Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Graffiti and Street Art
Street Art, graffiti in particular, is a subject that interests many students around the world.. But besides making their own street art, students need to support this with investigation, understanding,...
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Two curriculums at once? Free
This year is an especially challenging one for IB Art teachers with year 2 students still following the old curriculum guide and year 1 students starting with the new guide. Does this mean we have to...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Art and Meaning
This section looks at how we assign meaning to art, and what makes art art. The unanswerable question, what is art? however impossible to answer still makes a good debate. Show these examples and use...
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Post Exam Reflections Free
Yet another exam session is over and now all you can do is wait until July to get those results! In the meantime, let's consider some of the overall issues and problems encountered by students and teachers...
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The Turner Prize 2014 Free
The Turner Prize is always a barometer of the times. This doesn't mean it's what we want to see or that it's neccessarily good art, but it is indicative of what is happening in the art world right now. ...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
iPad Drawing
Some artists are using ipads as a sketchbook to record ideas, as a canvas itself, or as a tool in the process of making art work. I like to use it to try out variations of ideas and color schemes during...
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Buffet Culture Free
I’ve just returned from teaching a workshop in Barcelona, so energizing to be with 46 other art teachers for 3 intense days of art, culture, and ....tapas. We were there to unpack and discuss the new...
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IB Art Summer Course! Free
Please share this with your students This summer I will be teaching a summer course for pre and mid IBDP students who are interested in making art in a new and exciting context, and developing their potential...
Outgoing Course (Last Exams 2026)
Fresco Painting
Fresco painting is a technique using pure pigments diluted in water on freshly applied plaster, usually on wall surfaces. The colors are made by grinding dry-powder (mineral) pigments in pure water, dry...
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Grayson Perry's Reith Lectures Free
"An art work is about something, it has a point of view, it has a historical context...." GP The delightful Grayson Perry, award-winning artist, cross dressing potter, presents the 2013 BBC Reith Lectures,...