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Art Seminar
Art Seminar
This class is designed for students who wish to go beyond what they have learned in a strand of art classes (i.e. Ceramics/Sculpture).
Art Seminar is for experienced, self-motivated students who can work independently. This course will focus on visual problem solving while the student begins to find their voice to communicate in their artwork. It is an excellent course for students who want to start to build their portfolio for AP Studio, or for those students who wish to improve their skills. Recommended for careers in: advertising, architecture, engineering, industrial design, product design, package design, graphic design, and much more.
Prerequisites: One completed art strand (I, II, & III) or 4 total art classes including one level II
AP Art & Design
AP Art & Design
AP 2D Art & Design
Recommended for students specializing in Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Mixed Media, Digital Art, Graphic Design, Photography, etc. with a focus on the 2-dimensional elements and principles of design.
AP 3D Art & Design
Recommended for students specializing in Ceramics, Sculpture, Art Metals, Mixed Media, etc. with a focus on 3-dimensional elements and principles of design that engage/occupy space.
AP Drawing
Recommended for students specializing in Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Mixed Media, Digital Art, etc. with a focus on the traditional "drawing" skills such as markmaking, line quality, light and shade, composition, rendering of form, etc.
The AP Program offers three studio art courses and portfolios: Two-Dimensional Design, Three-Dimensional Design, and Drawing.
The AP Studio Art portfolios are designed for students who are seriously interested in the practical experience of art. Students submit portfolios for evaluation at the end of the school year. The AP Studio Art Program consists of three portfolios — 2-D Art & Design, 3-D Art & Design and Drawing — corresponding to the most common college foundation courses. Students may choose to submit any or all of the Drawing, Two-Dimensional Design, or Three-Dimensional design portfolios.
AP Studio Art students create a portfolio of work to demonstrate the artistic skills and ideas they have developed, refined, and applied over the course of the year to produce visual compositions.
AP Studio Art students work with diverse media, styles, subjects, and content. Each of the three portfolios consists of two sections:
• The Sustained Investigation shows sustained, deep, and multi-perspective investigation of a student-selected topic.
• The Selected Works section represents the student’s most successful works with respect to form and content. Works in this section may be selected from the Sustained Investigation or outside of it.
Students’ work is informed and guided by observation, research, experimentation, discussion, critical analysis, and reflection, relating individual practices to the art world. Students are asked to document their artistic ideas and practices to demonstrate conceptual and technical development over time. The AP Studio Art Program supports students in becoming inventive artistic scholars who contribute to visual culture through art making.
Prerequisites: One completed art strand (I, II, & III) or 4 total art classes including one level II, Art Seminar is recommended but not required
AP Art History
AP Art History
The AP Art History course explores such topics as the nature of art, its uses, its meanings, art making, and responses to art. Through investigation of diverse artistic traditions of cultures from prehistory to the present, the course fosters in-depth and holistic understanding of the history of art from a global perspective. Students learn and apply skills of visual, contextual, and comparative analysis to engage with a variety of art forms, constructing understanding of individual works and interconnections of art-making processes and products throughout history.
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Art Lab
Art Lab
This course will enhance the Art Seminar and AP Studio Art course experiences. Art Lab will integrate portfolio development, art gallery displays, and community art projects. Students will have their own studio space to develop ideas and art work. This course is designed to give advanced students a realistic experience of working as a professional artist with independent studio work time and real-life authentic artistic opportunities. This course can be repeated for credit.
Prerequisites: The student must be enrolled in either Art Seminar and/or AP Studio Art courses throughout the academic year they are taking Art Lab
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