NAME OF COURSE

Visual Arts– Advanced Placement Studio Art 2-D and Drawing Portfolio

INSTRUCTOR

Dr. Jerri Benton

CONTACT INFORMATION

Phone: work: 850.482.1317 ext. 246                                      Email: [email protected]       

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The advanced placement art courses are designed to prepare students for college, give them the necessary studio experience to nurture their creativity, and give them the opportunity to earn college credit. Students must earn a score of 3 or higher on the student portfolio assessment to be eligible to receive college credit.  A link is available through AP Central for parents and students to view exactly what each United States college/university will accept. http://apcentral.collegeboard.com     

The AP 2-D Design and Drawing Portfolio courses continually address a broad interpretation of design issues, techniques and media that will involve the students in a sustained, informed and critical decision-making process while they create art. For this portfolio, students are asked to demonstrate continued investigation and mastery of two portfolio sections - selected works and sustained investigation. For 2-D Design, students may accomplish this through any two-dimensional medium or process, including but not limited to, 2-D elements and principles of art (point, line, shape, plane, layer, form, space, texture, color, value, opacity, transparency, time, unity, variety, rhythm, movement, proportion, scale, balance, emphasis, contrast, repetition, figure/graound relationship, connection, juxtaposition and hierarchy.  For Drawing, the portfolio focus is the use of mark-making, line, surface, space, lightened shade, and composition. Students may work with any materials, processes and ideas. Some possibilities for submission include drawing (analog and digital), painting, printmaking and mixed media. 

*In order to purchase high quality art supplies for all students, each student's works of art created throughout the school year will be displayed and available for sale at our MHS Annual Exhibit and Silent Auction held at the end of the school year.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• To encourage creative as well as sustained investigation of materials, processes and ideas

• To emphasize making art as an on-going process that involves the student in informed and critical decision making through practice, experimentation and revision

• To help students develop technical skills and familiarize them with the functions of visual elements and principles

• To encourage students to become independent thinkers who will contribute inventively and critically to their culture through the making of art

GRADING POLICIES

40% Participation/ Daily Class Work

60% Final AP Compositions

COURSE OF STUDY

During the first two weeks of school, the course outline and summer assignments are reviewed with the students. Each individual section of the portfolio – Selected Works and Sustained Investigation – is discussed in detail. The Selected Works section requires students to demonstrate skillful synthesis of materials, processes and ideas. The Sustained Investigation section requires students to conduct a sustained investigation based on questions, through practice, experimentation, and revision. Students will view slide examples from the College Board and images from the AP Studio Art Poster that correspond to each section of the portfolio. Students are expected to produce work that develops mastery in concept, composition, and execution of ideas. Both sections of the portfolios require students to articulate information about their work.

 

• In Advanced Placement 2-D and Drawing Portfolios, we begin with the Sustained Investigation, 60% of the total score. The Sustained Investigation consists of 15 digital images of artwork and process documentation that demonstrate sustained investigation through practice, experimentation and revision.

  The Sustained Investigation will require students to create 5 art pieces the 1^st,

  2^nd, and 3^rdnine weeks, for a total of 15 pieces.

• For the Sustained Investigation, students must state the following in writing:
  • Identify the questions that guided your sustained investigation
  • Describe how your sustained investigation shows evidence of practice, experimentation and revision guided by your questions (1200 characters maximum, including spaces, for responses to both prompts 
• For each image in the Sustained Investigation, students must state the following in writing:
  • Materials used (100 characters maximum, including spaces)
  • Processes used (100 characters maximum, including spaces)
  • Size (height x width x depth, in inches)
• In Advanced Placement 2-D and Drawing Portfolios the Selected Works section of the portfolio, 40% of the total score, formally begins the 4th nine weeks of school, although it is advisable that students begin working on this section throughout the school year. The Selected Works consists of 5 physical works that each demonstrate synthesis of materials, processes and ideas using 2-D and design skills (for 2-D portfolio) or drawing skills (for drawing portfolio).
• For each image in the Selected Works section, students must state the following in writing:
  • idea(s) visually evident (100 characters maximum, including spaces)
  • Materials used (100 characters maximum, including spaces)
  • Processes used (100 characters maximum, including spaces)

PORTFOLIO TIMELINE

1st SEMESTER

• Summer assignments are collected, graded, and constructively critiqued in a group

   to point out and uncover technical issues and concepts in the designs. Ongoing

   individual critiques with the teacher will further provide students opportunities to

   discuss and question their own work as well as the works of their classmates.

