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Visual arts (New Syllabus)
IB DP Category 2
Barcelona, Spain, 29 - 31 August 2025
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Arts
IB MYP Category 1
Paris, France, 7 - 9 November 2025
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Visual arts (New Syllabus)
IB DP Category 2
Stockholm, Sweden, 29 - 31 May 2026
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Virtual Think-Ins
Criterion D in MYP Visual Arts
Virtual Think-In, 5 September 2025
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New Course (First exams 2027)
Playful Beginnings Free
When I was a new IB art teacher (back in '94!!) I dutifully photocopied all the assessment criteria and presented my already overwhelmed students with stacks of formal, wordy IB Art assessment criteria...
Assessment (outgoing)
Grade Boundaries Free
Overview of this page: Grade boundaries are the cut off points established for each mark band, ie points needed to reach a 7. The boundaries for each component at higher and standard level are set during...
New Course (First exams 2027)
Inquiry Portfolio Assessment
The Portfolio (aka the Art-making Inquiries Portfolio) asks SL and HL students to designate and pursue lines of inquiry as they develop personal investigations. As students explore, scratch, test, practice,...
New Course (First exams 2027)
SCAMPER Ideation
As we begin teaching a new curriculum in September 2025, many teachers are puzzling how to prepare their pre-IB students for what's ahead. Art-making is central to the Visual Arts curriculum. As such,...
New Course (First exams 2027)
Critiques and Dialogues
Facilitating critiques and encouraging dialogue is part of a contemporary art education and critiques play an important role in the new course. “Dialogues” (criterion C for the The Artist Project HL)...
Welcome
Welcome
Teachers are busy people, and art teachers may be the busiest of all! This site is designed for you to find all the information you need to successfully teach IB Art. On this site you will find a variety...
New Course (First exams 2027)
Beyond Praise
When offering students encouragement, we are doing much more than simply praising or criticizing. We are tuning into what is really going on. Maybe they need practical help with something technical, or...
New Course (First exams 2027)
Summer Prep for New Course
Looking for an assignment that gives a little taste of the flavors of the New Visual Arts Course for your incoming students? A summer assignment or a new activity? We have put together a few ideas for...
New Course (First exams 2027)
Processing Feedback
Whether your teacher has provided you with feedback or you've participated in a long-form critique or a quick peer-feedback session in class, taking the feedback you've received and putting it into action...
New Course (First exams 2027)
Sticky Note Critiques
Sticky Note critiques are an accessible option for students to give feedback to their peers. This strategy can be used for students to give one another feedback mid-process or through a more formal critique...