Parvin Peivandi
IB reflection Paper, August 28th, 2014, Day 4th
Visiting the Rennie Collection got me reflecting on the role of artist as a cultural researcher in society. Rodney Graham as an artist is inquiring for his art works all the time very similar to the inquiry that we observe in the IB cohort. He starts from a question, a concept driven question that makes him inspired to go further and investigate different approaches and possibilities in art making. In Graham’s work, I could find the three faces of IB’s processes as inquiry, action and reflection .His works are his responses to the world around him as students in IB education are encouraged to reflect on the world around them.
Visiting Graham’s exhibition at the Rennie collection, I was asking myself how I can improve my student’s creativity and sensibility similar to the artist? How can I teach and develop my lesson plans based on the rigorous nature of IB while not blocking their free expressions? These are some inquiries that I will follow in IB cohort.