Year 11 Art, Design and Photography

Year 11 Art: Design & Photography is a practical course exploring digital photography and design and is suitable for students who have not previously taken Art. 

You will explore ideas, technical processes and artist models, while expanding your design and photography visual vocabulary.

Year 11 Photo-Design course is recommended for students interested in developing their digital creative practice skills and knowledge.  It is an excellent foundation for Level 2 Art Design, Photography.

At Year 11 you can only choose one Visual Arts course.

Across the year you will create a large body of work that visually explores and reflects your whakapapa and local environment of Central Hawke's Bay. You will learn to use a digital SLR camera to express yourself and use your images as a resource base for an exploration of design ideas.

You will develop skills using the Adobe Creative Suite software and use the design process to create solutions to design problems. You will also look at established design and photography artists to interpret how and why art is made.

This course helps students develop core thinking skills across a wide range of cross-curricular activities using digital media.

The creative and technical techniques covered in this programme will be directly beneficial for NCEA Level 2 Visual Art subjects - Photography, Design.