AOS 2: The collaborative Creative Practice

Key knowledge

  • the use of the Creative Practice to explore social and cultural ideas or issues
  • the use of the Creative Practice to make and present at least one finished artwork
  • collaborative approaches in art practices from different periods of time and cultures
  • the use of visual language to communicate ideas and issues of social and cultural interest in visual responses
  • the use of the Cultural Lens, and the other Interpretive Lenses as appropriate, throughout the Creative Practice 
  • the use of traditional and contemporary materials, techniques and processes in art forms to communicate ideas and meaning

Key skills

  • explore social and cultural ideas or issues using the Creative Practice
  • make and present at least one finished artwork using the Creative Practice
  • reflect on the collaborative practices of artists from different periods of time and cultures throughout the Creative Practice
  • explore collaborative approaches to make and present artworks
  • develop visual language to communicate ideas and issues of social and cultural interest in visual responses
  • use the Cultural Lens, and the other Interpretive Lenses as appropriate, throughout the Creative Practice
  • explore and experiment with traditional and contemporary materials, techniques and processes in art forms to communicate ideas and meaning

Scaffold – Getting started

Suggested headings and sequence: 

  • Starting Points: Culture – read, collect images and make notes 
  • Starting Points: Collaboration – read and choose a collaboration method 
  • Exploration of personal ideas – social culture context 
  • Experiment with art techniques, materials, processes and art forms 
  • Presentation to audience 
  • Refinement of art techniques, materials, processes and art forms to produce a finished artwork

Some examples of what this can look like: 

1. Artform: Printmaking 

  • Inspiration: Personal interest relating to culture. Could relate to meals, rituals, spirituality, ethnicity or other. 
  • In pairs. 
  • Make a small edition of lino prints. Give one print to collaborator (randomly chosen from class). 
  • Collaborator works on / responds to the print without consulting the original person. 
  • Share what you create. 
  • Critique to reflect on and evaluate the process. 
  • Based on feedback and insights gained, refine and select presentation methods. 

2. Artform: Painting 

  •  Inspiration: Personal interest relating to culture inspired by studying or viewing an artist and / or artwork. 
  • Small groups. 
  • Collaborative painting.  
  • Start – each group member creates sketches from original inspiration (artist and / or artwork viewed an art gallery, or an image sourced through research). 
  • Collaborators work together to combine their designs into one. This becomes the basis for a collaborative painting. 
  • Critique presented to reflect upon and evaluate collaborative process. 
  • Feedback from critique is used to resolve, edit and / or select works for display.