NUDITY, GOLDFISH AND ETHICS

June 9, 2017

Both my June 2017 blogs are in response to things encountered as a visual arts examiner/moderator. This one is aimed at teachers and to some extent is about ethics and the limits of art submitted for assessment. The other one – YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS… – is...

CH-CH-CH-CHANGES (to the Visual Arts Guide)

May 3, 2017

David Bowie – Changes Lyrics | MetroLyrics “Turn and face the strange ch-ch-changes. Ooh, look out you rock ‘n’ rollers! Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes, turn and face the strange ch-ch-changes. Pretty soon now you’re gonna get older…”...

“DOES DIGITAL ART MATTER?”

April 7, 2017

“DOES DIGITAL ART MATTER?” The question was posed by a teacher in a recent IBDP Visual Arts Workshop.   The “Lens based, electronic and screen-based forms” column in the Visual Arts Guide “Art-making Forms table” has provoked some heated discussion among art...

It’s March – are you ready for the Visual Arts uploads?

March 1, 2017

For many of us, this will be the 2nd time we upload files for the ‘new’ visual arts course. Hopefully you learned from your experiences last March/April! Here are some reminders 1 THE UPLOAD – DATES AND DEADLINES OVERVIEW The deadlines occur in April, every 10 days,...

Process Portfolio reminders PART 2

February 10, 2017

  This blog is a continuation of the “Reminders and ideas for the PP” that I started in January. Here are a few more things that I am talking to my students about. AMFT* Yes, the good old Art Making Forms Table. I am going to stress LBESB   LBESB Acronyms...

Process Portfolio thoughts and reminders

January 9, 2017

Happy New Year! I’m going start the year by reminding my 2nd year students of the Process Portfolio. These students will be uploading their PP screens/pages in March/April so my first blog posts of 2017 relate to the PP. I don’t want in inundate you with too much too...