IB VISUAL ARTS BOOSTER Programs

Visual Arts 6 day Pre and Mid course program at BCAC Bali, from July 6-11.

The program will provide an inspiring and highly informative preparation for students about to undertake an IB Visual Arts course at a school, or, an invaluable boost for students going into the second year of this 2 year course. The program is primarily skills based and extremely flexible and adaptable to the individual needs and interests of participants.

Syllabus options covered: Option A (HLA) – Option B (HLB) – Option A (SLA) – Option B (SLB).

WHO WILL TEACH THE PROGRAM?

Bruce Sherratt is from the UK and is a veteran IB Visual Arts teacher, IB examiner and founding director of BCAC. Bruce teaches most of the classes. Bruce creates his own work alongside with course participants at the BCAC studio. Students also work with Balinese artists based at the center. Bruce has taught art at some of the world’s top international schools and exhibited in North America, Mexico, Europe and S. E. Asia. He is well known as an exhibiting artist in Jakarta and around the international schools community worldwide as an outstanding IB art teacher.

Bruce has visited the following international schools in the role of IB Visual Arts Visiting Examiner:

The United World College of South East Asia (UWCSEA) Singapore - Taipei American School, Taiwan – The British International School, Jakarta -
Gandhi Memorial International School, Jakarta – Emaar International School, Singapore – Chatsworth International School, Singapore – The Overseas Family School, Singapore – Tiara Bangsa STB-ACS International School, Jakarta – Moshe International School Tanzania – Ciputra International School, Surabaya, Indonesia – Cita Hata International School, Surabaya, Indonesia – Pelita Harapan International School, Tangerang, Indonesia.

WHAT WILL I GAIN BY ATTENDING A SUMMER PROGRAM?

• A big kick-start to the Investigative Workbook, and Studio components of the IB Visual Arts course.
• A program of study adjusted to your own interests, strengths and weaknesses.

• A clear understanding of the criteria the examiner will use to assess your work.

• A new and exciting dimension to your research and coursework, if you have already completed the first year.

• You will work through various processes specially designed to challenge, stretch and deepen your technical, creative and expressive skills in a variety of media.

• Your ability to create highly original and effective artwork will be dramatically increased and extended.

• You’ll take away with you, a powerful set of tools in terms of skills, inspiration and work strategies.

WHAT IS INCLUDED IN A SUMMER PROGRAM?

• All instruction and art materials.
• Pick up and drop off at the airport at the start and end of the program if required.

• All program related transport.

• Twenty-four hour access to studio and materials for independent work.

• Free WiFi Internet access.

• Free all day access to the 7 galleries at the complex.

• The opportunity to work alongside Balinese artist based at the center.

WHY IS BALI AND UBUD SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO STUDY ART?

With its rich culture and spectacular landscape, ‘The Island of the Gods’ is one of the most exotic and inspiring places on earth. In Bali, art is inseparable from the customs, beliefs, superstitions, history and survival of the people. Incongruously surrounded by glistening rice fields, Ubud is Bali’s artistic and cultural hub, with several major art museums, hundreds of galleries and a large, thriving international art community. There is a plethora of excellent inexpensive restaurants and cafes offering a wide range of Balinese and international cuisine.

STUDIO WORK – WHAT IS IT LIKE TO STUDY AT BCAC?

BCAC is based at Nyoman Ada Gallery, which consists of seven galleries and an open studio where Balinese artists are at work all day long. As a visitor commented recently “You can feel, smell and taste art here; it’s in the air, it’s everywhere.”

The studio at BCAC is an open, very traditional Balinese structure (Bale Dauh) situated in a beautiful Balinese garden with carved gargoyles and Gods, fishponds and gazebos, and a family temple.

WHAT ARE THE STUDIO PROJECTS LIKE AND WILL I BE ABLE TO DO SOME INDEPENDENT WORK?

All the projects are inspired by the richly exotic culture, topography and people of this magical and exotic ‘Island of the Gods’. The skills-based projects are both challenging and exciting and are presented within a structured framework that provides ample space for personal initiative and invention. Each project concludes with a group discussion and evaluation of the work done, using IB Visual Art assessment criteria.

The studio at BCAC is available to program participants 24 hours.

WILL WE HAVE SOME “CHILL” TIME TO RELAX AND ENJOY OTHER ASPECTS OF BALI AND UBUD?

Leisure activities will depend on the preferences of individual students. These may include: dining, beach, shopping, hiking/walking, cycling.

ACCOMMODATION

BCAC has special discount arrangements with Lokasari Resort and Spa; just 3 minutes walk from BCAC. Alternatively participants may wish to make their own accommodation arrangements.

Depending on whether participants come alone or with a friend or friends or family the following choices are available:

• Standard – 1 bedrm + 1 bathrm (2 persons),Fan, Hot water – Rp. 250.000,-
• Deluxe Room – 1 bedrm + 1 bathrm (2 persons), AC, Hot water, TV - Rp. 350.000,-

• Traditional Balinese Bungalow – 2 bedrm + 1 bathrm (3 persons), AC, Hot water, TV – Rp. 450.000,-

• Traditional Balinese Bungalow – 2 bedrm + 1 bathrm (4 persons) with AC, Hot water, TV – Rp. 500.000,-

• Suite/Family Bungalow – 2 bedrm + 2 bathrm (4 persons), AC, Hot water, TV, Kitchen – Rp. 600.000,-

Note: the prices above are per day and include breakfast.

Facilities: swimming pool, restaurant, spa, free coffee and tea, art library, art gallery.

Contacts Telephone: Office +62 361970034 -
Hp +62 812 19 968443 -

Hp +62-85857160140. Email: brcerobert@yahoo.com