NCEA Level 3 Sculpture
3ARTS Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Mrs C. Frost.
Sculpture is an exciting and diverse visual arts course, highly reflective of current contemporary art practice. We place a high emphasis on contemporary and experimental modes of engaging with three-dimensional form and communicating ideas in a three-dimensional way.
Sculpture students will work with diverse and unique materials. Sculptural ideas can often be expressed through relevant sub-disciplines such as ceramic and clay art, performance art, sound art, video/time-based art, social-practice art, and installation art. In using a visual diary and referring to an extensive and exciting range of contemporary sculptors, students will research, explore, generate and clarify their ideas. Students will learn how to select and use a wide range of sculpture materials in ways that best explore thematic questions and communicate ideas.
Adaptive, innovative and creative problem solving are key attributes that students who take this course tend to adopt quickly. These skills are highly relevant to a diverse range of tertiary and career pathways that are project and/or research based.
Note: Students may take up to two of the NCEA Level 3 Visual Art courses offered: Design, Painting, Photography, Printmaking and Sculpture.
Below you can see examples from Level 3 Sculpture portfolios that were graded Excellence. Click the images to enlarge:
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Career Pathways
Animator/Digital Artist, Architect, Architectural Technician, Art Director (Film, Television or Stage), Artist, Artistic Director, Film and Video Editor, Tattoo Artist, Film/Television Camera Operator, Urban/Regional Planner, Graphic Designer, Interior Designer, Musician, Event Manager, Jeweller, Make-up Artist, Curator
Contributions and Equipment/StationeryAccess to a computer and digital camera outside of school would be an advantage for all Visual Arts students but not essential. You will need to keep a visual diary or equivalent for your initial ideas and plans and be prepared to research, visit and explore areas of interest to focus your artwork on.
You will need an A3 Art Visual Diary or equivalent and presentation clear files to present your internal paperwork for assessment.