Prerequisite:  Drawing I or portfolio review by course instructor

IB Visual Arts is a 1-year course starting the summer before the student's junior or senior year, designed to provide IB and non-IB students with the opportunity to examine their own ideas and processes in making art. Students will explore thematic concepts through the study of an artist(s) of their choice while creating a minimum of 4 pieces of original work showing increased technical skills in 2 media. Students will explore, experiment, and build their skills with a variety of 2-D and 3-D materials while documenting their own ideas, skills, themes, and artistic explorations in a visual art journal. Students final project will be to design their own art exhibit, including learning to photograph their work, and to create artist statements.