Critical and Contextual Studies (CCS) is a school-wide teaching curriculumIn education, a curriculum (or curricula) is broadly defined as the totality of student experiences that occur in the educational process. The term often refers specifically to a planned... that aims to orient and engage students in the histories and theories of their disciplineA specific way, a set of procedures and techniques for a specific activity e.g. the discipline of drawing embraces perspective, figure and conceptual ways of....
The syllabus offers a solid background in essential histories and discourses of contemporary artContemporary art is art work which is currently being produced by living artists. It is often concerned with contemporary issues and can take many forms.... to help artistsPeople who are engaged in a broad spectrum of visually led ideas and activities aligned to the expressive arts address questions about their practice and its context: about what artArt refers to a diverse range of human intellectual and expressive activities and the outcomes of those activities. Within this context art is further defined... is, how it is judged and how it relates to society