IB Prospectus 2027 - Flipbook - Page 35
Visual Arts (available at HL and SL)
It is very helpful if students following Visual Arts within the IB Programme have some prior experience of art- making at a level equivalent to
GCSE, but this is not essential for Standard Level.
Our Visual Arts IB programme aims to engage you successfully with your own creative practice, developing ambition, con昀椀dence and
success. You will have the opportunity to experience a broad range of ideas and processes before focusing on an area of creative
interest and strength. Gallery trips, European study visits, meetings with artists, designers and photographers will help you extend your
understanding of the changing contexts in which art is made. Your tutors are themselves practising artists. After following a fairly structured
昀椀rst term, you will then have the freedom to choose your area of work and build a portfolio on a range of scales and mediums including
portrait, landscape, still life, sculpture, painting, drawing, photography and mixed media, before selecting pieces from this for the 昀椀nal
exhibition.
Visual Arts IB is assessed in three areas: Art-Making Inquiries Portfolio (sketchbook and artworks) SL Connections Study HL Artist Project
and Resolved Artworks.
Course Essentials
Visual Arts
Levels Available
Entry Requirements
IA weighting
Yr Y2 teaching split
University courses and
careers
HL
SL
Standard
Standard
Art-Making Inquiries Portfolio
(External) HL: 30%
Art-Making Inquiries Portfolio
(External) SL: 40%
Connections & Projecting HL
Artist Project (30%)
Connections & Projecting SL
Connections Study (20%)
Resolved Artworks (Internal)
HL: 40%
Resolved Artworks (Internal) SL:
40%
60/40
66/33
Art, Design, Architecture, Art History
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