Summer Assignment Instructions
Students: You are to complete at least three artworks over the summer. It is also recommended that you be working in a personal sketchbook /
visual journal / altered book. These pieces will be due at the beginning of the third week of school. I also want you to take time over the summer to
think about ideas that you may want to pursue as a Sustained Investigation. Please return with a list of 10 potential ideas to be discussed with the
class during the second week of school. The three pieces you create over the summer may be, but are not required to be part of your Sustained
Investigation over the school year.
Artistic Integrity
Throughout the course, ongoing discussions and critiques will take place to help students gain an understanding of ethical practices in making art.
Students are not allowed to work from published photographs or other copyrighted work except as a reference. Students will understand they
should work from their own individual life events, activities, dreams, fantasies, and still-life compositions, and they can work from photographs
they take of these events and activities. They are not to work from the Internet or works created by others, whether published or unpublished.
When doing this, students must move beyond mere duplication in their work. The work must be significantly altered in the service of the individual
student’s own voice and expression. Misuse of copyrighted materials is plagiarism and a legal issue and can be pursued as such. Artistic integrity is
essential in creating their works. College foundation drawing and design courses are based on drawing and working from direct observation and
the personal life of the student. Students may work from their own photographs, yet they are made aware that the resultant image might have a
distinctly flat and stiff look about it. If a student uses the work of someone else, which is discouraged, the student knows that the work must be
significantly altered and only be a small component of his or her individual creation. Again, in these instances the students thoroughly understand
that the image must become part of their larger individual expression, and move beyond duplication.
Student Support:
Ms. Bruck is available to assist students with extra help, make-up or enrichment at these times. Passes are needed for lunch.
LUNCH Wednesday & Thursday BLOCK DAYS(other days by appointment) AFTER SCHOOL most days by appointment
*During Virtual Learning use MyMCPS email for individual support beyond Virtual Check-Ins and Focused Student Intervention.
Classroom Policy:
The Art Department follows all guidelines in the school handbook on discipline, attendance and dress, etc. Please review those
guidelines with your child. Students are expected to be responsible and respectful for the learning environment including materials,
management of time, themselves, their peers and teacher. Cell phone use is prohibited unless directed by the teacher for
instructional purposes.
Artastic Opportunities:
NAHS: National Art Honor Society is open to all students with a B or better in current or previous art class. Students can earn an
academic honor and SSL hours by maintaining their art GPA, attending meetings and completing 10 art community service hours.
Meetings are usually Wednesdays 2:30-3:30 and may meet longer or more frequently as needed. Sponsor: Ms. Bruck Rm. 1210
*During Virtual Learning NAHS will meet 3:30-4:30 via Zoom on Tuesdays
Artastic Opportunities continued:
Art Shows & Contests: Winter Art Show Spring Art Show MCPS Countywide High School Art Show - June Art Contests - TBA
Creating Art Portfolios for College or Careers (Art School Applicants, Art Majors & Architecture Majors):
Plan ahead! Seniors should complete art and photograph it by December 1
st
. If you need help set up an appointment with an art
teacher this fall. We recommend that underclassmen take multiple art classes at Wheaton, and outside of school when possible.
Community Art Opportunities
Arts on the Block
offers internships and SSL hours. For more information and application deadline visit http://artsontheblock.com/
Sources:
● AP Scoring Guidelines
● AP Studio Art Sample Syllabus 1,3, and 4 on College Board website: https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/courses
● Art21 PBS produces features focusing exclusively on contemporary visual art and artists throughout the world https://art21.org/
● Arts and Culture Google https://artsandculture.google.com/
● Artsy website of contemporary artists https://www.artsy.net/
● Colossal international platform for contemporary art and visual expression that explores a vast range of creative disciplines.
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/
● ArtBabble website to research historical and contemporary artists https://www.artbabble.org/
● Symbaloo collection of art resources including Museum Virtual Tours https://www.symbaloo.com/mix/artadditionalresources
● The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study. Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2011. Peters, Melody, and Wayne
Enstice.
● Drawing: Space, Form, and Expression, 3rd ed. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2003. Rose, Ted, and Sallye Mahan-Cox. Discovering Drawing.
Worcester, Mass.: Davis Publications, Inc., 2006
