VCE Art allows students to create and express their ideas through any art form or style. Any media and materials can be used in painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, digital, etc. Students develop their imagination, creativity, innovation and risk-taking when developing their art. VCE Art introduces the role of art in society, in all forms of media. Students build an understanding of how artists communicate their ideas, beliefs and experiences through their artworks to reveal meanings and messages.

In Studio Arts students may work in the following art forms: Drawing, Painting, Photography (Darkroom and Digital), Ceramics, Sculpture, Printmaking and Multi-media.

Students study the work of other performers and explore strategies to optimise their own approach to performance. Students focus on building performance and musicianship skills to prepare and present performances of selected group and solo music works using one or more instruments.

Theatre Studies focuses on the interpretation of playscripts and the production of plays from the pre-modern era to the present day. Students apply stagecraft, including acting, to study the nature, diversity and characteristics of theatre as an art form. Throughout the study, students work with playscripts in both their written form and in performance. They learn about the times, places and cultures of key theatrical developments and develop awareness of the traditions and histories of theatre.

Visual Communication Design is the study and practice of communicating design ideas in a visual way. Most of the messages and ideas that we receive in the world are communicated through visual media and this study starts to develop students’ ability to produce and discern visual messages. Students learn to develop their problem solving skills, drawing techniques and use a variety of media and methods to communicate their responses to a range of real world problems.

Media examines how and why the media constructs and reflects reality and how audiences engage with, consume, read, create and produce media products. Students analyse media concepts, forms and products in an informed and critical way. They consider narratives, technologies and processes from various perspectives including an analysis of structure and features. They examine debates about the media’s role in contributing to and influencing society.