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IB Visual Art Vernissage 2025
The International Baccalaureate Visual Arts program stands as a rigorous framework that nurtures both technical skill and conceptual depth in emerging artists. Our annual Vernissage represents the culmination of students’ two-year creative journey—a testament to their growth, resilience, and artistic vision. The diverse works featured in our exhibition reflect the program’s emphasis on experimentation, risk-taking,…
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Seeing Rome Through the Eyes of a Realist
This project challenged students to capture modern Rome through the lens of Realism, asking: If a Realist artist were alive today, how would they depict the city? Drawing from the tradition of 19th-century Realist painters like Courbet, Daumier, and Millet, who rejected idealization in favor of documenting ordinary life, students explored contemporary urban environments with…
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Drawing and Painting Students Master the Art of Perspective
Our Drawing and Painting students have produced an impressive series of perspective studies that demonstrate both technical precision and creative vision. Through five distinct works, they explore increasingly complex spatial challenges while maintaining mathematical accuracy and artistic sensitivity. The first study, a library interior, showcases masterful handling of one-point perspective. The repetitive elements of shelving…
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Zentangle: Where Pattern Meets Presence
In the fluid boundaries of these black and white compositions, our 2-D Design 20204-2025 cohort produced a Zentangle collection that charts a course between discipline and discovery. Like water finding its path, each piece carves its own territory, where structured geometries dissolve into organic flows, then crystallize again into precise formations. The works speak in…
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Elementary Art as a Process of Discovery
In this series of drawings by our Elementary School students, we encounter a unique form of expression that is both immediate and highly individual. The drawings reveal a natural process of visual exploration where each line, shape, and color becomes a tool for discovery. In these early stages, young artists engage with art as a…
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Organic Abstraction: The Fusion of Nature and Geometry
Inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright’s Philosophy of ‘Organic Architecture‘ Frank Lloyd Wright’s philosophy of Organic Architecture urges us to “Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature.” In this exhibition, our students have fully embraced this ethos, not simply replicating the natural world, but distilling its essence through the lens of geometry. The result is…
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‘Whispers Island’: A Contemporary Art Journey for Students
We are thrilled to announce the launch of Whispers Island—an educational resource now available on Instagram, designed specifically to enrich the learning experience of our art students. This carefully curated collection of contemporary art images offers an immersive, dynamic learning space. At Whispers Island, students are not just viewing a gallery of modern works—they are…
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Art 6 Prehistoric Cave Paintings
In our Art 6 class, students have been diving into the world of prehistoric cave paintings, experimenting with techniques that echo the methods of ancient artists. Using absorbent, crumpled paper as their canvas, they faced the challenge of rendering animal forms on the rough, uneven surfaces—just as prehistoric artists might have done on cave walls.…
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Elements of Art T-Shirt Design
The latest project in our 2-D Design class focuses on creating unique T-shirt designs inspired by the elements of art. Students were asked to ideate, sketch, and finalize a concept that effectively communicates their chosen design elements, paying attention to composition, balance, and overall visual appeal. The task encouraged students to consider how their designs…
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Exploring the Surreal: A Journey Through Surrealist Collage
Surrealism is an art movement that dares to venture beyond the ordinary, diving into the strange and enigmatic corners of the human psyche. Our latest 8th Grade project, the Surrealist Collage, challenges students to create a visual portal into a world where logic is twisted, and reality is reimagined. This post explores the project’s criteria…
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