Compulsory Arts Course

While this is an independent study, students will be required to attend one online session

which will serve as an introduction to the projects.

This online session will take place on TEAMS.

An outline of online etiquette will be shared with all course participants prior to that session.

Students will be required to produce work representing two Arts competencies:

Appreciation & Interpretation/Creation

All students must submit their project selections to the instructor for approval by July 28, 2025.

All final work must be submitted by August 8, 2025 by 12:00 p.m.

Link to Opening Session Presentation:

Opening Session Presentation

The weighting for this competency is 30%

MY SOUNDTRACK AUDIO COLLAGE PROJECT

In this personal project, you will create an audio collage that explores your connection to music and what your musical taste reveals about who you are. This is your chance to reflect, share, and creatively present the songs that shape your story.

🎵 You may include childhood favourites, songs you’ve recently discovered, or even tracks that feel like personal "guilty pleasures."
✨ This is an individual project that will be shared only with your instructor.

This project contains several components:

1) Reflecting on music’s role in your life.

2) Collecting the sounds that you want to use in your project.

3) Determining what those specific sounds mean to you or say about you.

4) Writing and recording a script that accompanies your music.

This will provide the listener with an understanding of both the music and you.

Here is a link to the complete instruction page:

MY SOUNDTRACK AUDIO COLLAGE PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS

Here is a link to the rubric:

MY SOUNDTRACK AUDIO COLLAGE PROJECT RUBRIC

Students may select to submit work in either Visual Arts or Music in this competency.

The weighting for this competency is 70%.

An artist’s statement is a short piece of writing that helps you explain who you are as an artist and why you create the kind of work

you do. Whether you are composing, performing, drawing, painting, or designing, your artist’s statement gives your audience insight

into your creative choices, your personal inspirations, and the emotions or ideas behind your work.

In music and visual arts, this reflection is especially powerful - it helps clarify your intentions and connect with your listeners or

viewers on a deeper level. Writing an artist’s statement encourages you to step back, think about your process, and put into words

what you may usually express through sound or image.

Your statement is not just a description of your piece - it’s a way of sharing your artistic voice and vision.

It should be personal, honest, and thoughtful, and it allows others to better understand and appreciate the meaning behind your work.

PART 1: Write an Artist Statement

Select your "art" and write an artist statment

Music

Visual Arts

VISUAL ARTS:

Students must complete three (3) projects from the following options:

1. Digital Photography

Digital Photography Project Instructions

Digital Photography Rubric

2. Creating a Mandala

Creating a Mandala Project Instructions

Creating a Mandala Rubric

3. Still Life Drawing

Still Life Drawing Project Instructions

Still Life Drawing Rubric

4. Design a Logo

Design a Logo Project Instructions

Design a Logo Rubric

5. Visual Arts Project of Your Choice (must be discussed with the instructor)

MUSIC:

Students must select and perform a COMPLETE piece of music on an instrument of their choice.
Instruments could include: Guitar, Bass, Drums, Voice, Keyboard or any Concert Band Wind Instrument.
All songs selections must be discussed with the instructor and must demonstrate musical competence at a Sec. V level.
Students must videotape their final performance and submit this to the instructor on or before the deadline.