AP STUDIO ART: Summer Fun
These activities are meant to help prepare you for AP Art for next year.
Please review and complete all three parts before school begins in August.
PART : FAMILIARIZING YOURSELF WITH THE AP ART TEST
The AP Art test (Drawing & 2D) consist of two parts: Sustained Investigation and Selected Works
SUSTAINED INVESTIGATION: 15 pieces of work that centralize around a common theme or idea. You are investigating a
concept through your artwork. That concept is 100% up to you. It should be personal, unique and not vague. What are you
interested in? What do you want to make art about?
SELECTED WORKS: We will discuss once school starts in August
RESOURCES: Please Review the content on these links and familiarize yourself with the test.
AP Art Drawing (Students who were in Adv. Studio Art this past year)
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-drawing?course=ap-drawing
AP Art: 2D (Students who were in Advanced Graphic Design or Advanced Visual Imagery this past year)
https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses/ap-2-d-art-and-design?course=ap-2-d-art-and-design
PART : GET INSPIRED!
Visit a Museum, in person or virtually. Expose yourself to art you may not see in your daily feeds.
PROJECT:
1. Visit a museum or exhibition in person or virtually. Go with a friend (over FaceTime), make it fun! (Links below)
2. Review the work of at least three artists/exhibits/styles that you hadn’t really seen before or are not very familiar with.
3. In your sketchbook create a process page* for each of the three new artworks/artists/styles/exhibits that inspired you.
Why were you drawn to them? What inspires you about them? What do they remind you of? What are they the antithesis of? What
Elements of Art and Principles of Design are they using to help further their art? What social/political/environmental statements are
being made by the work? Is that important to understand? *process page examples begin on the next page
MUSEUM LINKS (Please note some of these might not work by the time you get to them, feel free to look up your own)
Google Arts & Culture Street View (10 museums that you can walk through plus additional exhibitions)
https://artsandculture.google.com/project/street-view
Google Street Art (I recommend the first row, they have audio guides that walk you through the city and art)
https://streetart.withgoogle.com/en/
Whitney Museum of American Art (Online Database of art collection)
https://whitney.org/collection/works?q%5Bhas_image_true%5D=1
National Women’s History Museum (Great Collection)
https://www.womenshistory.org/womens-history/online-exhibits
Google Arts & Culture (Great Collection updated daily. Currently has fantastic art about the Civil Rights Movement)
https://artsandculture.google.com/
Additional Lists of Virtual Museums and Exhibitions
https://robbreport.com/lifestyle/news/14-virtual-museum-to-visit-during-social-distancing-and-quarantine-2905827/
https://upgradedpoints.com/best-virtual-museum-tours/
If you have any questions, Ms. Kramer is available via email.
Here is a video of Ms. Kramer reviewing this document: You must use IUSD account to view.
The video is an overview that was made in 2020, the document has changed a little since then. FYI
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TVvA_7V1golom8ymIxbS1Zh-NvFene93/view?usp=sharing
Anti Racist Art Teachers
(website focusing on diverse artists)
https://sites.google.com/view/antiracistartteachers/
artists?authuser=0
