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Summer Challenge
We have queued up 3 challenges below for pre-IB students, who will start the program next year, with added extensions for 2nd Year students highlighted at the end of each challenge. For first-year students...
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
As the change of season springs upon the northern hemisphere and falls upon the south, a flurry of transitions arrives. As referenced in David Bowie's seminal 1972 single “Changes” in our title, we have...
Deciphering the Subject Report (2024)
The May 2024 Subject Report for Visual Arts was released just last week. The Subject Report tends to be a rather lengthy document hence we have summarized and analysed the key points that are most relevant...
Wrapping Up the Semester
L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped, Christo Javacheff, 2019. Whether you are wrapping up the end of the school year or preparing for a mid-winter holiday, we know that this time of year is full of school events,...
Crunch Time
If you're teaching and preparing for the upcoming deadlines for second-year IB Visual Arts students, your head is likely swimming with to-do lists. Once the two-month mark arrives before exams, students...
The Unmotivated Art Student
We all know one... or maybe two. That student who is slow to start and quick to finish, and just doesn't seem to want to give any energy to their art. In this post I'll share some of my own observations...
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Letter from Lombardia
I asked my friend Nicola Shears who teaches IB art in Milan and has been living at the epicenter of the corona virus crisis in Italy for the past 6 weeks if she would be willing to do an interview with...
Covid-19 and Student Access
Student Access was set up to enable teachers to set assignments, and to give students access to pages selected by the teacher on this site etc. Once you give your students an access code they can learn,...
Highlights from the 2019 Subject Report
I have extracted some noteworthy comments (in italics) from the 30 page 2019 visual arts subject report and added some of my own observations, which I hope will help you in your teaching. if you would...
Artist Teacher Workshop
At this time of year you are probably focused on getting your students to successfully complete their work, document it, hang a spectacular exhibition, upload everything, check it all, and then when it’s...