AP Studio Art
AP 3-D Art
The AP 3-D Art and Design course is designed for the highly motivated art student who strives to earn college-level credits.
Course Overview
In AP 3-D Art and Design, you’ll use the skills you learn in the course and your own ideas to create unique works of art. Throughout the course, you’ll develop an inquiry that guides artmaking through practice, experimentation, and revision of materials, processes, and ideas while demonstrating 3-D art and design skills through sculpture, architecture, jewelry, fashion and apparel design, bookmaking, game design, interior design, fibers, and others.
Skills You'll Learn
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Investigating the materials, processes, and ideas that artists and designers use.
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Practicing, experimenting, and revising as you create your own work.
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Communicating your ideas about works of art and design.
Expectations & Support
Investigate Materials, Processes, and Ideas
You’ll learn how artists and designers decide what to make, why, and how to make it.
You’ll practice: Reflecting on and documenting experiences to inform your art and design work. Exploring materials, processes, and ideas to use in your work. Connecting your work to art and design traditions. Evaluating works of art and design.
Make Art and Design
You’ll study the processes and techniques that artists and designers use when they create work.
You’ll practice: Coming up with questions to guide you in creating works. Using practice, experimentation, and revision. Choosing and combining materials, processes, and ideas. Using the elements and principles of 2-D art and design.
Present Art and Design
You’ll explore why and how artists and designers present their work to viewers.
You’ll practice: Explaining how you used materials, processes, and ideas in your work. Describing how the work shows your skills. Identifying the questions that guided you in creating your work. Pointing out how your work shows experimentation, practice, and revision.
Recommended Prerequisites
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Art III (3-Dimensional Design) and portfolio assessment
Exams & Assessment
In the AP Digital Portfolio, you’ll need to digitally submit these three portfolio components: (Sustained Investigation Images, Sustained Investigation Written Evidence, and Selected Works).
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Portfolio of 15 images based on the student’s chosen Sustained Investigation
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Portfolio of 5 works, total of 10 images (2 views of each) of Selected Works
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Written Evidence for Sustained Investigation and Selected Works
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Peer and Teacher Critiques
Materials & Resources
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AP Classroom
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AP Articles/Videos
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Teacher presentations
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Art materials and tools
Time and Material Commitment
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AP 3D Art & Design students are expected to refine their ideas in and out of class. Some work must be completed outside of class, and students will be responsible for a portion of their materials. The student’s work must demonstrate a self-guided artistic investigation through practice, experimentation, and revision.
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It is recommended that if a student is enrolled in AP in the Spring, they also take Art III (3-Dimensional Design) in the Fall, which allows them to have access to the art room and AP art educator for the entire year.
AP Drawing
The AP Drawing course is designed for the highly motivated art student who strives to earn college-level credits.
Course Overview
In AP Drawing, you’ll use the skills you learn in the course and your own ideas to create unique works of art. Throughout the course, you’ll develop an inquiry that guides artmaking through practice, experimentation, and revision of materials, processes, and ideas while demonstrating drawing skills through painting, drawing, sequential art, printmaking, illustration, animation, fibers, and others.
Skills You'll Learn
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Investigating the materials, processes, and ideas that artists and designers use.
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Practicing, experimenting, and revising as you create your own work.
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Communicating your ideas about works of art and design.
Expectations & Support
Investigate Materials, Processes, and Ideas
You’ll learn how artists and designers decide what to make, why, and how to make it.
You’ll practice: Reflecting on and documenting experiences to inform your art and design work. Exploring materials, processes, and ideas to use in your work. Connecting your work to art and design traditions. Evaluating works of art and design.
Make Art and Design
You’ll study the processes and techniques that artists and designers use when they create work.
You’ll practice: Coming up with questions to guide you in creating works. Using practice, experimentation, and revision. Choosing and combining materials, processes, and ideas. Using the elements and principles of 2-D art and design.
