Welcome to IB Hub
Everything you need to teach the new IB Visual Arts course — clearly structured and ready to use.
Created by a practicing educator and artist who co-designed the official IB workshops, contributed to the Teacher Support Material, and supported early assessment trials — the IB Hub offers rare, real-world insight into how this syllabus works in practice. Built on the belief that great teaching balances structure, creativity, and deep inquiry, this space supports the role of the artist-teacher — and gives you the tools to plan with purpose.
What the IB HUB Contains
Course Overview
A simple breakdown of the new IB Visual Arts course structure. If you’re feeling overwhelmed, start here — this section gives you a clear, bird’s-eye view of what’s changed, what matters, and how it all connects.
Core Areas & Teaching Approaches
This section unpacks the four Core Areas and offers insight into how they can be taught with flexibility and depth. It also includes ideas for weaving the curriculum into your existing practice in authentic, student-centred ways.
Assessment Objectives
Clarity is key. Here you’ll find the assessment objectives explained in plain language — plus suggestions for how to make them visible in student work without turning everything into a checklist.
Comprehensive Course Plan
A full 13-stage teaching plan that breaks the two-year course into manageable, meaningful phases. This is the backbone of the IB Hub — designed to support flow, reduce stress, and give structure to inquiry-based learning.
Direct Access to Resources
All your key documents and support materials in one place. From Support Cards and sample submissions to assessment sheets and rationales — everything you need, clearly organised and ready to use.
How the IB HUB Connects to the Art Practice Hub
The Art Practice Hub complements the IB HUB by providing hands-on materials that support teaching and learning. These include:
- Projects – Inquiry-led tasks designed to align with IB assessment objectives.
- Skills Cards – Focused resources to develop technical and conceptual abilities.
- Insight Cards – Deeper insights into artistic concepts, methods, and theories.
Educators using the Comprehensive Course Plan will find direct links to these resources, ensuring seamless integration between curriculum planning and classroom practice.
How Art-Ed Hub Supports You
Art-Ed Hub bridges the gap between the IB DP Visual Arts curriculum and the classroom, offering educators:
- Clear Guidance – Simplified explanations of curriculum requirements to help navigate complexities.
- Practical Tools – Templates, exercises, and resources to embed inquiry-based learning into lessons.
Confidence – Expert strategies and support to inspire creativity and autonomy in students.
A Future of Creative Potential
The IB DP Visual Arts course prepares students to thrive in creative industries and beyond, equipping them with the skills to innovate, reflect, and connect meaningfully with the world.
With Art-Ed Hub’s support, educators can confidently guide students through this transformative journey, fostering a future where creativity drives progress.
Art-Ed Hub is here to support you every step of the way.
Feel supported at every stage of the new IB Visual Arts course.
These cards are shaped by lived experience and offer calm, practical guidance on everything from structuring the AIP to writing with clarity and intention. They’re here to make the complex feel clear, and to help you focus on what really matters.
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Wondering if Art-Ed Hub is the right fit for you?
Our free Sample Pack offers more than a preview: it’s an invitation into a space where art becomes a tool for transformation and self-understanding.
These selected cards reflect Art-Ed Hub’s unique voice: reflective, imaginative, and rooted in the belief that creativity can guide us back to our most authentic selves.
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Where authenticity sparks growth
Art-Ed Hub is a space for creative transformation, where curiosity is protected, authenticity is encouraged, and growth becomes possible.
Whether you’re an educator, artist, or seeker, you’ll find tools, insights, and frameworks that support creative confidence and meaningful exploration.
Here, creativity is not just a skill. It’s a way of becoming.
