Teacher: Rebecca Cauchon
http://cauchonphotoclass.edublogs.org/
(909) 357-6300 x16336
Course Description
This course will include high level research and writing skills, intellectual discovery, and creativity. Skills developed will be a mix of thinking, social, communication, self-management, experimentation, and research. You will challenge your own creative and cultural expectations and boundaries and develop technical proficiency and confidence as art makers. You will reflect and experiment with contemporary practices and media and be consumers of visual culture. There will be an expectation to participate in a range of creative activities and study the work of contemporary artists to use as references in your own artistic journey.
Overview of Assessments
IB Visual Arts has three assessments: Comparative Study, Process Portfolio, and Exhibition.
Comparative Study: Students will compare the works of different artists and will also be responsible for making connections between their own work and the artists they study. Both SL and HL students need to understand the relationship between theory and practice. This course encourages you to critically investigate the work of other artists and allow the work to influence your own art-making practice. This independent critical and contextual investigation explores artworks, objects, and artifacts from differing cultural contexts. Students compare at least 3 different artworks, by at least 2 different artists, with commentary over 10–15 slides. Students also submit a reflection on the extent to which their work and practices have been influenced by any of the art/artists examined (3–5 slides). You will present your comparative study using Powerpoint or Prezi.
Process Portfolio: Throughout the course you will work on your Art Journal. From this journal you will select a certain number of pages to submit. Your journal should clearly indicate technical details used in the development of all art making undertaking, such as processes, products, color palettes, format, size, hardware and software used. You should make comments on your feelings, how your work is progressing and what successes you have had. You should also write about any investigation or technical problems you have encountered. You should make comments on your attitudes about life, social, cultural and political concerns. Think about the big world outside of school. The visual arts journal is yours, so it should reflect your values and beliefs! These comments can be related to art you are investigating or artwork that you are producing.
Exhibition: You will be working on art and photography through the course, and you will select your best works to submit for evaluation. The selected pieces should show evidence of your technical accomplishment during the visual arts course and an understanding of the use of materials, ideas and practices appropriate to visual communication. Students submit 8–11 pieces with exhibition text for each, along with a curatorial rationale (700 words maximum).
Assignments:
Sample Assignments:
Independent Photography Project
Logo Production
Image Projection
Photography Business Plan
Photography Story
College Informational Poster
Light Painting Techniques
Image Transfer
Visual Storytelling
Collage and Photomontage
Painting and Photography
Mixed Media
Studio Lighting
Multiple Exposures
Reflections
Action/Motion Techniques
Environmental Portraits
Natural Lighting and Reflectors
Low Light Photography
Post Processing Experimentation
Artist Recreation