Twelve works must be completed to show an in-depth personal commitment to a particular artistic concern. Students develop and refine their cohesive body of work to investigate a strong underlying visual idea. As they submit artwork on scheduled deadlines, they reflect on finished artworks using a self-evaluation tool similar to the grading rubric. With each finished work, students evaluate the strength of their idea, the cohesiveness of the artwork to the underlying visual idea how they will continue to improve their investigation, composition and technical skills. Concentration artworks are submitted once every 2 weeks from September through March.For example, the idea might be to create a series showing movement or objects close up. Students’ ongoing journal and google drive folder can be quite helpful in this developmental process. Modifications can be made to original plans of action and need to be approved by the teacher. Each of the twelve images will be uploaded for evaluation and will constitute 33.3% of the final score.
AP Studio Art Concentration Development AP Studio Art enables students to develop a focused body of work investigating a strong underlying visual idea in 2D design. A strong concentration si a body of related works that grows out of a coherent plan of action or investigation. It is based on individual interest in a particular visual idea. It is unified by an underlying idea that has visual and or conceptual coherence. It is focused on a process of investigation, growth and discovery. It shows the development of a visual language appropriate for the subject. Consider combining a concept or subject matter you are interested in exploring with an artistic approach.
Complete the following steps to narrow down you concentration idea. Use the “Brainstorming Ideas for AP Art” on the following page the clarify the steps.. 1. Begin by writing down all subjects, themes, places, things, activities or issues that are personally relevant and that matter to you. 2. Narrow down topics that are unusual, challenging, controversial, gritty or inspiring: those that fill you with passion. 3. Think carefully the topics you have written down. Eliminate those, which are ‘cheesy’ (i.e involving pink hearts and Brad Pitt), insincere (i.e. a theme of ‘World Peace’, when really this is something you couldn’t care less about) or overly “pretty” or lacking in substance (i.e. bunches of roses). 4. The ideal AP Art subject is one that you can physically return to, whenever you need – to draw, photograph or to experience firsthand. Eliminate those which do not meet this criteria. 5. Next remove the topics for which the source material is excessively simple. 6. Then eliminate those topics for which the source material lacks aesthetic appeal. 7. The next topics to eliminate are those, which are common or over-done. 8. Finally, ensure that the topic you choose is something that you really care about: something that can sustain your interest for a year.