Studio Work

I.B. Diploma Visual Arts 2014

How do we recognise artistic expression?

The understanding of the ideas and techniques that underpin artistic expression.

In which ways are our artworks relevant to ourselves?

The production of personally relevant artworks.

Where do we find our connections?

The exploration of ideas reflecting cultural and historical awareness.

How to develop an idea into something less obvious

The development of ideas and strategies for expression.

Which materials to use and how.

Sensitivity to materials and their use.

How to take an idea to different resolutions.

The work having been reviewed, modified and refined to a resolution of ideas and medium.

Behind the technical skill …

Technical competence.

… there must be a person …

Confidence and inventiveness.

… with their own ideas …

Self-direction.

… and a capacity for reflection.