Year 10 IB Diploma Preparation Course Guide 2023

VISUAL ARTS

Year 10 IB Diploma Preparation Course

SUBJECT OUTLINE In this IB Diploma Preparation course, Visual Arts students have opportunities to function as artists, as well as learners of the arts. Artists have to be curious. By developing curiosity about themselves, others and the world, students become effective learners, inquirers and creative problem-solvers. Students develop through creating, performing and presenting arts in ways that engage and convey feelings, experiences and ideas. It is through this practice that students acquire new skills and master those skills developed in prior learning. This course encourages students to challenge their own creative and cultural expectations and boundaries. It is a thought-provoking course in which students develop analytical skills in problem-solving and divergent thinking, while working towards technical proficiency and confidence as art-makers. In addition to exploring and comparing visual arts from different perspectives and in different contexts, students are expected to engage in, experiment with and critically reflect upon a range of contemporary practices and media. PATHWAYS Visual Arts articulates to Year 11 and 12 International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme in Year 11:  As part of the IB Diploma Programme: - Visual Arts The course is designed for students who want to go on to study visual arts in higher education as well as for those who are seeking lifelong enrichment through visual arts. The freedom presented to students in the Semester Two unit, where they are able to produce their final art piece/s using their own choice of media and referring to their own artist influences, provides great preparation for Visual Art in Year 11 and 12, as this reflects the greater degree of autonomy granted to students in the Senior years.

AIMS FOR VISUAL ARTS The aims of the arts subjects are to enable students to: 1. enjoy lifelong engagement with the arts 2. become informed, reflective and critical practitioners in the arts 3. understand the dynamic and changing nature of the arts 4. explore and value the diversity of the arts across time, place and cultures 5. express ideas with confidence and competence 6. develop perceptual and analytical skills. In addition, the aims of this Visual Arts IB Diploma Preparation course, is to prepare students to be able to: 1. make artwork that is influenced by personal and cultural contexts 2. become informed and critical observers and makers of visual culture and media 3. 9. develop skills, techniques and processes in order to communicate concepts and ideas. CURRICULUM MODEL In this Visual Arts course there are two components, therotical practice and art making practice, in which students will investigate. These components:

1. Visual arts in context 2. Visual arts methods 3. Communicating visual arts

Thoughout the course students are required to maintian a visual arts journal. It is regarded as a fundamental activity of the course.

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