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AP 3D DESIGN

 Portfolio Overview 

Kristina Rutar, “Dychotomy”

wheelthrown and altered stoneware, porcelain, wool, 220x150x46 cm, 2019

PORTFOLIO REQUIREMENTS - All three AP Art and Design Portfolio Exams contain two sections.

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1. The Selected Works section requires students to demonstrate skillful synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas. (5 Pieces)

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2. The Sustained Investigation section requires students to conduct a sustained investigation based on questions, through practice, experimentation, and revision. (15 Pieces)

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Both sections of the portfolios require students to articulate information about their work.

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The Focus

An inquiry-based approach - both on the learning about AND the making of art and design. Students are expected to conduct an in-depth, sustained investigation of materials, processes and ideas.​

 

The Framework

Focuses on concepts and skills to help students become inquisitive, thoughtful artists and designers that are able to articulate information about their work.

 

The Goal

To develop and apply skills of inquiry through investigation, practice, experimentation, revision, communication, and reflection.

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  • This class is designed for experienced, highly self motivated and dedicated students.

  • Students will be required to develop, practice, and apply the following skills;

    • Inquiry and Investigation - Investigate materials, processes, and ideas

    • Making Through Practice, Experimentation, and Revision - creating works of art and design through practice, experimentation, and revision.

    • Communication and Reflection - Communicate ideas through the lens of the elements and principles of design, processes used/discovered and use of materials.

 

  • Submission to the College Board for assessment is May 7th 2021

  • All students will be required to take the AP Studio Art 2-D or 3D Design exam. 

 

Attendance for all extra in studio session is mandatory.

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You MUST keep a sketchbook (digital and/or physical) of processes, ideas, and materials. This is NECESSARY because you must now submit images of process to the AP Board. 

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Assessment will be based on the College board AP Studio Art 2D/3D Design Rubric

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There will be no incomplete assignments for reporting periods.  

All works must demonstrate a high level of quality for submissions to the College Board for assessment

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AP® Studio Art 2D and Design PORTFOLIO REQUIREMENTS

AP® Studio Art 3D and Design PORTFOLIO REQUIREMENTS

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Big Ideas: Investigate, Make, Present  

 

Big Idea 1: Investigate Materials, Processes, and Ideas

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  • Artists’ and designers’ experiences inform their thinking and making. Those experiences often spark questions that guide investigations in diverse disciplines. Artists and designers investigate how materials, processes, and ideas within a work relate to each other, how they relate to interpretations of the work, to art and design traditions, and to other disciplines. Artists and designers select materials, processes, and ideas to investigate as potential components for making.

 

  • What informs why, how, and what artists and designers make?

    • 1A: Document experiences to generate possibilities for making art and design.

    • 1B: Document examples of how inquiry guides sustained investigation through art 

    • 1C: Document investigation of viewers’ interpretations of art and design.

    • 1D: Document how works of art and design relate to art and design traditions.

    • 1E: Document evaluation of art and design.

    • 1F: Document selection of materials, processes, and ideas to investigate.

Big Idea 2: Make Art and Design

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  • Artists’ and designers’ work is often driven by inquiry. Artists and designers generate questions related to their experiences. They select materials, processes, and ideas to investigate, guided by their questions. They make work through practice, experimentation, and revision using selected components, developing skills in connecting materials, processes, and ideas within their work.

 

  • How do artists and designers make works of art and design?

    • 2A: Formulate questions that guide a sustained investigation through art and design.

    • 2B: Conduct a sustained investigation through art and design that demonstrates practice, experimentation, and revision guided by questions.

    • 2C: Make works of art and design that demonstrate synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas.

    • 2D: Make works of art and design that demonstrate 2-D, 3-D, or drawing skills.

Big Idea 3: Present Art and Design

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  • Artists and designers make choices about how they present their work. Their choices affect viewer interpretation. By presenting their work and documenting viewer responses, artists and designers learn how viewers interpret materials, processes, and ideas used to make the work. Understanding viewer interpretations can inform thinking and making.

 

  • Why and how do artists and designers present their work to viewers?

    • 3A: Identify in writing, materials, processes, and ideas used to make works of art and design.

    • 3B: Describe how works of art and design demonstrate synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas.

    • 3C: Describe how works of art and design demonstrate 2-D, 3-D, or drawing skills.

    • 3D: Identify, in writing, questions that guided a sustained investigation through art and design.

    • 3E: Describe, in writing, how a sustained investigation through art and design shows evidence of practice, experimentation, and revision guided by questions.

    • 3F: Document presentation of works of art and design for viewer interpretation.

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