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The Arts are a lens that establishes what it means to be human. It is a way for us to discover, experience and explore the shared experiences, emotions, and challenges that are common to all, regardless of culture, race, or background. The Arts are how we define where we have been and where we are going, in both a cultural and societal sense.
Active participation in the Arts, as a creator or as an experiencer, requires the application of higher-order complex thinking, purposeful investment and meaningful inquiry. To engage in the Arts, one must create connections between new experiences and established knowledge. The Arts are where we learn to critically think in a humanistic manner. Through the Arts, one discovers and explores the shared experiences, emotions, and challenges that are common to all.
It is for these reasons that Visual Arts and Design education is fundamental for personal and collective success in a post-industrial world. This is perhaps more important than ever due to the enormity of economic and environmental challenges we face, only exacerbated by the exponential increase of automation and the integration of artificial intelligence into the commonplace.
The strength and importance of Visual Arts and Design education is that, at its core, it necessitates the application of sustained inquiry, critical thinking and real-world problem-solving. Furthermore, it requires students to take agency in and for their own learning.
Agency, critical thinking and sustained inquiry is essential for success in our complex and rapidly changing environment, characterised by an abundance of information. Critical thinkers can sift, adapt and actively respond to, what is at its essence, a changing landscape. The post-industrial world demands effective consideration, understanding and appreciation of different perspectives and cultures.
Each project or task requires students to undertake a creative iterative process; one that involves exploration, experimentation, application and evaluation. The success of our students in this area of the curriculum is determined, first and foremost by their ability to critically think their way to solutions to multifaceted problems.
The artifacts included in our recent VCE Art and Design show exemplify students’ engagement with this creative process, with each of the works exhibited underpinned by extensive research, personal exploration and robust intellectual conceptual development. Each of the artists and the designers have been placed at the centre of their own learning.
Brit Biviano
Art Learning Leader
The artefacts included in our recent VCE Art and Design show exemplify students’ engagement with this creative process, with each of the works exhibited underpinned by extensive research, personal exploration and robust intellectual conceptual development. Each of the artists and the designers have been placed at the centre of their own learning.
Brit Biviano
Art Learning Leader
