GRADE 12 ART COURSES
Art teaches about the human condition. Art calls upon imagination, fosters the ability to make decisions, and creates awareness that problems have multiple solutions. It also develops relational understanding, attention to nuances and students’ ability to frame the world from an aesthetic perspective. Studies in Art have intellectual, creative, affective, physical, and self-developing consequences that help prepare students for the demands of the 21st century. Art is a major field of employment in British Columbia. The Visual Arts department has a Career Preparation program in Commercial Art, and helps students prepare a portfolio with which to apply for post-secondary art studies. Take Art. It’s critical.
Ceramics 12
Course Code: MVAC-12
Students will be able to further their exploration in ceramics (clay). In final projects, students will be encouraged to develop a series of self-directed projects reflecting their strengths, images based on their own experience and techniques of their choice. Advanced finishing techniques will be introduced. This course will nurture interest in ceramics as a hobby, as well as prepare student to apply for post-secondary Fine Arts programs.
Digital Media Arts 12
Course Code: MVAMT12
One of our province’s top areas of employment is the film industry. In this grade 12 course, students will explore film aesthetics, and a variety of genres, from action to documentary and the “Hollywood” format. Students will be producing several film projects, from commercials to action scenes to final “student choice”, and learn skills of preproduction, such as storyboarding and scriptwriting, and post production skills such as computer editing and sound tracking. Projects will include experimental, documentary, scriptwriting, special effects editing, a project for a client, and a “student’s choice” final project. Students in Media Arts 12 who have taken Media Arts 11, are encouraged to explore film making in areas of their own interests. Students are encouraged to enter work in one or more film festivals.
Drawing & Painting 12
Course Code: MVAD-12
Senior drawing and painting students will be encouraged to explore their own personal style in no more than three art media areas. Individual instruction will be custom tailored to each student’s needs and preferences. Students will explore the history of a variety of artistic movements, including their roles in historical and contemporary societies as well as traditional and contemporary First Peoples worldviews. Students pursuing Postsecondary admission will receive time and coaching to prepare their portfolios.
Photography 12
Course Code: MVAPH12
Photography 11 recommended but not necessary. Students will have an opportunity to pursue individual photography goals through a series of free choice assignments. They will also learn about studio lighting, portraiture, and advanced techniques, Students will also have the opportunity working with historical processes such as Gum bichromate, and Cyanotype. This course will nurture interest in photography as a hobby, as well as prepare student to apply for post-secondary photography programs
Visual Arts 12
Course Code: MVAST12
Art students will explore in depth the mediums of drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpture. Students will continue expanding their knowledge on local, national, and global artists with the aim to help them become visually literate. They will learn to read into the hidden meanings in commercial art, and the advertising media as well as in fine art work. Students will show their works in various displays and art shows. Projects completed in the course can also contribute to one’s portfolio.