VISUAL ARTS Courses
Visual Arts AVI1O Visual Arts Grade 9, Open
This course is exploratory in nature, offering an overview of visual arts as a foundation for further study. Students will become familiar with the elements and principles of design and the expressive qualities of various materials by using a range of media, processes, techniques, and styles. Students will use the creative and critical analysis processes and will interpret art within a personal, contemporary, and historical context.
AVI2O Visual Arts Grade 10, Open
This course enables students to develop their skills in producing and presenting art by introducing them to new ideas, materials, and processes for artistic exploration and experimentation. Students will apply the elements and principles of design when exploring the creative process. Students will use the critical analysis process to reflect on and interpret art within a personal, contemporary, and historical context. Recommended Preparation: AVI1O.
AVI3M Visual Arts Grade 11, University/College Preparation
This course enables students to further develop their knowledge and skills in visual arts. Students will use the creative process to explore a wide range of themes through studio work that may include drawing, painting, sculpting, and printmaking, as well as the creation of collage, multimedia works, and works using emerging technologies. Students will use the critical analysis process when evaluating their own work and the work of others. The course may be delivered as a comprehensive program or through a program focused on a particular art form (e.g., photography, video, computer graphics, information design). Prerequisite: AVI 1O or AVI 2O.
AVI3O Visual Arts Grade 11, Open
This course focuses on studio activities in the visual arts, including drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, collage, and/or multimedia art. Students will use the creative process to create artworks that reflect a wide range of subjects and will evaluate works using the critical analysis process. Students will also explore works of art within a personal, contemporary, historical, and cultural context. Recommended prerequisite: AVI2O.
AWM3M Visual Arts: Drawing and Painting Grade 11, University/College
Preparation This course provides students with opportunities to further develop their skills and knowledge in visual arts. Students will explore a range of subject matter through studio activities, and will consolidate their practical skills. Students will also analyse art works and study aspects of Western art history, as well as art forms from Canada and other parts of the world. Skeletal and muscular studies of human anatomy will figure prominently. Studio projects using line, value, colour, texture and composition will involve life drawing, limited portraiture, partial and full body casting while art history components will concentrate on how the depiction of the human form evolved throughout the centuries. Prerequisite: AVI1O or AVI2O.
AWP3O Sculpture Grade 11, Open
This course focuses on studio activities in the visual arts, including drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, collage, and/or multimedia art. Students will use the creative process to create artworks’ that reflect a wide range of subjects and will evaluate works using the critical analysis process. Students will also explore works of art within a personal, contemporary, historical, and cultural context. This course focuses on studio activities in sculptural or 3-dimensional art whereby students will use the creative process to explore a variety of topics and materials. The course will be offered in alternate years. This course will be offered in 2022-2023.
AWA3O Crafts Grade 11, Open
This course focuses on the exploration and creation of both traditional and contemporary craft from around the world. Students will use the creative process to make artworks using a variety of materials and reflecting on a wide range of subject matter. They will discuss and evaluate artworks using the critical analysis process. Students will explore and create art within a personal, contemporary, historical and cultural context. This course will be offered in alternate years. This course will be offered in 2021-2022.
AWK4M Visual Arts: Illustration Grade 12, University/College Preparation
This course focuses on the refinement of students’ skills and knowledge in visual arts. Students will analyse art forms; use theories of art in analyzing and producing art; and increase their understanding of stylistic changes in modern and contemporary Western art, Canadian (including Native Canadian) art, and art forms from various parts of the world. Students will produce a body of work demonstrating a personal approach. Studio activities include figures in motion, facial close ups, technical illustrations, conventional story-boards, caricatures, book cover illustrations, fashion designs and designing a complete, illustrated storybook. Prerequisite: AVI3M or AWM3M.
AVI4M Visual Arts Grade 12, University/College Preparation
This course focuses on enabling students to refine their use of the creative process when creating and presenting two- and three-dimensional art works using a variety of traditional and emerging media and technologies. Students will use the critical analysis process to deconstruct art works and explore connections between art and society. The studio program enables students to explore a range of materials, processes, and techniques that can be applied in their own art production. Students will also make connections between various works of art in personal, contemporary, historical, and cultural contexts. Prerequisite: AVI 3M.