AP Studio Art

Full Year, 1 credit
Description: The AP program in Studio Art enables highly motivated students who are seriously interested in the study of art to perform at the college level while still in high school.  AP work involves more commitment, time and accomplishment than the typical high school course.  Expectations and the work load are in accord with entry-level college courses.    The AP Studio Art Portfolio is a performance-based exam rather than a written exam.  The projects are challenging and the classroom critiques will enable you to learn how to analyze and assess your own work as well as that of your peers so artistic growth can be cultivated. The College Board offers three portfolios: 2-D Design, 3-D Design, and Drawing.  The AP portfolio should be viewed as the culminating experience in a student’s high school visual arts training.  You are required to complete one of the three portfolios offered.  The portfolio will encompass a variety of themes, ideas, artistic issues mediums and materials, subject matter and approaches to making art.  Independent thinking is highly valued. Permission of the art faculty is required.

Advanced Placement Art History
Full Year, 1 credit Prerequisite: Permission of the faculty

The course is open to students who have a desire to understand the relationship of art to society while familiarizing themselves with the great masterpieces of art and architecture from around the world and through the ages. This college level course is especially recommended for students who have taken, or are currently taking AP or Honors World History, English or Foreign Languages. At the conclusion of the course students are encouraged to take the AP exam for college advanced placement or credit. In addition, multimedia computing and presentation equipment will be utilized to view and create art history projects. At least two field trips to art museums are planned during the year.