Visual Arts

Course summary

The aims of the arts subjects are to enable pupils to: • Enjoy lifelong engagement with the arts • Become informed, reflective and critical practitioners in the arts • Understand the dynamic and changing nature of the arts • Explore and value the diversity of the arts across time, place and cultures • Express ideas with confidence and competence • Develop perceptual and analytical skills. In addition, the aims of the Visual Arts course at SL and HL are to enable pupils to: • Make artwork that is influenced by personal and cultural contexts • Become informed and critical observers and makers of visual culture and media • Develop skills, techniques and processes in order to communicate concepts and ideas.