VISUAL ARTS

The International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) is an international educational foundation that was founded in Geneva, Switzerland in 1968.  It was established to provide schools with a challenging curriculum that could be recognized internationally and accepted at all institutions of higher learning.

 

Unlike other honors programs, the International-Baccalaureate (IB) Program is designed to have a metacognitive approach to learning that helps students develop the higher-order thinking strategies needed to become lifelong independent learners. 

 

Students make connections between different academic disciplines and learn not to study subjects independently. Students learn to consider how discoveries and concepts learned in one discipline impact the others.  This idea is based on the concept that the total educational experience is more than the sum of its parts.

 

The IB Diploma Program visual arts courses encourage students to challenge their own creative and cultural expectations and boundaries. It provokes discoveries in which students develop analytical skills in problem-solving and divergent thinking, while mastering art making media and gain confidence in thier abilities.

 

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 wide range of contemporary practices and media.

 

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.