The Arts covers
four disciplines of study and is available to all students from Years 7 to
12. Students can elect to study one or
more of the department’s subject areas of Drama, Media, Visual Arts and Music
simultaneously depending on their year level.
Studying any
strand in The Arts aims to engage, inspire and enrich student lives and
imaginations. To help students realise
their creative and expressive potential through any of the four disciplines.
Students of The
Arts
create pieces of work that showcase their skills, abilities and responses to the world around them
appreciate the aesthetics of the disciplines and identify its impacts on society and environment
collaborate with each other to produce art and to deepen their understanding and acceptance of others’ perspectives, skills and talents
In Years 7-8, students
complete a term rotation of the four arts electives. In one semester of Year 8,
they choose to extend their learning in one discipline. In Year 9 students can choose up to two of
the four electives and a fifth subject option of Visual Design is available.
In the Senior
School Year 10 students can choose up to four electives and in Year 11-12
students can elect to study general subjects Drama, Film, Television and New
Media, Music, Visual Arts and Applied subject, Visual Arts in Practice. Year 12 students also have the opportunity to
apply to study Music Extension.
For further
information regarding subjects, topics and assessment, please consult the
relevant Curriculum Handbooks.
Head of
Department The Arts Monique
McMullen mmcmu8@eq.edu.au
Visual Art Studio Year 7 Foundation Program 2025
Expressions of interest is open now for current Year 6 students who will be attending The Gap State High School in 2025, to participate in the Visual Arts Studio Foundation program. Students interested in furthering their learning through visual art practice can undertake a year of specialised instruction in the environment of our department.
If your child is interested in this extension program, please return the attached application details.
Visual Art Studio - Artist in Residence - Term 4
Nancy Brown is a visual artist working in printmaking, ceramic, mosaic, metal and textile printing. Beneath the surface of her creative works are the aesthetics of etching, serigraphy, lithography and engraving. Printmaking informs Nancy’s artistic practice and brings unity to her projects. Processes include printmaking on ceramics, artist books, work on paper, canvas, jewellery and metal construction, sculptural surfaces and textiles.
This 7-week course covers screen printing and stencil making, understanding its place in popular culture and its influence on contemporary art, fashion and design. Sourcing media imagery and advertising imagery, designs can merge the boundaries between popular media and contemporary arts practice, fashion and popular culture.
During the course, the students will create images for stencilling, photographic printmaking and screenprinting and learn how to print these images on a range of surfaces.
If your student is interested in this program, please complete the attached application form.