DP visual art students in Grade 11 have begun a two-year process of curating their own exhibition, documenting their development over time, and completing a deep analysis of several historical artworks.
All of the work done in the MYP—researching, studying the elements and principles, experimenting with materials, drafting artist statements—has prepared these students to do essentially what working artists do. They explore ideas that matter to them. They decide what they want to communicate and then do it. They understand their own purposes for art-making and their place in art history, and can view and respond fluently to the work on display in galleries. They solve problems, revise, reflect, and re-visit old ideas with new approaches. This program is rigorous, but students come out the other side with strong skills in both analysis and communication.
In the images below, Lizzy has begun exploring the theme of isolation and how artists Edward Hopper and Käthe Kollwitz used printmaking to convey powerful, enduring ideas about aloneness and suffering.
