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Visual Arts (available at HL and SL)
It is very helpful if students following IB Visual Arts have some prior experience of art-making at a level equivalent to GCSE, but this is
not essential for Standard Level.
Our Visual Arts IB programme aims to engage you successfully with your own creative practice, developing ambition, con昀椀dence and
success. You will have the opportunity to experience a broad range of ideas and processes before focusing on an area of creative
interest and strength. Gallery trips, European study visits, meetings with artists, designers and photographers will help you extend
your understanding of the changing contexts in which art is made. Your tutors are themselves practising artists. After following a
fairly structured 昀椀rst term, you will then have the freedom to choose your area of work and build a portfolio on a range of scales and
mediums including portrait, landscape, still life, sculpture, painting, drawing and mixed media, before selecting pieces from this for your
昀椀nal exhibition.
Visual Arts IB is assessed in three areas: Process Portfolio (sketchbook and artworks), Comparative Study (written essay) and Exhibition.
Course Essentials
Visual Arts
Levels Available
Entry Requirements
IA weighting
Yr Y2 teaching split
University courses and
careers
HL
SL
Standard
Standard
Comparative Study (13-18
screens) - Assessed by IB 20%
Process Portfolio (13-25
screens) - Assessed by IB 40%
Exhibition (8-11 artworks) Assessed by Teacher 40%
Comparative Study (10-15
screens) - Assessed by IB 20%
Process Portfolio (9-18 screens)
- Assessed by IB 40%
Exhibition (4-7 artworks) Assessed by Teacher 40%
60/40
60/40
Art, Design, Architecture, Art History
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