ARTISTIC EXPRESSION
Competency
What Does Artistic Expression Mean?
Creative exploration and communication through the visual and/or performing arts are and will continue to be an important part of who you are and what you do, whether by profession or as a personal passion.
What You Need To Do:
Make a significant and sustained commitment to the Arts in one or more disciplines, in or outside of school.
Will My Reflection Be Approved?
You demonstrate significant and sustained participation in arts activities of your choosing and reflect on the overall habits and practices you have developed as an artist.
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You choose to take a college/university preparation level Arts program, such as the IB or AP, and reflect on the overall habits and practices you have developed as an artist.
Exemplars
Guiding Questions
Metacognition
Developing new understanding - Overall, how did this experience develop new understandings/change you as a global citizen?
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E.g. How has being an artist changed your thinking on communication and perseverance?
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What does being an artist mean to you?
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Which artistic expression(s) (communicating thoughts and emotions and
ideas through creative mediums) are you passionate about and why? -
How long have you been engaging with this arts activity in and outside of school?
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What are some habits and practices that you have developed as an artist through this engagement?
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Attach evidence to celebrate yourself as an artist (Images of your work,videos, recordings)
Guiding Questions
Further Resources
- Why are the arts important to you? What makes them a personal passion?
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What evidence have you included in your portfolio to demonstrate the skills and understandings you’ve developed?
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From your perspective, what’s the relationship between the arts and global citizenship?
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From your perspective, how do the skills/understandings you’ve developed transfer to your role as a global citizen?
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Overall, how have your experiences helped you to develop new understandings / changed you as a global citizen?
Artistic Expression Podcasts
Finding Her Voice and a Community
Ms Malikah S and Soroush talked about how she found her voice and passion free from competition. She engaged in the classical education of the style of music. She has been able to take to the stage and radio! She was able to find confidence in herself through challenging herself to do something that was unique to her. We were fascinated by her exploration of the mic voice and live voice. How do you find yourself as an artist? What do you gain from being an artist?
Collaborate, Feedback and Endorphins
Aaditi and Rei talked to Ms Alex Trotter about her passion for choir and singing. She has been singing since she was 9 years old and continued it throughout her life and places that she has lived around the world. She acknowledges her role in an ensemble rather than her as an individual singer. She knows how she has to adapt to different types of choirs. She describes it as inclusive community and effervescent joy? What artistic expression makes you feel this way? What releases your endorphins? What habits do you have that make you an artist?