AP Studio Art- Troutman

Syllabus AP ART per 3,7 BDH 2015-16

Sept 10
Sept 14
Sept 18
Sept 22
Sept 24
Sept 30
Oct 2
Oct 6
Oct 13
Oct 15
Oct 19
Oct 23
Oct 27
Oct 29
Oct 31
Nov 1
Nov 4

Nov 6
Nov 10
Nov 17
Nov 19
Nov 23

Overview of the AP portfolio requirements- breadth, concentration, quality

AP Sample portfolios on AP site, review summer work, discuss concentration ideas
review summer work, discuss concentration ideas (brainstorm mini-concentration drawing and 3-D)
AP Scoring- see AP rubrics ; practice scoring student work (from site or CD or past works)
AP Scoring, plus Work day- Drawing and 3-D, editing PHOTO (photo is continuing 1 summer theme)
Mini concentration due
Work Day- concentration
Work Day/ Mini-Critique Concentration Piece One (in process), Artist Hero #4 post due
Concentration One Due: ALL Drawing/2-D/3-D UPLOAD TO WEEBLY (written reflection post with
dimensions)/PHOTO SERIES ONE
Photographing Your Work- Lighting and Camera, Downloading Pictures, Saving works for print and web
Work /Photograph Day
Concentration Two Due: Drawing /2-D UPLOAD TO NING (written reflection post)
(7 Breadth works due) (5 breadth works due) Work Day/Photo Day
Work/Photograph Day
National Portfolio Day, HARTFORD
National Portfolio Day, Boston
Post all works to ning site, written assessment of your works, reflection on concentration
Concentration 2 Due; 3-D, PHOTO SERIES TWO
minimum 8 breadth works Drawing and 2/D posted on ning with measurements; 6 breadth works 3-D
Concentration 3 Due: Drawing/2-D- (written reflection post on ning)
assessing with AP scoring: are your concentration works unified?

Dec 16
Dec 18
Jan 6
Jan 8
Jan 14
Jan 19
Jan 21
Jan 27

Work/Photograph
Work/ Photograph
Concentration 4 Due : Drawing/2-D, Concentration 3 due: 3-D (written reflection post on ning) (PHOTO
SERIES 3)
Present sketches for next works
Work/ Photograph, Artist Hero #5 post due,
Presenting your work: what to say in critique
Concentration 5 Due: Drawing/2-D (written reflection post on ning), Concentration 4 for 3-D should be in
process, at least half way completed.
MID-YEAR CRITIQUES
MID-YEAR CRITIQUES
Concentration 4 Due: 3-D (written reflection on ning)
Evaluation of Breadth work with AP scoring- minimum 6 breadth works due Drawing/2-D (BRING ALL)
Make calendar for completing missing Breadth pieces
Concentration 6 Due: Drawing/2-D (written reflection post on ning) (PHOTO SERIES 4)
Minimum 10 Breadth works: Drawing and 2-D, 7 Breadth works 3-D
Work Day

Jan 29
Feb 2
Feb 8
Feb 10
Feb 12
Feb 25
Feb 29
Mar 3
Mar 9
Mar 11
Mar 15
Mar 21
Mar 23
Mar 28
Apr 1
Apr 5
Apr 7

Begin Uploading images onto site, add measurements

(be measuring works and adding into site)
Concentration 7 Due: Drawing/2-D (written reflection post on ning)/ Concentration 5 due: 3-D
Work/ Photograph WINTER VACATION
Concentration 8 Due: Drawing/2-D (written reflection post on ning) (PHOTO SERIES 5 OR REWORKED)
Artist Hero #6 post due,
Concentration 9 Due: Drawing/2-D (written reflection post on ning), Concentration 6 due, 3-D
Work/ Photograph
Minimum 11 Breadth works due AP ART SHOW IN SCHOOL GALLERY THIS WEEK
Work/ Photograph
Work/ Photograph
Concentration 10 Due: Drawing/2-D (written reflection post on ning), Concentration 7 due, 3-D
Work/ Photograph
ALL 12 breadth DUE Drawing/2-D , all 8 breadth due: 3-D
Concentration 11 due: Drawing/2-D, PHOTO SERIES 6 OR REWORKED
Work/ Photograph
Select 5 Quality works

