Visual Arts

Aims of the Visual Arts Course at both Standard and Higher Level are to:

• provide students with opportunities to make personal, sociocultural and aesthetic experiences meaningful through the production and understanding of art.

• exemplify and encourage an inquiring and integrated approach towards visual arts in their various historical and contemporary forms

• promote visual and contextual knowledge of art from various cultures

• encourage the pursuit of quality through experimentation and purposeful creative work in various expressive media

• enable students to learn about themselves and others through individual and, where appropriate, collaborative engagement with the visual arts.

The Visual Arts Course is a two year course offered at Standard and Higher level.

At both levels the course consists of two parts:

STUDIO WORK - 70% of the total mark.

(Practical exploration and artistic production)

RESEARCH WORKBOOK -30% of the total mark.

(A sketchbook of independent critical research and analysis, both visual and written which covers more than one culture)

At the end of the two year course the practical work is assessed via an exhibition accompanied by an interview, of approximately 30 minutes length, with the teacher or  examiner, in which the student discusses the work on show.  The Research Workbook is assessed by the teacher or examiner and then moderated by the IB office.

Students may choose to take the Standard or Higher Level course for a variety of reasons. However, for the best advice on which course is most appropriate for you it is best to consult with your art teacher and the IB co-ordinator Mr J. W. Davies