Beyond the boundaries
(Susan Hollindale)
Purpose
To build confidence and encourage Year 11 students to be able to recognise their strengths in making and appraising art, while validating their individual working process.
Description
This unit is developed on the concept of Journey to encourage students to observe everyday objects and events, and challenge the notion of a 'book'. A framework will be established with discussion and reference to art work in a range of historical, cultural and social contexts, to enable students to make a personal connection with the concept, resulting in ownership of their art making.
Each student will be supported to see the purpose and benefit of:
- the research, develop and resolve model
- the interrelatedness of making and appraising in the subject, and the relevance of research to inform their practice
- knowledgeable informal and formal discussion
- valuing the diverse forms of visual art in different cultures and contexts.
Procedure
Unit plan [new window 41 kb 
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Student task [new window 32 kb ].
Resources
Artists' books
Artists' Books Collection, James Hardie Library of Australian Fine Arts. These collections will be available in the new State Library of Queensland's building at South Bank from November 2006.
Queensland Studies Authority (QSA) sourcebook modules:
- Artists' books ( Levels 4 and 5, Visual Arts Strand, Years 1 to 10 The Arts Syllabus) [new window 296k
http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/yrs1to10/kla/arts/docs/modules/va_45_ab.pdf]
Websites:
- Comprehensive list of websites [new window 68 kb ] organised under the following headings:
- essays about artists' books
- Australian artists' books sites
- Artists' book sales
- Artists' books conferences and fairs
- Artists' books collections and exhibitions
- Artists' books and book art centres
- Bookbinding
- Study artists' books
- Artists' books and book art links
- Online artist book projects and resources. - State Library of Queensland: Artists' Books
- State Library of Queensland: Artists' books digital collection
- Queensland Studies Authority: Years 1 to10 - The Arts [new window
http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/yrs1to10/kla/arts/index.html] - Queensland Studies Authority: Visual Art Senior Syllabus [new window
http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/yrs11_12/subjects/visual_art/index.html]
Last updated: 18th April 2007
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