EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT
Assesment task
Part 1: Comparative study Weighting 20%
Students at HL analyse and compare different artworks by different artists. This
independent critical and contextual investigation explores artworks, objects and artefacts
from differing cultural contexts.
• HL students submit 10–15 screens which examine and compare at least three
artworks, at least two of which need to be by different artists. The works selected
for comparison and analysis should come from contrasting contexts (local, national,
international and/or intercultural).
• HL students submit 3–5 screens which analyse the extent to which their work and
practices have been influenced by the art and artists examined.
• HL students submit a list of sources used.
Part 2: Process portfolio Weighting 40%
Students at HL submit carefully selected materials which evidence their experimentation,
exploration, manipulation and refinement of a variety of visual arts activities during the
two-year course.
• HL students submit 13–25 screens which evidence their sustained experimentation,
exploration, manipulation and refinement of a variety of art-making activities. For HL
students the submitted work must have been created in at least three art-making
forms, selected from a minimum of two columns of the art-making forms table.
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
This task is internally assessed by the teacher and externally moderated by the IB at the
end of the course.
Part 3: Exhibition
Students at HL submit for assessment a selection of resolved artworks from their
exhibition. The selected pieces should show evidence of their technical accomplishment
during the visual arts course and an understanding of the use of materials, ideas and
practices appropriate to visual communication.
• HL students submit a curatorial rationale that does not exceed 700 words.
• HL students submit 8–11 artworks.
• HL students submit exhibition text (stating the title, medium, size and intention) for
each selected artwork.
HL students may submit two photographs of their overall exhibition. These exhibition
photographs provide an understanding of the context of the exhibition and the size and
scope of the works. While the photographs will not be used to assess individual artworks,
they may give the moderator insight into how a candidate has considered the overall
experience of the viewer in their exhibition.
