ADVANCED PLACEMENT ART STUDO

Class Introduction:

Grade level 11-12. Two semesters.
Prerequisite: Portfolio with minimum of six pieces required for review by Avanced Placement selection committee established by the building Art Department staff. Portfolio review required each time the student elects to take Advanced Placement Art. Students will select one of the following categories of for portfolio review: Art Studio: 2D, Art Studio: 3D, or Art Studio: Drawing. Portfolio review by the College Board is required for a weighted grade.

Students will select one of the following categories of for portfolio development: Art Studio: 2D, Art Studio: 3D, or Art Studio: Drawing. This program is offered for students pursuing college level work while enrolled in high school. Highly interested, motivated students accepted into the program are encouraged to develop a portfolio, which can be submitted in their senior year to The College Board and reviewed for the granting of college credit. This class is structured in such a way as to encourage freedom of expression, which allows for a variety of solutions to artistic problems. This course will reflect three major components that are constants in the teaching of art: a sense of quality in a student's work, a personal preoccupation or concentration with a particular mode of working and the student's need for a variety of breadth experiences in the formal technical and expressive means of the artist. $25.00 materials fee required.