Visual Arts

Assessment

External assessment tasks Task 1: Comparative study (20%) Students analyse and compare different artworks by different artists. This independent critical and contextual investigation explores artworks, objects and artifacts from differing cultural contexts. At SL: Compare at least 3 different artworks, by at least 2 different artists, with commentary over 10–15 pages. Task 2: Process portfolio (40%) • Students submit carefully selected materials which evidence their experimentation, exploration, manipulation and refinement of a variety of visual arts activities during the two-year course. At SL: 9–18 pages. The submitted work should be in at least two different art-making forms. Internal assessment task Task 3: Exhibition (40%) • Students submit for assessment a selection of resolved artworks from their exhibition. The selected pieces should show evidence of their technical accomplishment during the visual arts course and an understanding of the use of materials, ideas and practices appropriate to visual communication. At SL: 4–7 pieces with exhibition text for each. A curatorial rationale (400 words maximum).