Course Requirements

You are required to submit your work on three major tasks for the final assessment.  These three tasks will be completed throughout the two years in the course.  IB uses the term screens to describe a digital image PDF of your artwork and writing.  Screen simply refers to the computer screen your work will be viewed on.

HL & SL-  Art-making Inquiries Portfolio (externally assessed)

SL and  HL task.  It is a curated collection of visual evidence of your art-making practice presented in a maximum of 15 screens, supported by no more than 3,000 words.  In doing so, you will demonstrate your understanding of art-making as a process of inquiry.

This task is the largest externally assessed component of the SL visual arts course, worth 40% of your total mark.  At HL, it is equally weighed with the artist project task and worth 30% of your total mark.

SL Connections Study (externally assessed)

The is an SL only task.  The Connections Study is worth 20% of the SL score for visual arts.  It is made up of two document files, one that contains the study and a second with a list of your sources.   

For the study, you will choose one of your resolved artworks to situate.  You will situate the artwork by making connections between it, yourself and your audience.  You will also investigate the context and cultural significance of each of these.

In a nutshell you will- connect your resolved artwork to your context, connect it with two artworks by different artists, and investigate the cultural significance of the two artworks by different artists.

HL Artist Project 

The artist project is a higher-level only, stand-alone, ambitious art projet that you will situate within context and in relation to an audience.  It is worth 30% of total marks for the course.  One of the fundamental features of the AP is a careful consideration of the context and location in which the artwork is presented and the interaction of the audience experiencing it.

The AP is intended to be carried out during the second year of the course.  

SL and HL Resolved Artworks / Exhibition (internally assessed)

The resolved artworks (SL) or the selected resolved artworks (HL) are the internally assessed components that evaluatee the success of your art-making endeavours.  In this task you will demonstratte your ability to create a resolved coherent body of work.  This task is worth  40% of the total marks for the course.