About Visual Arts
Visual Arts students explore, refine, and communicate their own artistic ideas by responding to how art expresses identity, culture, ethnicity, ideas, feelings, moods, beliefs, political viewpoints, and personal perspectives.
This page contains resources and tools to help support:
- internal and external assessment
- teachers delivering this subject
- learners taking this subject.
Read more about this subject on NCEA.education (external link)
On this page
Assessor Support
See how our online resources and workshops can support and improve your assessment practice.
Assessor Support homeVisual Arts standards
Exemplars, reports, past exams and assessment schedules
Assessment specifications
2025 assessment specifications
Useful exam information
Submission dates for portfolios (external link)
Candidate information sheet [PDF, 125 KB]
Process guidelines for Level 1 submitted external assessments [PDF, 387 KB]
Submission and authenticity requirements
2024 Visual Arts Level 1 and 2 submission instructions [PDF, 1.5 MB]
2024 Visual Arts Level 3 and Scholarship submission instructions [PDF, 889 KB]
School appeal of verification results [DOCX, 62 KB]
Visual Arts Level 3 and Scholarship authenticity declaration [DOCX, 57 KB]
Assessor support materials for internal assessment
National moderator's report
Annual reports on issues and trends in assessment
View moderator's reportRequest clarification form
Teachers can request clarification of a standard with this form
Open request clarification formRemote assessment matrix
Guidance for teachers if learning and assessment needs to be completed remotely
Remote assessment matrix [PDF, 236KB]Alternative evidence gathering templates
Templates for student results when direct assessment is not possible
Get templatesMore resources
Visual Arts Level 2 art bag order
The deadline to order Level 2 submission bags has passed. Red bags are required when:
- your school is new to teaching Visual Arts Level 2, or
- your school lost the red bags to submit verification samples.
Please contact your School Relationship Manager if you missed the deadline and still need submission bags.
Tools
Level 1 assessment matrix
Use this Visual Arts matrix on NCEA.education with new standards in 2024
Go to the matrix
Level 2 and 3 assessment matrix (opens in a new window)
Use this Visual Arts matrix for Level 2 and 3 standards
Download matrix [DOCX, 45KB]
Career guidance
Career information and tools to help your students on careers.govt.nz
Go to careers.govt.nz