IB Visual Arts source requirements

IB Visual Arts Source Checker

Visual Arts sources should clearly distinguish student art-making from referenced artworks, artists, images, cultural research, and appropriated material. Images and research sources need accurate attribution.

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Visual Arts coursework source check

Marksy reads the links or source notes you provide, applies the selected IB assessment profile, and only stops for clarification when the score depends on it.

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Visual Arts coursework

Source rules

What usually works for Visual Arts coursework

Usually strong

  • Artist works, gallery/museum records, exhibition catalogues, interviews, process photos, and cultural research.
  • Student process evidence and exhibition documentation.
  • Images with creator/title/date/source details.

Needs review

  • Pinterest or social media images with weak provenance.
  • AI-generated reference images without acknowledgement.
  • Copying an artwork too closely without analysis of appropriation/influence.

Avoid or replace

  • Unattributed images.
  • Presenting copied visuals as original work.
  • Cultural sources used decoratively without context.

Examples: strong, risky, weak

Strong

A museum artwork record, exhibition catalogue source, artist interview, and student process photos.

Review

An artist's Instagram post with useful process evidence but limited metadata.

Weak

An uncredited Pinterest image used as the main visual reference.

Where to find better Visual Arts coursework sources

If your current source gets a warning, do not just add more websites. Use searches that match the assessment rule and replace weak evidence with sources that can actually carry analysis.

Replacement moves

Replace unattributed images. with artist works, gallery/museum records, exhibition catalogues, interviews, process photos, and cultural research..

Use pinterest or social media images with weak provenance. only as context unless your teacher confirms they can carry evidence.

Add one source that gives direct evidence for the coursework, not just general background.

Strong places to look

Artist works, gallery/museum records, exhibition catalogues, interviews, process photos, and cultural research
Student process evidence and exhibition documentation
Images with creator/title/date/source details