Visual Arts

Assessment

Comparative Study: Externally assessed 20% A balance of written work and visuals, pupils analyse and compare artworks by different artists. This independent critical and contextual investigation explores artworks, objects and artefacts from differing cultural contexts At HL: As SL, plus a reflection on the extent to which their own work and practices have been influenced by any of the art/artists examined (3–5 pages). Process portfolio: Externally assessed 40% Pupils 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 HL: 13–25 pages. The submitted work should be in at least three different art-making forms. Exhibition: Internally assessed 40% Pupils 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 HL: 8–11 pieces with exhibition text for each. A curatorial rationale (700 words maximum).