What is Art Option?
Careers for Art students
Sample of our students’ work
Digital Art Competition
General introduction to the subject:
• Art is a non-verbal universal means of communication;
• It is a non-discursive mode of knowing, through aesthetic, perceptual, technical, personal
and social aspects;
• Through Art, you learn how to look, understand, criticise, evaluate and use visual information in order to
be able to create your own artworks;
• The Art lessons provide hands-on opportunities to explore feelings, personal expression as well as one’s imagi
nation and experiences about life situations;
• Art challenges the learners to become aware of their identity, social issues and life
Topics studied:
• The creative process of developing Art; accepting creative risks and failure
• The learning benefits of keeping an Art Journal and Portfolio
• Art in context: Connecting art appreciation and art making cross-curricular and to issues concerning local and
international environment, cultures and social aspects
• The role + functions of local and international historical and contemporary Art + Artists
• Participating in and/or setting up an Art exhibition
• Visual Literacy
• Using the collection of art museums
Class activities involved:
• Appreciation, interpretation and evaluation of one’s own and others’ works of art
• Creating art through various techniques and materials, e.g. drawing, painting, sculpting, printing, collaging etc.…
• Sketching from observation of objects, people and surroundings
• Collaborating on Art Projects
• Communicating through discussions about aesthetic values of different cultural and social contexts
• Exhibiting artworks
• Keeping an Art Journal and an Art Portfolio
Homework assigned:
• The Art Homework can be in the form of a research and the preparation of sketches for the following lesson/
project. This is included in the Art Journal and presented as part of your creative process.
• The Art Homework can also involve the finishing of an artwork started in class and a written self-evaluation about
its creative process on the Art Journal.
Assessment given:
• The Art Journal, including sketches from observation and imagination, written notes and self-evaluations,
experimentation and research work with relevant images.
• The Art Portfolio, including the creative progress of complete schoolwork and homework, through a variety of
themes, techniques and materials.
• Coursework indicating a personal creative journey to realise a final artwork inspired by a specific theme, through
the documentation of generated ideas, research and experimentation with several interpretations and materials.
• Effort in collaborating with others.
• Commitment to participate and come up with innovative ideas
Skills acquired while studying the subject:
• Higher-order Thinking
• Personal and Social
• Visual Literacy
• Communication
• Researching
• Interpretation and Evaluation
• Exhibition set-up
• Constructive criticism
• Problem-solving
• Creativity
• Public speaking
• Art Technical skills, eg. Sketching, drawing, painting, sculpting, collaging, printing, pottery
• Observation
• Decision-making
• Digital
• Risk-taking
• Innovation
• Design (for tentative planning)
• Documenting
Skills required to study the subject:
• self-motivation
• hard-working
• willingness to explore
• collaborative
• internet use
• research
This subject can lead you to the following Career Paths:
Architect
Art Teacher
Art Historian
Designer (eg. Interior, Fashion, Video Game)
Artist
Art Therapist
Art Curator
Photographer