Performance Standard Checklist – Connects to the
Performance Standards Rubric in the Visual Study.
PA – Practical Application
KU – Knowledge and Understanding
AR – Analysis and Response
WHAT TO THINK ABOUT TO ACHIEVE SET
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
PA2 Exploration to acquire
technical skills and use
media, materials, and
technologies.
PA3 Documentation of creative
visual thinking and/or
problem solving processes.
KU2 Knowledge and
understanding of visual arts
in different cultural, social,
and/or historical contexts.
KU3 Understanding of aesthetic
or functional qualities in
works of art or design.
KU4 Research and knowledge
sources to explore and
develop insights into aspects
of the visual arts.
AR1 Analysis and interpretation of
works of art or design from
different contexts.
AR2 Use of visual arts language
to interpret and respond to
works and their contexts.
AR3 Evaluation of own practical
work.
CHECK
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS? BOX
- Have you used a range of media,
materials, processes and techniques
to explore your artists/topic and develop
your artistic skills?
- This requires visual and written evidence
of why you have done this exploration.
Annotation?
- Evaluate and reflect on your practical
work.
- Was it successful? Why?
- Record what you are attempting and your
response.
- Have you looked at a range of artists
and/or art from different contexts?
- Have you demonstrated your
understanding of style of purpose of
an artist’s work using appropriate visual
language?
- Does your understanding connect to
your own reproductions,
interpretations, or skill development?
- Does your research include a clear
process of artist exploration, media
experimentation and idea development
that is connected to the concepts you
have explored?
- Have you acknowledged sources used
in your research? Bibliography!
- How well have you analysed and
interpreted the artwork you have
explored and created?
- Have you used visual arts language?
- Have you developed your own
ideas/concepts from what you have
explored?
- Ensure you have made clear links
between the work you have researched
and the artwork you have produced?
- Make sure you evaluate those
connections.
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