Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Open Ended Assignments
Our students need guidance, but how can we give them structured assignments that really encourage independent solutions? By assigning tasks that create approximately the same result, you will have a pretty...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Inspired Teaching
If you teach what is exciting and interesting to you, if you care about the work and the artists that you show them, if you share your ideas and questions with your students, you will enjoy teaching...
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Highlights of Subject Report 2017 Free
Each year, about 8 months after exams, a subject report is published by IBO, compiled from examiner comments and feedback and recorded in a 22 page long document available here on MyIB ( sign in first)....
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
African American Quilting
Quilting is generally thought of as a form of textile craft. This page looks at some examples from the rich African American tradition of quilting and how some quilts are an art form in their own right....
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Cultural and Geographic Focus
Our notion of art is primarily taught from a Western, European perspective. These pages are an invitation to explore the rich variety of art forms that arise specific to place and culture throughout our...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Is Fashion Modern?
The new exhibition at MOMA entitled Is Fashion Modern? gives those students interested in fashion an intelligent, comprehensive overview of iconic moments in fashion in the 20th and 21st century, providing...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Cultural Threads
Textiles are not seen too frequently seen in IB art portfolios, yet this is a fantastic, accessible, culturally rich art form. If you have any interest in textiles yourself why not get your students involved...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Art School Portfolios
A good digital portfolio can be used for many things besides the IB assessment, such as applications to art school and other opportunities. A good portfolio shows the students technical skills as well...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Grayson Perry
An exhibition at the British Museum, London 2012 featuring artist Grayson Perry. When I saw this show recently I was struck by how relevant it is to the teaching of art and culture in the IB Art course....
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Waste Not Want Not
I would show this work to students when introducing an installation project, or to any student working with COLLECTING. In Chinese artist Song Dong's installation Waste Not Want Not, which I saw at the...