IB VISUAL ARTS2009-2011

HIGHER LEVEL OPTION A (HLA) PART A - Studio Work 60%

Part B - Investigation Workbook40%

HIGHER LEVEL OPTION B (HLB) PART A - Studio Work 40%

Part B – Investigation Workbook60%

STANDARD LEVEL OPTION A (SLA) PART A - Studio Work 60%

Part B – Investigation Workbook40% 

STANDARD LEVEL OPTION B (SLB) PART A - Studio Work 40%

Part B – Investigation Workbook 60%

The IB Visual Arts course provides you with opportunities to explore Art on a number of levels:

AESTHETIC (Visual) CULTURAL SOCIAL PERSONAL

You can produce work in drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, textiles, mixed media, electronic media and through utilizing found objects.

The course is not just about 'making things', rather it is a journey that is described in the following way in the IB subject guide:

'Artistic learning requires a high level of cognitive activity that is both intellectual and emotional. For students to communicate visually they must place themselves within a cultural context, or contexts, from which to discover and develop appropriate techniques. Through the visual arts, people acquire understandings which are unique in human development. Study of the visual arts allows students to discover ways in which to interpret and comment critically on the human condition.'

Studying the IB Visual Arts course allows students to develop a critical and intensely personal view of themselves in

relation to the world. The course aims to encourage:

Personal growth and commitment through the study of art.

A relationship between research and the production of art.

The IB Visual Arts course comprises of 2 parts:

Studio Work (SW) You will be expected to: Demonstrate through

purposeful exploration an inquiring and integrative (unifying) approach to a variety of visual stimuli.

Synthesize art concepts and skills in works that are personally, socioculturally (issue based) and aesthetically (visually) meaningful.

Solve formal (e.g. composition, rendering form, perspective) and technical (how successfullymaterials are used and images are created) problems encountered in studio practice.

Demonstrate technical skills an an appropriate use of media. Produce works of art with

imagination and creativity through individual and sometimes collaborative (with other people) work.

Investigation Workbooks (IWB) You will be expected to: Demonstrate clearly in visual and written terms how personal research has led to an

understanding of the topics (ideas) being investigated Analyse critically the meaning and visual qualities of an art using an informed art vocabulary. Show awareness of cultural, historical, social aspects of themes from more than one

perspective. Examine the visual and

functional (the purpose) qualities of art from your own and other cultures, identifying meaning and significance.

INVESTIGATION WORKBOOKS PURPOSE: To encourage personal research and discovery,

which function interactively with work in the studio.

Workbooks should include:Analytical research Discovery Interpretation Experimentation