Assessment Guide: Process Portfolio (Current Guide, to 2026)

Note on guide transition. This guide covers the current IB Visual Arts guide (first assessment 2016; last exams November 2026). Under the new guide (first teaching 2025, first assessment 2027) the equivalent externally assessed process component is reframed as the Art-making Inquiries Portfolio, with revised requirements and weightings (SL 40%, HL 30%). If you are assessed in 2027 or later, confirm requirements with your teacher and the official guide. A brief note on the change appears at the end.

Note on marks. Grade boundaries are set per session, so any band descriptions here are approximate and unofficial, offered only to explain how banding works.

What the task is

The Process Portfolio is an externally assessed selection