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The Ready Made
Virtually anything that is already made, an everyday object selected and designated as art. "The name was coined by Marcel Duchamp, whose first ready-mades included a snow shovel that he picked up on...
New Course (First Exams 2027)
Film and Video as Teaching Aides
Films and videos on artists are widely and readily available. How can we make active rather than passive use of these valuable resources? Studies have shown that students ware likely to gain much more...
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Ways of Seeing (Berger)
John Berger died January 2, 2017 at the age of 90. He had a profound effect on on the way art is taught and on the way people look at art, so I thought Id update this page and encourage you to revisit...
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Inspiring Artist Talks
What better way to gain insight into an artist, an exhibition, or a hot art topic, than to hear it from the artist? An in person conversation or meeting is gold, but we live in an age where it is possible...
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Art Films and Features
There are many wonderful and highly watchable films about artists, bio pics or just good films about art.. These come in handy for end of term time or substitute lessons or as a break from every day class....
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Situating the Artist Project Free
Where do we find art? How do place and time shape the way we experience, understand and interpret artworks? And how does art change the way we see the world around us? In this section, we break down key...
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Structuring the Two Year Course
The start of the IB Visual Arts Course (first exams 2027) focuses upon building students' sense of agency as they learn to create, inquire, connect the dots, and communicate their vision. The goal of...
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What is IB Visual Arts?
Whether you are starting your first school year as an IB student or have recently transferred schools and switched subjects, we have built this page to explore the tenets of the artistic process, to introduce...
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✨Sparks✨ (from artists) series
Our ✨Sparks✨ (from artists) series shares artists’ work and practices in connection with creative strategies, visual language, practical investigation, and inquiry. We'll look at how artists transform...
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✨Sparks✨ Shinique Smith
Who needs to buy art supplies when you can just use what other people throw away? Brooklyn-based artist Shinique Smith uses discarded clothing, shoes and soft toys, among other things, bundled with twine...