AVI 3O1: Visual Arts, Grade 11 University/College

Course Description:

This course focuses on studio activities in the visual arts, such as drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, printmaking, collage, and/or multimedia art. Students will use the creative process to create art works 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.

Prerequisite: None

Summary of Units of Study:

Unit	Title	Textbook:  Art in Focus	Media	Activities
1	Drawing:  Pencils		Pencils	Ancestry Realist Self-Portrait Summative Assignment Test Class Excursion Bata Shoe/Gardiner Museum Workshop – Clay Shoe
2	Art Criticism  & Art History	Ch 4: Art Criticism and Aesthetics Ch 5: Art History	PowerPoint	Critical Inquiry Summative PowerPoint Presentation Test
3	Sculpture:  Mixed Media-Construction	Ch 23: Art of the Early 20thC Ch 24: Modern Art Movements – Present	Tape Mixed Media	Tape Abstract Self Portrait Sculpture Summative Assignment Test
4	Scratchboard	Ch 21: New Directions in 19thC Art Ch 22: Art of the Later 19thC Art History	Scratchboard Scratchboard Pens	Super-Hero Scratchboard Summative Assignment Test
5	Printmaking:  Intaglio	ROM Trip Ch 10: Art of India, China and Japan Ch 11: Native Arts of the America Ch 12: Arts of Africa	Linocut Inks Cutting Tools	Non-Western Linocut Print Summative Assignment Test Class Excursion R.O.M. Non-Western Exits
6	Painting:  Watercolour	Ch 13: Early Christian, Byzantine & Islamic Ch 14: Early Medieval & Romanesque Ch 15: Gothic Art Ch 16: Italian Renaissance Ch 17: 15th C Art in Northern Europe	Watercolours Brushes Pencil Crayons Conte Oil Pastels	Expressive Watercolour Figure Culminative Assignment Exam

Evaluation of Student Achievement

Course Evaluation
Term Work Summative Activities (Drawing, Printmaking, Painting etc.) Sketchbook Journals (Term 1, 2 & 3) Quiz/Tests	70%
Culminating Activities Exam	20% 10%
Total	100%

Category Weighting for all Units
Knowledge/Understanding (i.e. Tests, quizzes, research etc.)	20%
Thinking/Inquiry/Problem Solving (i.e. Sketches, journals, written assignments)	15%
Communication (i.e. written assignments, oral presentations etc.)	15%
Application/Making Connections (Studio work)	50%
Total	100%

Textbooks:

Mittler, Gene A. Art in Focus. Mission Hills, CA: Glencoe, 2000. ISBN 0-02-662271-8

Please Note:

Textbooks will be signed out.  If your assigned textbook is not returned, the amount of $130.00 will be collected.

Materials:

Each student must have the following:

• Three-ring binder and lined paper for notes
• Sketchbook 11" x 14"– hard cover and coil bound
• Kneaded Eraser
• Set of Sketching pencils:  HB - 8B
• Watercolour Set (Curry’s/ Pentel Transparent Watercolor Set)
• Watercolour Brushes:  sizes: 2, 4, 6 & 8  (Curry's Series 2600 Brush)
• Glue stick
• Standard Ruler (metal ruler with cork backing)
• Black fine point marker
• Scissors
• Ruler up to 45 cm long