AP Information

JASPER PLACE ART AP PROGRAM

Teacher: Tammy Field

The AP Art and Design course framework for Art 10 AP, Art 20 AP and Art 30 AP presents:

1. It is an inquiry-based approach to learning about and making art and design. 

2. Students are expected to conduct an in-depth, sustained investigation of materials, processes, and ideas. 

3. The framework focuses on concepts and skills emphasis within college art and design foundations courses with the same intent: to help students become inquisitive, thoughtful artists and designers able to articulate information about their work. 

4. AP Art and Design students develop and apply skills of inquiry and investigation, practice, experimentation, revision, communication, and reflection, while sustaining the three “Big Ideas”: 

   1. 1. Investigate materials, processes and ideas.

      2. Make art and design.

      3. Present art and design.

5. Programming uses the students’ development of understanding and skills, enabling students to connect what they learn with prior knowledge and experiences. 

Art 10 AP

*No previous experience is required to enroll and students with a strong art background will further develop the skills they already have. 

*AP is for students who are interested in inquiry-based thinking and art making using in-depth investigation of their student topic and subject matter. 

Art 20 AP

Students will ask the essential questions which are open-ended queries intended to provoke thought, inquiry, discussion, and understanding related to the big ideas. Essential questions offer opportunities for students to consider evidence, challenge assumptions, and support their ideas. Students will give responses and not answers to their questions by making art and develop enduring understanding over the time of learning, applying, and connecting knowledge and skills throughout the course.

Art 30 AP -  Students make a choice between creating a 2-D or Drawing portfolio.

2-D Portfolio: The student will demonstrate synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas using 2-D art and design.

Drawing portfolio: The student will create a drawing portfolio demonstrating synthesis of materials, process, and ideas using drawing skills. 

The Portfolio exam in Art 30 AP contains two sections of which both sections of the portfolio require students to articulate information about their work.

1) The selected works section requires students to demonstrate skillful synthesis of materials, process and ideas. This section is worth 40% of the total portfolio mark and consists of five works.

2) The sustained Investigation section requires students to conduct a sustained investigation based on an inquiry of the students choosing. The work in this section should reflect ongoing practice, experimentation, and revision and is worth 60% of the total exam. This section includes 15 artworks. The portfolio is based on the  AP scoring Rubric. The student will demonstrate ability to:

1.  Conduct a sustained investigation through practice, experimentation and revision, guided by questions. 

2. Skillfully synthesize materials, processes and ideas. 

3. Articulate, in writing, information about one's work. 

Students will submit their art portfolio, which will be evaluated by an external examiner in early May of the Art 30 AP level course.

The exam scoring process is out of 5. AP is NOT norm referenced / NOT graded on a curve. Rather it is based on criterion-referenced, so students will get the grade their portfolio has earned no matter how many student are taking the exam in May

In our new Jasper Place art facility students will experience drawing and dry media, painting, collage, printmaking, spray painting, multimedia, sculpture, stained glass, and ceramics. Possibilities of special projects add to the experience. Students focus on self-expression, skill-building, and learning to communicate through the language of art.