AP+Studio+Art+3D+Design+Portfolio

This portfolio is intended to address sculptural issues. Design involves purposeful decision making about using the elements and principles of art in an integrative way. In the 3-D Design Portfolio, students are asked to demonstrate their understanding of design principles as they relate to the integration of depth and space, volume and surface. The //principles// of design (unity/variety, balance, emphasis, contrast, rhythm, repetition, proportion/scale, figure/ground relationship) can be articulated through the visual //elements// (mass, volume, color/light, form, plane, line, texture). For this portfolio, students are asked to demonstrate mastery of 3-D design through any three-dimensional approach, including, but not limited to, figurative or nonfigurative sculpture, architectural models, metal work, ceramics, glass work, installation, assemblage, and 3-D fabric/fiber arts.  Quality refers to the mastery of 3-D design principles that should be apparent in the form, concept, and execution of the works, whether they are simple or complex. There is no preferred (or unacceptable) style or content.  //For this section, students are asked to submit digital images of their best 5 works, with 2 views of each work, for a total of 10 images. //Students should carefully select the works that demonstrate their highest level of accomplishment in 3-D design. The second view of each work should be taken from a different vantage point than the first view. All images should be labeled with dimensions (height X width X depth) and material. The Web application incorporates space to add this information.  A concentration is a body of related works describing an in-depth exploration of a particular artistic concern. It should reflect a process of investigation of a specific visual idea. It is NOT a selection of a variety of works produced as solutions to class projects or a collection of works with differing intents. Students should be encouraged to explore a personal, central interest as intensively as possible and are free to work with any idea in any medium that addresses three-dimensional design issues. The concentration should grow out of the student’s idea and demonstrate growth and discovery through a number of conceptually related works. In this section, the evaluators are interested not only in the work presented but also in visual evidence of the student’s thinking, selected method of working, and development of the work over time.  //For this section, 12 images must be submitted, some of which may be details or second views. //All images should be labeled with dimensions (height X width X depth) and material. The Digital Submission Web application incorporates space to add this information. Regardless of the content of the concentration, the works should be unified by an underlying idea that has visual and/or conceptual coherence. The choices of technique, medium, style, form, subject, and content are made by the student, in consultation with the teacher. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">The Web application for development and submission of the Quality, Concentration, and Breadth sections of the 3-D Design Portfolio is available in late January. The Concentration section includes spaces for a written commentary, which must accompany the work in this section, describing what the concentration is and how it evolved. Students are asked to respond to the following questions: <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">1. What is the central idea of your concentration? <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">2. How does the work in your concentration demonstrate the exploration of your idea? You may refer to specific images as examples. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">Although the responses themselves are **not graded** as pieces of writing, they provide critical information for evaluating the artwork. Thus, they should be well written. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">Students should be encouraged to formulate their responses to the first question early in the year, as they define the direction their concentration will take. Responses should be concise; the space available for them in the Web application is generous, but the number of characters that can be typed is limited to 500 characters for Question 1 and 1,350 characters for Question 2. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">A concentration should consist of a group of works that share a single theme—for example, an in-depth study of a particular visual problem or a variety of ways of handling an interesting subject. Some concentrations involve sequential works, such as a series of studies that lead to, and are followed by, more finished works. If a student uses subject matter as the basis of a concentration, the work should show the development of a visual language appropriate for that subject. The investigation of a medium in and of itself, without a strong underlying visual idea, generally does not constitute a successful concentration. Students should not submit group projects, collaborations, and/or documentation of projects that merely require an extended period of time to complete. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">The list of possible concentration topics is infinite. Following are examples of concentrations. They are intended only to provide a sense of range and should not necessarily be considered “better” ideas. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">• A series of three-dimensional works that begins with representational interpretations and evolves into abstraction <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">• A series of site-specific works that affect existing form or space <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">• Abstractions developed from natural or mechanical objects <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">• Figurative studies that emphasize expression and abstraction <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">• Wheel-thrown and hand-built clay objects that allude to human, animal, or manufactured forms <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">• The use of multiples/modules to create and disrupt three-dimensional space <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">• A series of sculptures that explores the relationship between interior and exterior space <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">Because the range of possible concentrations is so wide, the number of works the student creates should be dictated by the focus of the investigation. The chosen visual area should be explored to the greatest possible extent. In most cases, students will produce more than 12 works and select from among them the works that best represent the process of investigation. If a student has works that are not as well resolved as others but that help show the evolution of thinking and of the work, then the student should consider including them. The choice of works to submit should be made to present the concentration as clearly as possible. Students may submit second views of some works, for a total of 12 images. It is not necessary to submit images of 12 different works. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">When preparing to upload the Section II, Concentration, images, the student should give some thought to the sequence of the images on the Web page. There is no required order; rather, the images should be organized to best show the development of the concentration. In most cases, this would be chronological. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">Students may **NOT** submit images of the same work that they submit for Breadth. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);"> <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">The student’s work in this section should demonstrate understanding of the principles of design, including unity/variety, balance, emphasis, contrast, rhythm, repetition, proportion/scale, and figure/ground relationship. The work should show evidence of conceptual, perceptual, expressive, and technical range. The student should be introduced to problems in concept, form, and materials as they pertain to three-dimensional design. //<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">For this section, students are asked to submit digital images of 8 three-dimensional works, with 2 views of each work, for a total of 16 images. //<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">All images should be labeled with dimensions (height X width X depth) and material. The Digital Submission Web application incorporates space to add this information. Work submitted in the breadth category may be additive, subtractive, and/or fabricated; may include study of relationships among three-dimensional forms; and may include representational or abstract objects. The best demonstrations of breadth clearly show experimentation and <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">a range of approaches to the work. They do not simply use a variety of media but rather combine a range of conceptual approaches and physical means of creating art. <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">It is possible to do this in a single medium or in a variety of media. If the student chooses to use a single medium—for example, if a portfolio consists entirely of ceramics—the work must show a variety of applications of design principles. In this category, relief sculptures or very small works, such as jewelry, should be fully visible and should clearly address three-dimensional issues. //<span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">Examples: // <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">• Work that embodies line, plane, mass, or volume to activate form in space <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">• Work that suggests rhythm through structure <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">• Work that uses light or shadow to determine form, with particular attention to surface and interior space <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">• Work that demonstrates an understanding of symmetry/asymmetry, balance, anomaly, and implied motion <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">• Assemblage or constructive work that transforms materials or object identity through the manipulation of proportion/scale <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">• Work in which the color and texture unify and balance the overall composition of the piece <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">• Work that explores the concept of emphasis/subordination through a transition from organic to mechanical form <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">Students may **NOT** submit images of the same work that they are submitting for the Concentration section. **Submitting images of the same work for Section II,** **Concentration, and Section III, Breadth, may negatively affect a student’s score.** <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">
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 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">The works submitted may come from the Concentration and/or Breadth section, but they do not have to. They may be a group of related works, unrelated works, or a combination of related and unrelated works. **
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 * <span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">Submitting images of the same work for Section II, Concentration, and Section III, Breadth, may negatively affect a student’s score. **
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