IB DP Visual ARt

Welcome to IB DP Visual Art

Course Description

CREATE - COMMUNICATE -CONNECT

The IB Diploma Programme (DP) Visual Arts course is an inquiry-driven curriculum that emphasizes critical thinking and personal artistic exploration. This course empowers you as an artist, researcher, and curator, providing opportunities to:

Explore personal and cultural contexts through art.

Engage with diverse artistic practices and techniques.

Develop a holistic understanding of the visual arts.

What to Expect in This Course

Core Concepts:

Create: Experiment with materials, techniques, and ideas to develop your unique artistic voice.

Communicate: Present your artworks visually and in writing, sharing your ideas with audiences.

Connect: Investigate relationships between artworks, cultural contexts, and audiences.

Your Journey as an Artist:

You’ll build technical skills, experiment with new media, and critically reflect on your process. Through personal and global themes, you’ll create meaningful artwork while understanding its cultural and historical significance.

Course Objectives

By the end of this course, you will:

• Explore a range of media, techniques, and processes to develop technical skills and creative expression.

• Critically analyze artworks and contextualize their meaning within historical, cultural, and social frameworks.

• Investigate and reflect on connections between your work and global, intercultural themes.

• Synthesize knowledge to create resolved artworks with conceptual depth.

• Present your artistic journey through digital and physical formats, showcasing curatorial insight.