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New Course (First Exams 2027)
SL: Structuring the Rationale Free
The SL Rationale supports the submission of 5 Resolved Artworks. It is a chance to highlight what makes your body of artworks special (technically, stylistically, conceptually) and the connections among...
New Course (First Exams 2027)
Crit F: Future Development Free
The last criterion of the Artist Project, Criterion F: Future Development, offers a moment to build upon your learning and evaluation (Criterion E) and to harness your imagination to envision new directions...
New Course (First Exams 2027)
The Inquiry Portfolio
The Art Making Inquiry Portfolio is also called the AIP, or Inquiry Portfolio. The AIP consists of a selection of curated visual and written materials that show the students' investigations, or “lines...
New Course (First Exams 2027)
AP Crit B: Connections
The second step of the Artist Project is Criterion B, Connections. Each student will cast their net to identify two artworks (by two different artists) that are personally relevant to the ideas laid out...
New Course (First Exams 2027)
Texts for HL Artworks
HL students will write short texts to accompany each of the five Selected Resolved Artworks, in addition to the Rationale. These texts are an opportunity for your to clarify your intentions and to situate...
New Course (First Exams 2027)
Teaching Situating in Context
Situate is a key concept in the new visual arts curriculum that you will hear mentioned throughout. The students are expected to be able to situate or place an artwork in relation to its context. Situating...
New Course (First Exams 2027)
Sound in IB Art (New Course) Free
In the new Visual Arts Course with first exams in 2027, sound is permitted as part of an artwork. This allows students the freedom to create their own original sound for video, installations, and time-based...
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We, Heather and Shannon, think one of the best features of your subscription to the InThinking Visual Arts website is your ability to ask questions of the site authors. We love your questions! Please...
New Course (First Exams 2027)
eSubmission 2027
Knowing the eSubmission requirements and upload deadlines will help you to plan your course and prepare students effectively for the end of Year Two. All materials for Visual Arts are submitted through...
New Course (First Exams 2027)
EE Supervisor's Role
As a Visual Arts teacher you will most likely be asked to supervise a number of Visual Arts EEs, from as few as one to as many as six or seven essays. I recommend taking on no more than 5 to avoid EE...