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Resolved Artworks (Internal Assessment)
This component is essentially the body of artwork that you create during the course. A body of work is a coherent selection of artworks with strong relationships between them. First you will make the...
New Course (First Exams 2027)
The Artist Project HL
This newest component of the course is an exciting and challenging project for HL students only. It is An externally assessed task comprising 30% of the overall grade. You will make connections with (min)...
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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...
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The Connections Study SL
Weighted at 20%, the externally assessed task, the Connections Study (CS), asks SL students to select one resolved artwork to situate, investigate and connect to artworks by two different artists. This...
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Crit F: Future Development
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...
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✨Sparks✨ Betye Saar
In this ✨Spark✨ we introduce the work of African American artist Betye Saar, focusing on her mixed-media assemblages. Betye died this July 2026, just a few days short of her 100th birthday. She leaves...
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🌱 Seed 🌱 Shadow Assemblage
Assemblage: art that is made by assembling disparate elements – often everyday objects – scavenged by the artist or bought specially. _Tate terms This seed uses a combinatory strategy, assembling diverse...
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🌱 Seed 🌱 Self-Transformation
Here is an invitation to photograph the transformation of your own image. You may use whatever means you wish: costumes, make-up, digital manipulation. This is, in a sense, the opposite of a Selfie. You...
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🌱 Seed 🌱 Seeing Space
This activity teaches students to look at objects in terms of positive and negative space, and in doing so they become more aware of shape and the space around shapes, one of the fundamental elements...
New Course (First Exams 2027)
🌱 Seed 🌱 Scientific Experiment
This seed invites you to use a scientific process to create an artwork. Take the premise from an experiment that you are doing in a science class and repurpose it towards creating an artwork. Let chance...