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Assessment (first exams 2027) -
Hi Kirsten, there aren't any recommended sizes! However, size/scale can be part of the "synthesis of concept and form" in Criterion B. For example, a miniature artwork could communicate something quite different to a large-scale work. Similarly, students...
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Hello Laura, we don't have a template because students can organise their evidence however they choose. They may decide they wish to introduce their artists/artworks first (Crit B) and make connections between those two artworks, before making connections...
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Neli
Hello, Shannon! Hello everyone! Just to be 100% sure, is it not considered double-dipping if some of the resolved artworks are also in the AIP with a different emphasis? I always tell them that the portfolio focuses on the inquiry, investigation...
Inquiry Portfolio Assessment