COURSE BIG IDEAS:
Investigate Materials, Processes, and Ideas
You’ll learn how artists and designers decide what to make and 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 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 skill.

• Identifying the questions that guided you in creating your work.

• Pointing out how your work shows experimentation, practice, and revision.   

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The AP program in Studio Art enables highly motivated students to perform at the college level while still in high school. The AP Studio Art Portfolios for Drawing, 2-D Design and 3-D Design are designed for students who are seriously interested in the practical experience of art. Successful completion of the course is not based on a written examination; instead, students submit portfolios for evaluation based on the year long development of a body of work based on a personal inquiry.