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New Course (First Exams 2027)
New Course (First Exams 2027)
Here you will find an overview of the new syllabus content and a summary of the learning objectives that form the pedagogical basis of the course. Despite some significant changes, there are many similarities...
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)...
New Course (First Exams 2027)
Course Components HL and SL
Although the new course has distinct tasks for summative assessment, it is important to remember that the assessment tasks are not the syllabus, they are a way of concretely measuring the learning that...
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)
Lines of Inquiry
A quote from Bauhaus artist Paul Klee: A line is a dot that went for a walk. A drawing is simply a line going for a walk. Art does not reproduce what we see; rather, it makes us see. ' In the Inquiry...
New Course (First Exams 2027)
Artist Project (HL) Assessment
The Artist Project (HL), first examined in 2027, builds on the rich foundations of contemporary art practices. Students propose an art project, selecting two artworks by different artists to study while...
New Course (First Exams 2027)
Student Examples (new course)
We recognize the significant demand for examples of student work for the New Course. Teachers cannot wait until the first exams in May 2027 to see what the completed tasks look like in practice. We have...
New Course (First Exams 2027)
Eve, Artist Project (HL) Free
This mock sample of the Artist Project features artwork by a recent IB graduate, Eve, who undertook the task in collaboration with InThinking. To situate her artistic practice, the ecofeminism movement...
New Course (First Exams 2027)
Course Planning Free
The IB Visual Arts guide (first exams 2027) defines the structure of the new course with a clearer focus on objectives in the first year, saving key assessment tasks for the second year. The guide urges...
New Course (First Exams 2027)
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...