IB Art
The Padlet is a site for students to connect with other students in the class to share work & ideas.
I.B. Art Course Information:
Student Outcomes for HL and SL IB Art: Whole Course
Visual Arts Guide (from IB) for 2017 (and after)
Supporting the International Baccalaureate mission statement and learner profile, the course encourages students to actively explore the visual arts within and across a variety of local, regional, national, international and intercultural contexts. Through inquiry, investigation, reflection and creative application, visual arts students develop an appreciation for the expressive and aesthetic diversity in the world around them, becoming critically informed makers and consumers of visual culture.The visual arts course encourages students to research using not only traditional academic methods but also by experimenting and coming to understandings through their own embodied experiences. The visual arts embody many of the approaches to teaching and learning (ATL) skills (social, research, thinking, communication and self-management) that empower teachers and students to facilitate meaningful learning experiences. For example, the visual arts journal, a central element of the visual arts course, brings together a number of ATL skills through the process of reflection, which features as a taught activity throughout the course.
IB Program as a Whole: From Principles to Practice
IB Brochure Visual Arts Information
IB Mind Map Assignment: Understanding the Course
Exhibition Information:
- Internally Assessed; Worth 40% of Overall Course Score
- SL students create 4-7 artworks with up to 400 word curatorial rationale
- HL students create 8-11 artworks with up to 700 word curatorial rationale
- Graded on 4 criteria: Coherent body of works; Technical competence; Conceptual qualities; and Curatorial practice
Exhibition Slideshow with a Wealth of Important Information
Google Photos of IB Art Exhibitions at Other Schools
An Article About How a Coherent Body of Works Doesn’t Necessarily Have to Have a Theme
Great Tips for Writing Exhibition Text and Curatorial Rationale (by E. Osann)
Exhibition Text and Curatorial Rationale Writing Assignment Sheet (Mrs. Skillern)
EXAMPLE FOLDER of EXHIBITION SUBMISSIONS
Process Portfolio Information:
- Externally Assessed; Worth 40% of Overall Course Score
- SL students create 9-18 screens
- HL students create 13-25 screens
- The process portfolio must evidence sustained experimentation, exploration, manipulation and refinement of a variety of art-making activities
- The submitted work must have been created in at least three art-making forms, selected from a minimum of two columns of the art-making forms table
- Graded on 5 criteria: Skills, techniques, and processes; Critical investigation, Communication of ideas and intentions; Reviewing, refining, and reflecting; and Presentation and subject specific language
Process Portfolio Slideshow with a Wealth of Important Information
Process Portfolio Marking Guide
Example Visual Journal Pages by a Former Student
EXAMPLE FOLDER of PROCESS PORTFOLIO SUBMISSIONS
Comparative Study Information:
- Externally Assessed; Worth 20% of Overall Course Score
- SL students create 10-15 screens
- HL students create 10-15 screens plus 3-5 screens which analyse the extent to which their work and practices have been influenced by the art and artists examined
- The Comparative Study will examine and compare at least three artworks, objects, or artifacts, at least two of which need to be by different artists. The works selected for comparison and analysis should come from differing cultural contexts.
- Graded on 5 criteria: Analysis of formal qualities; Interpretation of function and purpose; Evaluation of cultural significance; Making comparisons and connections; and Presentation and subject specific language.
Comparative Study Slideshow with a Wealth of Important Information
Comparative Study Marking Guide
Tips from IB on Making a Comparative Study