Uptown DT and Art

THE ARTS‘Courage, Creativity and

Appreciation’ Hellene Gogos

It ‘s an art hub that is continually and seamlessly intertwined into many facets of learning.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

-Pablo Picasso

Art & Design Exhibition

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Aims are to : AaAAaincreate and present AaAAaindevelop skills

AaAAainEngage in AaAAainself-discovery AaAAainexploration

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purposeful

AaAAainconnections AaAAainthrough

investigations

AaAAainUnderstand the AaAAainrelationship of

art and it’s context

AaAAainand practice

AaAAainRespond and

reflect

AaAAainwith a deeper

understanding

AaAAainof the world

The subject guideYEAR 6 Discover the understanding for the formal qualities when learning “practice makes perfect;” as the true essence of exploring new techniques and skills. We encourage Abstract art, fantasy and reality as ever evolving views, lateral thinking and a dynamic approach. Including this is the changes through our own perception creating imaginative multi-media art and design work. Please refer to the Uptown Secondary blog.

YEAR 10Pop art and culture, to the current times and contemporary practices that contribute to health, environment, science and technology, religion and political policies in society today. Students will investigate the traditions and inventions of communicating the power of text, and how text has transformed through time. We look deeper into the art form of text, and its aesthetics, trends and how text can be interpreted through the wider community using design media as a platform.

Andy Warhol - Mao, 1973

TECHNOLOGY‘Developing Imagineers,

Nurturing Problem Solvers’ David Cluley

Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you have a faith in people, that they’re basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they’ll do wonderful things with them.

–Steve Jobs

Where are we going?

• Resistant Materials

• CAD/CAM

• Graphics

• Programming

• Product Design and Realisation

• Systems and Control

• Media Production

Ultimately….

• Give our students the tools to do wonderful things