This new edition of Artwise: Visual Arts for theAustralian Curriculum is specifically written toaddress the Visual Arts learning area within the AustralianCurriculum. It provides a stimulating resource for students inYears 7 to 10, with a broad range of Australian and internationalartists, and a balance of traditional and contemporary examples.The overall sequencing of chapters demonstrates a progression indifficulty of subject matter, which allows teachers to dip in andout according to the year level and ability of their students inorder to work towards the appropriate Australian Curriculum Yearlevel standard. Artwise: Visual Arts for the AustralianCurriculum incorporates an offering of integratedunits that provide the optimum teaching balance between theAustralian Curriculum: The Arts strands of Making and Respondingwithin an overall thematic framework. Each unit is begun with a range of suggested Making tasksthat use step-by-step instructions to guide students through theirown creative process. Sample student works and a wide range ofworks (practices) from recognised artists allow students toinvestigate these and find their own inspiration. The Responding strand allows students to analyse theviewpoints offered by the artworks, with Self-reflection activitieson the eBookPLUS placing the student at the centre of the learningexperience, setting goals and evaluating their learning. Key features: ? Addresses the Visual Arts learning area within theAustralian Curriculum: The Arts ? Delivers a flexible approach to meet the needs ofstudents from the introductory years 7-8 to elective years 9-10 ? Begins with an introductory chapter that covers safety andbasic art techniques ? Presents graded and carefully sequenced units thatintegrate Making and Responding strands ? Provides step-by-step instructions for students? ownartwork ? Presents a wide range of artists and their practices acrosstraditional, contemporary, ATSI and Asian sources Artwise: Visual Arts for the Australian Curriculum 7-10eBookPLUS is an electronic version of the textbook and acomplementary set of targeted digital resources. The eBookPLUS features: ? video interviews with featured artists ? weblinks ? self-reflection activities ? interactive vocabulary builders ? eLessons that pair interviews with related worksheets These flexible and engaging ICT activities are available onlineat the JacarandaPLUS website (www.jacplus.com.au).

This groundbreaking book is the first to provide a critical overview of the relationship between contemporary ceramics and curatorial practice in museum culture. Ceramic objects form a major part of museum collections, with connections to anthropology, archaeology and other disciplines that engage with the cultural and social history of humankind. In recent years museums have provided the impetus for cutting-edge artistic practice, either as a response to particular collections, or as part of exhibitions. But the question of how museums have staged contemporary ceramics and how ceramic artists respond to museum collections has not been the subject of published research to date. This book examines how ceramic artists have, over the last decade, begun to animate museum collections in new ways, and reflects on the impact that these new initiatives have had in the broad context of visual culture. Ceramics in the Expanded Field is the culmination of a three-year AHRC funded project, and reflects its major findings. It brings together leading international voices in the field of ceramics, research undertaken throughout the project and papers delivered at the concluding conference. By examining the benefits and constraints of interventions and the dialogue between ceramics and museological practice, this book will bring focus to an area of museology that has not yet been theorized, and will contribute to policy debates and art practice.

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