Ib art presentation 2014

IB Visual Arts Saint George’s School Rome

What degrees or careers do I absolutely need IB Art for?

And those are just the jobs that exist today‌

New media such as video games and the Internet are creating an explosion of opportunity for digital designers and multimedia artists.

The world is changing FAST! Creativity and adaptability will be even more important in the future.

You are unlikely to have one career for life‌

Students with a creative mind and wide skill set have an advantage, in any career Those who are multi-skilled are astronomically more useful, well-rounded, hireable and capable of excelling in a much wider range of professions.

Studying Art improves performance in other subjects James Catterall, leading professor and Chair of the Faculty at the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, has studied 12,000 students over twelve years.

His research demonstrates that involvement in the arts (both Visual Art and Performing Art) is associated with higher levels of attainment in both high school and university.

Good marks impress, no matter what Outstanding grades , in any subject, indicate skill; intellectual rigour; strong work ethic and a commitment to fulfilling one's potential. All of these things are desirable traits in an employee or university applicant.

For the vast majority of university degrees, taking an art-related subject alongside other subjects will not disadvantage you The official representatives from twenty six UK universities who spoke to The Guardian confirm that, aside from the stated required or recommended subjects for each degree, no subjects are looked upon more or less favourably when considering an applicant for UK universities

St George’s IB Visual Arts Grades Summary

2009-2014

7 6 41 16

5 8

4 0

3 0

2 0

1 0

Total 65 students (average approx. 11 per year) 63% level 7 (world average between 4 -10%) 25% level 6 12% level 5 IB Level 6.5 average over the last 6 years

Final Exhibitions (Examination) OLD HL: NEW HL:

18 studio projects 11 studio projects

OLD SL: NEW SL:

12 studio projects 7 studio projects

HL & SL: 40 % Studio Projects/Exhibition 40 % Process Portfolio 20 % Comparative Study No final exam (except your exhibition)

IB Visual Arts at Saint George’s School Rome Some thoughts and work by our own students….

Experimentation, research & Development

The Process Portfolio

The fact that we are constrained at the beginning helped me a lot, but then we were given more freedom‌ ‌ and that was nice!

...and you give so much more so that you get so much more, and so it sort of works again; collaboratively, reciprocally...

Generally my ideas are very spontaneous.

I’m inspired by socks, by tissue paper, by ducks, by onion soup…

Sir, whenever you tell me to do something, I will always go and do the opposite.

…and then I started to take risks...

I wanted to give different meaning to my work, rather than showing just what I'm good at.

Art Expeditions & The Comparative Study

Studio Projects & The Final Exhibition

...continuously thinking about it... ‌putting together, reassemble, disassemble your ideas‌

...you can't just go one way.

You have to go both ways at the same time‌

... it's your secret‌ your other identity, your other life – and you can do things that you wouldn't normally do!

...these things complete me, they make me more satisfied.

“I was, to a certain extent, influenced

by Haruki Murakami and his idea of dislocated reality. In his novels he juxtaposes the mundane with the surreal but still maintains a thread that can be related to. I used the same principle in my art, where the quotidian objects are used as a medium of representation of rude and fishy circumstances...