• A review of the AP Studio course outlines the sections of the course for

   the students, including Sustained Investigation and Selected Works criteria.

• Visual resources are used to expose students to several examples of successful AP studio art 

   portfolios via past student and college board digital images, textbooks and the AP Studio Art Poster.

   These resources will aid the students in mastering their presentation, quality, craftsmanship and

   originality throughout their creative efforts.

• Students will continue experimenting with a variety of media and approaches through class projects, independent study, etc. A quick thumbnail is drawn and a series of questions are asked to help develop the student’s problem solving skills.

 

• Summer & August (12th - 30th):   2 Sustained Investigation works due
• September (3rd - 30th):                2 Sustained Investigation works due 
• October (1st - 11th):                     1 Sustained Investigation work due

• October (14th - 31st):                           1 Sustained Investigation work due
• November (1st - 22nd):                        2 Sustained Investigation works due
• December (2nd - 18th):                       2 Sustained Investigation works due

 MID TERM CHECKPOINT (December 16th)

• Images uploaded and labeled
• Written reflection of Sustained Investigation
• Selected Works Plan                                                                                                      

2nd SEMESTER

Third 9-Weeks:

• January (6th - 31st):                           2 Sustained Investigation works due
• February (6th - 31st):                         2 Sustained Investigation works due

• March( 2nd - 11th):                            1 Sustained Investigation work due

 

Fourth 9-Weeks:

• March (13th - 31st):                       1 Selected Artwork due
• April (1st - 30):                               4 Selected Artworks due, if not already completed
• May: Submission of Portfolio and continue with individual independent study

   

 *AP artwork will be scanned or photographed and uploaded into the computer as soon as the college board opens the website for submissions! This is necessary to get the process completed on time! THIS IS THE STUDENT’S RESPONSIBILITY!! 

TEXTS (Available as resources)

ArtTalk; Rosalind Ragans: Glencoe; 1995

Experience Clay; Maureen Mackey; Davis Publications; 2003

Exploring Visual Design; Davis Publications; 2011

Lifelike Portraits from Photographs; Lee Hammond: North Light Books; 1995

Scholastic Art periodicals and supplemental material provided by the instructor

SPECIAL PROJECTS/ASSIGNMENTS

• The Annual Art Exhibit and Silent Auction will be held in the spring of 2020. This event allows art students the opportunity to receive recognition for their artistic accomplishments, thus every student will be a part of this annual event. Since the art auction is also our major fundraising event, every student is required to place their artwork in the auction to be sold at the teacher’s discretion. Parents, as well as the general public, are invited to attend the exhibit and bid on the artwork. The students in the art program and I take great pride in this event and we look forward to having the opportunity to showcase student artwork.

• From time to time it is necessary to stop our planned course of study to create artwork for the school and/or community. We must remain flexible and remember that these are real world demands on an artist and are practical experiences that enhance the quality of our art education. Additionally, such opportunities help to create a heightened sense of aesthetic awareness and appreciation from our school and our community. 

STUDENT EXPECTATIONS

• To develop the presentation, quality, craftsmanship, and originality in all artwork
• To create original artwork and recognize the strong level of artistic integrity that must

      be applied to all work. Published photographs or images or works of other artists must

      be substantially changed or altered in a way that the new work moves beyond duplication.

      Plagiarism is not acceptable.

• To be committed to the program and spend outside of school time on projects
• To be in class on time, prepared, ready to work, and be on best behavior
• To respect the property and work of others and of the work environment/supplies 

STUDENT ARCHIVES

Students create two sets of digital images, one for the College Board and one for our classroom archives. Every year each class will put together a digital collection of their artwork and written statements. This collection will remain in the art room and become property of our school. This will allow for revisiting of past portfolios for students to see portfolios with scores from 3 to 5 and to clarify what visually constitutes a successful AP Studio Art Portfolio.