Welcome to IB Visuals Arts at Al Bateen! First Exam 2016
Welcome to the 2014 - 2015 Art year at Al Bateen. You will grow in many ways this year, and your Art and forms of visual expression will increase in skill and meaning.
Please keep your Visual Arts Journal with you at home and at school so that you may make notes in it regularly when you are inspired by other artists, styles, and/or experiences. Remember to read through your entire Visual Art Handbook and do not hesitate to ask us if you have any questions!
This is the key to your success in this class so make yourself familiar with the expectations! We are looking forward to working with each of you and helping to make this year pivotal in your artistic and personal development. Enjoy the adventure!
Please keep your Visual Arts Journal with you at home and at school so that you may make notes in it regularly when you are inspired by other artists, styles, and/or experiences. Remember to read through your entire Visual Art Handbook and do not hesitate to ask us if you have any questions!
This is the key to your success in this class so make yourself familiar with the expectations! We are looking forward to working with each of you and helping to make this year pivotal in your artistic and personal development. Enjoy the adventure!
Looking at the Syllabus
The core syllabus will be composed of 3 parts:
Part 1. Visual Art in Context: The cycle of inquiry, considering and comparing work from a variety of cultures, historical, social contexts. Analyzing, interpreting, comparing, evaluating, using art vocabulary. Reflection and understanding.
Part 2. Visual Arts Methods: Experimenting with techniques, media, processes, developing a body of resolved and unresolved work, self review and critique, documentation in visual arts journal.
Part 3. Communication Visual Arts: This 3rd part has to do with understanding curatorial processes, what makes an effective exhibition and selecting and presenting the students own work.
Part 1. Visual Art in Context: The cycle of inquiry, considering and comparing work from a variety of cultures, historical, social contexts. Analyzing, interpreting, comparing, evaluating, using art vocabulary. Reflection and understanding.
Part 2. Visual Arts Methods: Experimenting with techniques, media, processes, developing a body of resolved and unresolved work, self review and critique, documentation in visual arts journal.
Part 3. Communication Visual Arts: This 3rd part has to do with understanding curatorial processes, what makes an effective exhibition and selecting and presenting the students own work.