SRA (Selected Resolved Artworks)
The Selected Resolved Artworks (SRA) assessment task is exclusive to Higher Level (HL) students and carries 40% of the final grade. It invites students to curate a meaningful, coherent body of five resolved artworks, chosen from their wider production across the course, and to present that body alongside a written rationale, artwork texts, and a visual selection chart.
RA (Resolved Artworks)
The Resolved Artworks (RA) is a core assessment task for SL students in the IB DP Visual Arts course, weighted at 40% of the final grade. It asks students to present a curated body of five resolved artworks, accompanied by a written rationale that communicates their artistic intentions, decision-making, and process of realization.
CS (Connections Study)
The Connections Study (CS) is a core assessment task for SL students in the new IB DP Visual Arts course. It carries 20% of the final grade and provides students with the opportunity to situate one of their own resolved artworks in context—both personal and historical—through meaningful research and visual storytelling.
AP (Artist Project)
The Artist Project (AP) is a core assessment task for HL students in the IB DP Visual Arts course, worth 30% of the final grade. It asks students to independently conceive, develop, and situate a resolved artwork: a piece they create from start to finish, guided by their own context, curiosity, and creative voice.
AIP (Art-Making Inquiries Portfolio)
The Art-Making Inquiries Portfolio (AIP) is a core assessment task in the IB DP Visual Arts course, weighted at 40% for SL and 30% for HL. It provides evidence of a student’s creative and conceptual development over time, shaped through inquiry, contextual research, experimentation, and artistic reflection.