AP Studio Art
AP STUDIO ART
Examples 2021
ADVANCED PLACEMENT Studio art
Prerequisite: Proficient Art III or selected through portfolio submission and interview process. (To ensure student success.)
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Course Description:
AP Studio Art – 2D Design, 3D or Drawing - is a two semester course for mature, motivated students who have completed several prior foundational Art Courses and/or have received a teacher recommendation to be in the class. AP Studio Art does not have a written exam, instead students are expected to create a strong 24 piece 2D design or Drawing portfolio to submit to the College Board in May. Completing the AP portfolio may result in Advanced Placement credit at the institution the student chooses to attend after High School, but does not guarantee it. It will, however, help the student to have a strong portfolio to submit for admissions and scholarship opportunities.
This class will require intense focus and work - both in and out of class. In addition to developing a portfolio, students will be expected to photograph and catalogue images of their work, participate in critiques, keep an original visual reference file/sketchbook for developing ideas, study artists, art-movements and terminology.
Drawing Portfolio: For this portfolio, students address all drawing issues and mark-making concerns. They can submit not only work in traditional drawing media - pencils, ink, pastels - but also many kinds of painting, printmaking, and other forms of 2-dimensional expression.
2-D Design Portfolio: For this portfolio, students focus on the principles of design. This can include photography and digital work. It can also be comprised of drawings, paintings, prints and any other 2-dimensional art form.
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3-D Design Portfolio: The 3-D Design portfolio involves decision making about how to use the elements and principles of art as they relate to the integration of depth, space, volume, and surface, either actual or virtual. Students' portfolios demonstrate skills and ideas developed, refined, and applied throughout the course to produce visual compositions.
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ADVANCED PLACEMENT ART:
Drawing, 2D and 3D: https://www.smore.com/r9zhe-ap-studio-art
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