Present Art and Design
You’ll explore why and how artists and designers present their work to viewers.
You’ll practice: Explaining how you used materials, processes, and ideas in your work. Describing how the work shows your skills. Identifying the questions that guided you in creating your work. Pointing out how your work shows experimentation, practice, and revision.
Recommended Prerequisites
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Art III or Art IV and portfolio assessment
Exams & Assessment
In the AP Digital Portfolio, you’ll need to digitally submit these three portfolio components: (Sustained Investigation Images, Sustained Investigation Written Evidence, and Selected Works).
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Portfolio of 15 images based on the student’s chosen Sustained Investigation
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Portfolio of 5 images of Selected Works
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Written Evidence for Sustained Investigation and Selected Works
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Peer and Teacher Critiques
Materials & Resources
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AP Classroom
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AP Articles/Videos
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Teacher presentations
-
Art materials and tools
Time and Material Commitment
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AP Drawing students are expected to refine their ideas in and out of class. Some work must be completed outside of class, and students will be responsible for a portion of their materials. The student’s work must demonstrate a self-guided artistic investigation through practice, experimentation, and revision.
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It is recommended that if a student is enrolled in AP in the Spring, they also take Art III or Art IV in the Fall, which allows them to have access to the art room and AP art educator for the entire year.
AP 2-D Art and Design
The AP 2-D Art and Design course is designed for the highly motivated art student who strives to earn college-level credits.
Course Overview
In AP 2-D Art and Design, you’ll use the skills you learn in the course and your own ideas to create unique works of art. Throughout the course, you’ll develop an inquiry that guides artmaking through practice, experimentation, and revision of materials, processes, and ideas while demonstrating 2-D art and design skills through graphic design, sequential art, photography, collage, printmaking, illustration, industrial design, animation, game design, painting, fibers, and others.
Skills You'll Learn
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Investigating the materials, processes, and ideas that artists and designers use.
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Practicing, experimenting, and revising as you create your own work.
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Communicating your ideas about works of art and design.
Expectations & Support
Investigate Materials, Processes, and Ideas
You’ll learn how artists and designers decide what to make, why, and how to make it.
You’ll practice: Reflecting on and documenting experiences to inform your art and design work. Exploring materials, processes, and ideas to use in your work. Connecting your work to art and design traditions. Evaluating works of art and design.
Make Art and Design
You’ll study the processes and techniques that artists and designers use when they create work.
You’ll practice: Coming up with questions to guide you in creating works. Using practice, experimentation, and revision. Choosing and combining materials, processes, and ideas. Using the elements and principles of 2-D art and design.
Present Art and Design
You’ll explore why and how artists and designers present their work to viewers.
You’ll practice: Explaining how you used materials, processes, and ideas in your work. Describing how the work shows your skills. Identifying the questions that guided you in creating your work. Pointing out how your work shows experimentation, practice, and revision.
Recommended Prerequisites
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Art III, Art IV, or Photography III and portfolio assessment
Exams & Assessment
In the AP Digital Portfolio, you’ll need to digitally submit these three portfolio components: (Sustained Investigation Images, Sustained Investigation Written Evidence, and Selected Works).
-
Portfolio of 15 images based on the student’s chosen Sustained Investigation
-
Portfolio of 5 images of Selected Works
-
Written Evidence for Sustained Investigation and Selected Works
-
Peer and Teacher Critiques
Materials & Resources
-
AP Classroom
-
AP Articles/Videos
-
Teacher presentations
-
Art materials and tools
Time and Material Commitment
-
AP 2D Art & Design students are expected to refine their ideas in and out of class. Some work must be completed outside of class, and students will be responsible for a portion of their materials. The student’s work must demonstrate a self-guided artistic investigation through practice, experimentation, and revision.
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It is recommended that if a student is enrolled in AP in the Spring, they also take Art III, Art IV, or Photography III in the Fall, which allows them to have access to the art room and AP art educator for the entire year.