1. 2009-2011

2.  HIGHER LEVEL OPTION A (HLA)
 PART A - Studio Work 60%
 Part B - Investigation Workbook40%

3.  HIGHER LEVEL OPTION B (HLB)
 PART A - Studio Work 40%
 Part B – Investigation Workbook60%

4.  STANDARD LEVEL OPTION A (SLA)
 PART A - Studio Work 60%
 Part B – Investigation Workbook40%

5.  STANDARD LEVEL OPTION B (SLB)
 PART A - Studio Work 40%
 Part B – Investigation Workbook 60%

6.  The IB Visual Arts course provides you with
opportunities to explore Art on a number of
levels:
 AESTHETIC (Visual)
 CULTURAL
 SOCIAL
 PERSONAL

7.  'Artistic learning requires a high level of cognitive
activity that is both intellectual and emotional. For
students to communicate visually they must place
themselves within a cultural context, or contexts,
from which to discover and develop appropriate
techniques. Through the visual arts, people acquire
understandings which are unique in human
development. Study of the visual arts allows
students to discover ways in which to interpret and
comment critically on the human condition.'

8.  Personal growth and commitment through the
study of art.
 A relationship between research and the
production of art.

9.  Studio Work (SW)
 You will be expected to:
 Demonstrate through
purposeful exploration an inquiring and integrative
(unifying) approach to a variety of visual stimuli.
 Synthesize art concepts and skills in works that are personally, socioculturally
(issue based) and aesthetically (visually) meaningful.
 Solve formal (e.g. composition, rendering form, perspective) and technical (how successfully
materials are used and images are created) problems encountered in studio practice.
 Demonstrate technical skills an an appropriate use of media.
 Produce works of art with
imagination and creativity through individual and sometimes collaborative (with other people) work.
 Investigation Workbooks (IWB)
 You will be expected to:
 Demonstrate clearly in visual and written terms how personal research has led to an understanding
of the topics (ideas) being investigated
 Analyse critically the meaning and visual qualities of an art using an informed art vocabulary.
 Show awareness of cultural, historical, social aspects of themes from more than one perspective.
 Examine the visual and
functional (the purpose)
qualities of art from your own and other cultures, identifying meaning and significance.

10.  Workbooks should include:
Analytical research
Discovery
Interpretation
Experimentation