NCEA L1 Visual Arts case studies
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NCEA Level 1 Visual Arts is the first-year Arts qualification within New Zealand's National Certificate of Educational Achievement, listed by NZQA under The Arts New Zealand Curriculum. It is designed for Year 11 learners who want to make, study, and discuss art as part of their NCEA programme, and it suits candidates who enjoy producing their own work as much as those who like analysing the work of others. The NCEA L1 Visual Arts case studies are 5 cases and about 3,135 words.
1Folio panel bottleneck: choosing one artist-model direction
At a New Zealand secondary school, a Level 1 Visual Arts painting student has nine timetabled periods (about six hours) before their two A1 folio panels are photographed for assessment. They have five source photographs from a Saturday market: a crowded produce stall, a butcher's window, two portraits of stallholders, and a wide shot of the car park.
674 words, about 3 min2Kapa haka poster: appropriation, legibility and the single proof
A design student at a city school is producing an A2 poster for a one-night kapa haka festival. Client constraints: maximum three spot colours plus black to keep printing affordable; the event name 'Te Ahurea o te Pō' must include macrons; two sponsor logos must appear at the bottom; the poster will be pasted on walls and read from three metres.
627 words, about 3 min3Photography series: consent, sky replacement and finding a spine
A Level 1 photography student has 64 digital frames from a two-hour walk along a coastal track. The assessment requires a series of six images exploring 'thresholds'.
640 words, about 3 min4Atrium installation: load, draught and public access
A Level 1 sculpture student has approval to install a temporary work in the school atrium for three weeks. The space is 3 m wide, 2.5 m deep and 4 m high, with a main door that creates a strong draught and a fire exit route along one side.
601 words, about 3 min5School show curation: authorship, consent and the corridor annex
At a school's end-of-year Visual Arts show, a student curator has 12 works to hang on a 6 m wall with 2.4 m height. The theme is 'Place and Belonging'.
593 words, about 3 min