2011
Visual Arts NCEA Level One
Photography and Design
Visual Arts Achievement Standard 1.5
‘Intellectual Sustainability’
Achievement standard: 90917, version 1
Produce a finished work that demonstrates skills appropriate to cultural conventions
Credits: 4
TEACHER INSTRUCTION SHEETS
Extended Title: This achievement standard requires students to produce a finished work that
demonstrates skills appropriate to cultural conventions.
Context / Conditions: The purpose of this achievement standard is to review work completed
from throughout the course, and encourage the students to critically analyse their own visual
journeys. The idea of ‘Intellectual Sustainability’ aligns with ideas of environmental sustainability
– reduce, reuse. recycle; and intellectual property, providing students with the opportunity to
review, renew, and refresh ideas and artworks previously completed. Teachers will be required to
provide appropriate pre-learning and learning activities to ensure that students’ prior knowledge
can be activated, and that they have adequate learning throughout the assignment. Much of the
required pre-learning can be completed as review of students work completed throughout the
year and specifically for Achievement Standard 1.1.
TASK ONE:
Review (1 week)
TASK TWO: Renew – Andy Tolhurst (1 week)
TASK THREE: Response (4 weeks)
The timing of this assignment does not allow for formal formative assessment.
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT: Friday 15th April 2011
2011
Visual Arts NCEA Level One
Photography and Design
Visual Arts Achievement Standard 1.5
‘Intellectual Sustainability’
Achievement standard: 90917, version 1
Produce a finished work that demonstrates skills appropriate to cultural conventions
Credits: 4
STUDENT INSTRUCTION SHEETS
Extended Title: This achievement standard requires students to produce a finished work that
demonstrates skills appropriate to cultural conventions.
Context/ Conditions: The purpose of this achievement standard is to review work completed
from throughout the course, and encourage the you to critically analyse your own visual journeys.
The idea of ‘Intellectual Sustainability’ aligns with ideas of environmental sustainability – reduce,
reuse. recycle; and intellectual property, providing you with the opportunity to review, renew, and
refresh ideas and artworks previously completed.
TASK ONE:
Review (1 week)
TASK TWO: Renew (1 week)
TASK THREE: Response (4 weeks)
The timing of this assignment does not allow for formal formative assessment.
SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT: Friday 15th April 2011
TASK 1: Review (Andy Tolhurst) – One Week
This task will help you to understand how themes that you have previously studied continue to
influence contemporary art; including themes of mass media, consumerism, and appropriation
(achievement standard 1.1).
1. Select an artwork by Andy Tolhurst that gives clear evidence of the influence of mass
media and popular culture (from the examples given to you by the teacher). Paste into the
centre of the next clean page of your workbook. Analyse and make annotations about the
artwork about how Tolhurst has used ideas in his work from popular culture, mass media,
and how this links to consumerism. Use arrows with notes and partial sketches to clarify
your points.
* You will need to research information about Tolhurst and his works and his interpretation
of contemporary society including information about mass media, consumerism, and
appropriation.
2. Complete the similarities and differences worksheet about Warhol’s Product works, and
one of Tolhurst label artworks.
TASK 2: Renew – One Week
This task should demonstrate your learning from and provide you with the opportunity to respond
to what you have learnt.
1. Using the artists you have studied as inspiration, appropriate a motif from a traditional or
pop cultural context (discuss this with your teacher to ensure that it is appropriate) in each
of the artists style.
1 x A4 Frizzell
1 x A4 Warhol
1 x A4 Tolhurst
2. Select the artist/idea that is the strongest and develop this concept a further 2 times.
TASK 3: Response – Approx Four Weeks
1. Create your own artwork in the style of your chosen artist. You will need to complete a
detailed plan in your workbook first that includes information about media and technique.
2. Complete your final work.
NOTE: The criteria of this Achievement Standard requires you to produce a finished
artwork which demonstrates skills appropriate to cultural conventions. This standard is
worth 4 credits which translates to approximately 40 hours of work. Therefore the final
work needs to be appropriately ‘significant’ in terms of effort and the use of media, and it
should equate to approximately 4 weeks of work.
3. Analyse your final artwork discussing links to original artist.
ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE
Achievement
Achievement with Merit
Achievement with Excellence
 Produce a finished work that
demonstrates skills
appropriate to cultural
conventions.
 Produce a finished work that  Produce a finished work that
demonstrates control of skills
demonstrates fluent control
appropriate to cultural
of skills appropriate to
conventions.
cultural conventions.
Explanatory Notes
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This achievement standard is derived from The New Zealand Curriculum, Learning Media,
Ministry of Education, 2007, and relates to the following strands in Visual Arts, Level 6:
 Understanding the Arts in Context
 Developing Practical Knowledge
 Developing Ideas
 Communicating and Interpreting
and is related to the material in the Teaching and Learning Guide for Visual Arts, Ministry of
Education, 2010 at http://seniorsecondary.tki.org.nz.
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Definitions:
Cultural conventions are defined as the customs, formalities, practices and protocols that
relate to the shared knowledge and values of a specific society, cultural or ethnic group.
Traditional and/or contemporary practices may include: whakairo, salon painting, street art,
siapo, tukutuku, tattooing, knitting, mask making, tivaevae, jewellery making.
Control refers to the ability to use media according to an art-making intention.
Fluency refers to the ability to comprehensively manage the production of work.
Appropriate is defined as the skills most applicable, relevant or fitting to the cultural
convention in the production of the finished art work.
Skills appropriate to cultural conventions could include:
 knowledge of processes and procedures specific to the cultural context
 thinking through the use of materials and processes
 planning and development of ideas that contribute to the final work
 collaborative and/or other protocols appropriate to the cultural context.
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Conditions of Assessment related to this achievement standard can be found at
www.tki.org.nz/e/community/ncea/conditions-assessment.php.