Before doing that, you will now have time to work on an artwork of your choice, which may (or may not) later become part of a series/ Concentration/ Sustained Investigation.
Have clear objectives for your work. Challenge yourself. Stretch and explore. Do something amazing with your time.
Objectives:
- Develop your own artistic goals
- Take intellectual and artistic risks; Challenge yourself
- Understand and appreciate Quality. What is it? What makes great art great?
- Create a high quality, portfolio-worthy artwork of personal significance
Requirements:
- It must be new.
- It must be original (Do not copy from any photos that you haven't arranged and taken yourself.).
- It must start with a clear idea.
- It must be a stretch for you; challenging.
- You must spend at least 2 - 3 hours working on it.
- It must be complete, developed, refined, finished, ready for presentation.
Grading Criteria:
Studio Habits of Mind, especially the quality of:
- (Idea/Content/Meaning)
- Design/Composition
- Skill
- Presentation
Consider DESIGN and COLOR choices:
- The Principles of Art (slideshow)
- Elements and Principles of Art (glossary)
- Color Theory
What are the Possibilities?
There are books in the classroom, art school catalogs with student artwork, and online resources that can help spark your creativity. You can check the sample portfolios below for inspiration. It can be drawing, painting, collage, printmaking, mixed media, sculpture, graphic design, etc. What would you love to do?
Resources for Inspiration:
- Art:21 (PBS TV/video series)
- College art school catalogs/viewbooks with student work
- Books of art history and contemporary art in the classroom
- National Scholastic Art Awards annuals (books of winning work, in classroom)
- AP Drawing Samples 2020
- AP Drawing Samples Archive
- Jack Giles (BHS 2021)
- Michela Giordano (BHS 2021)
- Kevin Buxton - AP Art Show (BHS 2020)
- Nicole Benjamin - AP Art Show (BHS 2020)
- Sarah Schissler - AP Art Show (BHS 2020)
- Martello Cesar - AP portfolio exam (BHS 2019)
- Marley Gainley - AP exam (BHS 2017)
- Anne Zhang - BHS sustained investigation
- Irina Grigoryeva - BHS sustained investigation
- Pablo Aguilar - BHS AP exam
- Jake Ursino - BHS Sustained Investigation
- Toula Papadopoulos - BHS Sustained Investigation
- AP 2D Design Samples 2020
- AP 2D Design Samples Archive
- Paul Fauller (BHS 2021 - Photography)
- Danielle Spinosa - AP exam (BHS)
- AP 3D Design Samples 2020
- AP 3D Design Samples Archive
- Kevin Mudoola (BHS 2021)
- A Pinterest collection
- Example AP 3D Design portfolio with fashion emphasis - score 5
- Youtube introduction from an AP 3D class
- The AP College Board’s 2020 AP Art and Design Digital Exhibit showcases outstanding artwork created by students who submitted portfolios for the May 2020 exam. Amid a global pandemic, AP Art and Design students worked with diverse ideas, materials, and processes to create incredible, impactful art. The exhibit features student and teacher reflections on these works, providing compelling insights into how artists make choices and approach art making.
- The National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is the nation’s longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens. Entries are judged on: ORIGINALITY; TECHNICAL SKILL; and EMERGENCE OF A PERSONAL VOICE OR VISION, characteristics similar to what the AP College Board is judging in the exams.
Learn from Master Artists
Learn from the best. Visit the websites of or about particular artists and designers to get an in-depth understanding of influences, inspiration, and process.
Start with this Artist List and this folder of masterworks.
Explore Google Arts & Culture. Choose categories to discover well-known artists and masterworks.
Explore these websites:
- Art 21: Art in the 21st Century (PBS) - video series on working artists. Art21 is a nonprofit organization dedicated to inspiring a more creative world through the works and words of contemporary artists. Click the Artists tab to learn about individual contemporary artists, and the Watch tab to explore by theme:
- Art School: PBS Learning Media - a web video series that introduces contemporary artists who discuss their careers and intentions, then demonstrate hands-on techniques or concepts. Art School provides resources for learning how to draw comic strips, create animations, and much more. Engage with contemporary art and discover new ideas for creativity from a variety of professional artists through this fun and engaging series.
- The Art Assignment (PBS) - A weekly PBS Digital Studios production that takes you around the U.S. to meet working artists and solicit assignments from them that we can all complete. For more, subscribe to The Art Assignment on YouTube: youtube.com/theartassignment.
- TED.com: Visual Art
- PBS Learning Media: Visual Art
- Abstract: The Art of Design (2 seasons on Netflix)
Explore art museums from home:
- Boston Sculptors Gallery
- DeCordova Art Museum and Sculpture Park
- Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
- Harvard Art Museums
- The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
- The Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MassMOCA)
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum of Fine Arts Boston
- The Museum of Modern Art
- Peabody Essex Museum
- The Smithsonian Museum of American Art
For other possibilities for your choice project, view this Choice Ideas list, or page through the books in the art room.