Visual Arts - external exemplars

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This resource contains examples of candidate work submitted for assessment for the Visual Arts Achievement Standards.

The purpose of this resource is to provide Visual Arts teachers with specific examples that demonstrated the levels of achievement of each standard, and to illustrate some of the different ways in which the standard may be met. The portfolios selected contain examples of work that have gained Achievement, Achievement with Merit and Achievement with Excellence.

The resource should be used in conjunction with the relevant Assessment Reports for these standards, which provide important information for Visual Arts teachers using these standards.

Appropriating candidates' ideas and decisions directly from these exemplars is likely to reduce opportunities for other candidates to produce an original body of work, as required by the standard.

The New Zealand Qualifications Authority would like to thank the candidates who gave permission for their work to be published.

Level 1

• 2010 exemplars
• 2009 exemplars
• 2008 exemplars
  • low resolution document (PDF, 4.3MB) 
  • presentation format (PPT, 9.9MB)
  • high resolution images (ZIP, 13MB)

• 2007 exemplars
  • low resolution document (PDF, 3.1MB)
  • presentation format (PPT, 13MB)
  • high resolution images (ZIP, 6MB)

Level 2

Level 3