Contextual Study. Deadline 19th November 05
Work for this unit requires students to research, evaluate, analyse and establish coherent and sustainable links between their understanding of their own emerging art and design practice with that of historical and contemporary references. They should be aware of some of the methods employed by critics and art historians in achieving an understanding of art and design practices and analysing the imagery and meaning of the work produced. It is essential that students build upon prior knowledge and experience developed during the course. The study should therefore be closely related to the knowledge and understanding gained as part of a structured learning experience. It is therefore inappropriate to select a ‘topic’ or ‘theme’ from an arbitary list of artists or at movements and assume that this will provide a suitable basis for the study. Since students will differ in interest, aptitude and ability, teachers may find it advantageous to guide individuals in one of the following broad directions: - technical study (tools, materials, methods of production)
- contextual study (art and society, theories of art, craft and design)
- stylistic study (sign, symbolism, meaning).
These are not, of course, completely separable, nor should artificial divisions be created, but teachers could adopt a particular emphasis in response to the needs and aptitudes of individual students and work they have produced in previous units. Submissions must include a work journal and a personal study. Work journalIt is expected that students will undertake investigative preparatory work in their work journals and this should include: - details of research, evaluation, analysis
- bibliography
- list of resources accessed
- any other appropriate supporting information.
Personal studyThe personal study should take the form of a written and illustrated dissertation. This personal study may take the form of: - an illustrated study in book form which includes images produced by the student. Such a study will include a written text of not less than 1,000 and not more than 3,000 words
- a visual display of images collected or produced by the student with a written text of not less than 1,000 words
- the student’s own tape/slide presentation, with a text of not less than 1,000 words
- the student’s own video or website, with a text of not less than 1,000 words.
The work submitted must provide evidence of all four Assessment Objectives. Uncritical replication of secondary sources will not gain credit. The study may include actual artefacts illustrative of the subject of the study which have been created by the student or by the subject of their study. When reproductions of work are used, these must be properly referenced.
Unit 5 – Creative Problem Solving. Deadline 25th February 06
The aim of this unit is to develop the student’s ability to successfully resolve the problems that emerge as an inevitable part of the process of creating art and design work. The student must employ the problem-solving process in relation to creative activities. The problem-solving process is defined as: identifying a creative problem or problems undertaking investigative and research work into the problem developing a range of alternative solutions and then evaluating them realising a solution or solutions.
Examples of possible creative problems are the: illusions of space on a 2D surface difficulties in combining three or more materials in a work use of colour to explore mood creation of ‘movement’ in a static work treatment of surface and texture in functional and decorative materials articulation of spatial design and personal space selection and use of imagery using mechanical processes.
The work submitted must provide evidence of all four Assessment Objectives. Submissions must include: - work journal(s)
- evidence of the student’s solution(s) to the problem(s) they have identified.
Unit 6 – Externally Set Assignment. Deadline 24th April 06
The Externally Set Assignment will represent the culmination of the Advanced GCE in Art & Design course. Students will be given a six-week preparatory period for the controlled test. During this period students may consult with staff and be supplied with supporting guidance and materials. The timed element (12 hours) must not be carried out until after 14 February in the year of the examination. Preparatory studies should be evident in the work journals for this unit. Submissions must include: - work done during the six week preparatory period. That is:
- unaided work produced under examination conditions in a period of 12 hours.
The work journal, preparatory/supporting work and unaided work must show evidence of each of the four Assessment Objectives. The preparatory and supporting work are as important as the timed element in meeting the Assessment Objectives.
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