Portfolio Building · SHS2 Art And Design Studio

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: 2.3.2.LI.2 - Mount in-person, digital, and/or online exhibitions of their own art or design works and that of others.

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Distinguish the key features, advantages and limitations of in-person, digital and online exhibition formats using photographs and video documentation.
Select and prepare appropriate 2-D and 3-D artworks for exhibition, applying criteria such as quality, theme and audience.
Mount a small-scale in-person exhibition of their own and peers’ artworks within the school environment.
Create a simple digital or online exhibition (for example, using a phone camera and a free platform) of 2-D and 3-D works.
Evaluate the success of their mounted exhibition using guided reflection questions.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Creative Project (Strand 3)
Sub-strand: Portfolio Building (3.2)
Content standard: 2.3.2.CS.1 - 2.3.2.CS.1 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding in portfolio building to mount an exhibition and generate an artist statement and exhibition brochure. 2.3.2.LO.1 Apply knowledge in portfolio building to generate hardcopy/digital and online exhibitions of art and design works and generate an artist statement and exhibition brochure.
Indicator: 2.3.2.LI.2 - Mount in-person, digital, and or online exhibitions of their own art or design works and that of others.
Suggested placement: Semester 2, Week 16 (Week 36 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Source document note: The official curriculum document has a fault in this entry, so the curriculum text above is transcribed exactly as printed:

sub strand name - printed in full capitals on this year's front page and in title case elsewhere; recased to match. Printed form: PORTFOLIO BUILDING
Curriculum reference: NaCCA curriculum document, p. 86

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

Group Work/ Collaborative Learning;/Managing talk for learning: In a convenient group, analyse the similarities and differences within hardcopy, digital and online exhibitions by looking at photographs and watching videos.
Group work/ Collaborative Learning; Project-Based Learning: In mixed-ability groups, mount a manual , digital as well as online exhibition of both 2-D and 3-D art or design works for the school community own art and design works or that of other artists.

Assessment (2.3.2.AS.2). The document marks these depth-of-knowledge levels for this indicator: Level 2 Skills of conceptual understanding; Level 4 Extended critical thinking and reasoning.

Teaching and Learning Materials: textbooks; studio manuals; equipment maintenance manuals; videos; exhibition catalogues; journals; magazines; web references; audio-visual resources; projector; antique artworks; camera; flip charts; TLMs on portfolio-making and assessment, curating and exhibition making