AP ART
AP stands for Advanced Placement and is a program run by the College Board. These classes allow students to take college level course work, and earn college credit, while still in high school. The College Board offers three AP class in art. These classes are AP 2-D Art and Design, AP 3-D Art and Design, and AP Drawing. In order to earn college credit, students enrolled in these AP course need to complete and submit a portfolio of original artwork.
The PortfolioThe portfolio for each class is compiled of two sections:
Sustained Investigation and Selected Works.
The Sustained Investigation might be described as a series of artworks that demonstrates how the student explores in depth a particular idea or concept. While there is no set method that defines what the Sustained Investigation consists of, in general the work created for this section of the portfolio share common subject, techniques, style while still demonstrating strong use of the elements of art and principles of design.
For the Selected Works section of the portfolio, students will select five physical artworks and submit these by mail in envelopes provided by the College Board. Along with each work of art, students will submit written responses describing the materials, processes, and ideas used.
Sustained Investigation and Selected Works.
The Sustained Investigation might be described as a series of artworks that demonstrates how the student explores in depth a particular idea or concept. While there is no set method that defines what the Sustained Investigation consists of, in general the work created for this section of the portfolio share common subject, techniques, style while still demonstrating strong use of the elements of art and principles of design.
For the Selected Works section of the portfolio, students will select five physical artworks and submit these by mail in envelopes provided by the College Board. Along with each work of art, students will submit written responses describing the materials, processes, and ideas used.
AP ART PORTFOLIO CHEAT SEAT
Self-Discovery: The AP Art course is about self-discovery and encourages students to find their topic and produce a sustained investigation. AP Art course ask the student to design, develop and reflect on their own, original idea and pick their own idea with teacher's support.
Self-Discovery: The AP Art course is about self-discovery and encourages students to find their topic and produce a sustained investigation. AP Art course ask the student to design, develop and reflect on their own, original idea and pick their own idea with teacher's support.
Writing: The recent changes to the AP Art courses require written refection of each artwork submitted in the Selected Works section of the portfolio.
Important facts:
When developing an AP portfolio, there are three key objectives the student should consider. These objectives include taking risks, demonstrating growth, and incorporating the elements of art and principles of design. Each of these align with student-directed teaching and choice based work.
Taking Risks and showing Growth:
Since students are in a student-directed classroom they are encouraged to take risks through experimentation. Also since the teacher is not designing the project, the medium and the techniques used are determined by the student.
However, when a student decides the media or the technique, there is no guarantee that the student will be successful. They may experiment with different media to see the results or try new techniques that may fail. At the AP level, the students are encouraged to show that they are experimenting as the develop their portfolio and thus their work should show growth. This experimentation and growth is recorded in "work in progress" photos. The student who does not experiment is likely to present a portfolio that is rather flat looking.
Incorporating the Elements and Principles:
Like any good art the elements are the building blocks and the principles are the pathway to use the elements. Students and teacher will discuss the elements and principles as they relate the work the student designed.
Copyright: The artwork presented in the AP portfolio should entirely consist of original works. Images that are used for reference should either have been taken by the student or in the public domain. Even when students use their own photos as a reference, they are encouraged to alter the image in some way so it is not merely a direct copy.
Due Dates: There will be a calendar set with deadlines in order to ensure that students complete all assignments necessary before the portfolios are due.
SUMMER ASSIGNMENTS
SOME EXAMPLES FROM 2020/21
Writing: The recent changes to the AP Art courses require written refection of each artwork submitted in the Selected Works section of the portfolio.
Important facts:
When developing an AP portfolio, there are three key objectives the student should consider. These objectives include taking risks, demonstrating growth, and incorporating the elements of art and principles of design. Each of these align with student-directed teaching and choice based work.
Taking Risks and showing Growth:
Since students are in a student-directed classroom they are encouraged to take risks through experimentation. Also since the teacher is not designing the project, the medium and the techniques used are determined by the student.
However, when a student decides the media or the technique, there is no guarantee that the student will be successful. They may experiment with different media to see the results or try new techniques that may fail. At the AP level, the students are encouraged to show that they are experimenting as the develop their portfolio and thus their work should show growth. This experimentation and growth is recorded in "work in progress" photos. The student who does not experiment is likely to present a portfolio that is rather flat looking.
Incorporating the Elements and Principles:
Like any good art the elements are the building blocks and the principles are the pathway to use the elements. Students and teacher will discuss the elements and principles as they relate the work the student designed.
Copyright: The artwork presented in the AP portfolio should entirely consist of original works. Images that are used for reference should either have been taken by the student or in the public domain. Even when students use their own photos as a reference, they are encouraged to alter the image in some way so it is not merely a direct copy.
Due Dates: There will be a calendar set with deadlines in order to ensure that students complete all assignments necessary before the portfolios are due.
SUMMER ASSIGNMENTS
SOME EXAMPLES FROM 2020/21