Visual Arts

Course summary

IB Visual Art provides the opportunity to mix creativity with critical thinking. While much of the course consists of practical work, in which you express your original ideas in your own ways, studying the work of other artists develops the necessary skills for you to do so, and helps give your work a context. Studying art promotes a sense of your own identity, stimulating and training your visual awareness and critical faculties as you consider Art from various cultures, and enables you to discover, develop and enjoy the means of creative visual expression via a variety of media and techniques. Individuality, persistence and self-criticism are qualities you will particularly need in your pursuit of artistic quality.