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Basic 9 Creative Arts and Design Notes

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Term Preparation

  1. Preparing for the Term in Creative Arts and DesignIn this topic you will prepare for the term by recalling what you know about design, visual arts and the performing arts, and by setting up a portfolio for designing, making, displaying and appraising your work.

Creativity

  1. Creativity and Innovation, Casting, Assemblage and Folding, and TriadsIn this topic you will distinguish creativity from innovation, explore the media and techniques of casting, assemblage and folding and learn to sing triads on the seven degrees of the scale.
  2. Design for Society, Exploring Media and ImprovisationIn this topic you will apply creativity and innovation to develop design solutions to social problems, explore media for casting and assemblage and identify approaches to improvisation, harmony and blocking in dance and drama.
  3. The Design Process, Folding and Creating MusicIn this topic you will demonstrate understanding of the design process, learn about artists who use folding and design your own musical work that reflects different times and cultures.
  4. Developing Designs, Making Folded Artworks and Analysing PerformanceIn this topic you will explore innovations in design through the design process, apply folding techniques to create artworks and carry out a post-performance analysis of your dance drama or play.
  5. Applying the Design Process, Producing Art and Appraising PerformanceIn this topic you will apply the design process to create an artefact that solves a local problem, produce visual artworks using the design process and organise an appraisal of dance and drama works.
  6. Prototyping Solutions and Studying African Artists and ComposersIn this topic you will build and test a design solution for a local problem, and analyse the works of African visual artists and art composers and what they reflect about history, culture and society.

Media and Techniques

  1. Working with Media, Singing in Harmony and Practising PerformanceIn this topic you will identify and practise media and techniques in the visual arts, sing triads vertically in harmony and practise improvisation, balance and blocking in dance and drama.
  2. Casting Techniques and Creating an Original Dance DramaIn this topic you will experiment with casting techniques to create visual artworks, and you will create and perform an original dance drama or one-act play on a socio-cultural issue.

Creative and Aesthetic Expression

  1. Art for Topical Issues and Displaying MusicIn this topic you will design and produce visual artworks that reflect different times, cultures and topical issues, and plan and display musical works from Africa that sensitise the public to emerging issues.

Term Project

  1. Term Project: Designing and MakingIn this topic you will apply the term's learning through a creative project, designing and making an artefact or performance with careful planning.
  2. Term Project: Displaying and AppraisingIn this topic you will finish your creative project, display or perform your work and appraise it and the work of others.
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