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Advanced Placement 3-D Art and Design Sample Syllabus #2
2. For students to put together a competent ap portfolio by …
Conducting a sustained investigation in 3-D design through practice,
experimentation, and revision, guided by questioning
Mastering skills in concept, composition/design, and execution that synthesize
material, processes, and ideas
Articulating in writing information about their work
3. For students to develop communication and assessment skills by …
Selected Works Section
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Demonstrating mastery of concepts, compositional/structural design and
execution in 3-D art and design
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Demonstrating a synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas in 3-D art
and design
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Writing clear and concise statements to explain:
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Ideas/concepts that are visually evident (100 characters maximum,
including spaces)
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Materials used (100 characters maximum, including spaces)
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Processes used (100 characters maximum, including spaces)
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Digital Tools (100 characters maximum, including spaces)
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Image Citation (100 characters maximum, including spaces)
Sustained Investigation Section
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Identify the inquiry that guided your sustained investigation. (600 characters
maximum, including spaces).
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Describe ways your sustained investigation developed through practice,
experimentation, and revision. (600 characters maximum, including spaces).
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Identifying for each image:
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Materials used (100 characters maximum, including spaces)
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Processes used (100 characters maximum, including spaces)
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Size (height x width x depth, in inches) (For images that document
process or show detail, students should enter “N/A” for size.
For digital and virtual work, students should enter the size of the
intended visual display.)
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Digital Tools (100 characters maximum, including spaces)
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Image Citation (100 characters maximum, including spaces)
Holding regular formal and informal peer and individual critiques and learning to
appreciate the value and importance of outside criticism.
Developing personal critical decision skills essential to the process of
image making.
AP Portfolio Selection Requirements:
Students will use the following descriptions, as well as those outlined in the portfolio
requirements: https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/art-design-program, to successfully
articulate information about their work and complete artwork for the two sections of the
AP Portfolio.
Section I: Selected Works (40% of Total Score)
Students should carefully select the works that demonstrate their skillful synthesis and
mastery of concept, composition/design, and execution of materials, processes, and
ideas. The submission can be a group of related works, unrelated works, or a combination
of related and unrelated works. These works may also be submitted in the Sustained
Investigation section, but they don’t have to be.
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