Apr 13
Apr 15

Photo : select series: present 2 and select, Photograph/Work Day Concentration 11 Due: Drawing/2-D
Select 5 quality works- Drawing and 2-D students mount work onto board, Type final concentration statement
(proofread and approved) onto AP site, , Mount all Quality works
Concentration 12 Due: Drawing/2-D (written reflection post on ning), Concentration 8 due: 3-D
FORWARD PORTFOLIO TO ME (if you havent done so already)
place mounted works in portfolios, take to office (MAY 6 OFFICIAL AP DUE DATE )
Organize all works into folders, save your work on CD or flash drive, give me your images
Create pp presentation for foundation classes
pp presentation for foundation classes
presentations
presentations
letter to incoming AP students

Dec 2
Dec 4
Dec 8
Dec 14

April 26
May 2
May 4
May 6
May 12
May 16
May 18
May 24
May 26

OTHER IMPORTANT DATES:

OCT 19- NATIONAL PORTFOLIO DAY IN BOSTON
OCT 17 AND NOV 8- PORTFOLIO REVIEWS AND OPEN HOUSE AT UMASS DARTMOTH (NEW BEDFORD/STAR STORE)
http://www.umassd.edu/openhouse (????)

To have your portfolio reviewed at any time, submit images to https://umassd.slideroom.com

OUR MID-YEAR CRITIQUES: DEC 14-18
SCHOLASTIC ART AWARDS DUE _____________
nd

AP PORTFOLIOS WILL BE FORWARDED TO ME (BEFORE OR) BY MAY 2 .

2D AND DRAWING BREADTH WORK WILL BE TUNRED INTO OFFICE BY MAY 6.

THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO DO DURING CLASS TIME!

GREAT SITES FOR ARTIST HERO RESEARCH:
http://art21.org (you can watch videos here of the artists discussing their work)
thejealouscurator.com
http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/
https://www.lensculture.com
look at high school award winning work at: http://www.artandwriting.org/student-showcase/award-winning-works/

2-D and 3-D always have a (clean) breadth piece to work on in class if you cant work on your concentration in room 105/109.
We will always have laptops available even if we are not meeting in the Digital photo room.
Digital photography= you can always use studio lights and school camera to take breadth photos, or experiment
Using photoshop for interesting effects such as blur tools, layering, playing with opacity, etc.
Research photoshop tutorials and learn a new technique!
Experiment with controls and menu in school DSLR cameras.
MAKE SURE YOU ARE:
Keeping track of your work and keeping all files of photographs or photographed work organized and saved
At al large resolution for printing purposes.

Photographers to research:
ODD/STRANGE/COOL: diane arbus, robert frank, nan goldin, mary ellen mark, andre serrano, cindy sherman, weegee,
garry winogrand, man ray, danny lyon, david hockney, lee friedlander, joel meyerowitz, mike and doug starn, eliot porter,
david levinthal, sophie calle, ralph eugene meatyard, paul outerbridge, sabastiao salgado, dieter appelt, wynn bullock,
philip-lorca dicorcia, gregory crewdson, joel sternfeld, larry sultan, adam fuss, francesca woodman, uta barth, james
casebere, tina barney, john baldessari, elinor carucci, jan dibbets, andreas gursky, roni horn, nikki s. lee, sherrie levine,
gordon matta clark, ana mendieta, duane michals, shirin neshat, catherine opie, thomas struth, lucas samaras, todd hido,
lorna simpson, carrie mae weems, richard misrach, james nachtwey, rineke dijkstra, thomas demand, christian boltanski,
tom baril, elliot erwitt, glenn e. friedman, karl blossfeldt, Anton Corbijn, Joan Fontcuberta, lauren greenfield, David Hilliard,
barbara kruger, Abelardo Morell, Vik Muniz, Martin Parr, Edward Burtynsky, Bruce Gilden, Andy Goldsworthy, Hannah
Hch, Vincent Laforet, Alec Soth, Jerry Uelsmann, William Wegman
FASHION/CELEBRITY: irving penn, richard avendon, annie leibovitz*, barbara morgan, horst p. horst, steven meisel,
herb ritts, bruce weber, david lachappell, louise dahl-wolfe, mario testino, ellen von unwerth, cecil beaton, Adolph de
Meyer, Patrick Demarchelier,
CLASSIC/MASTERS/HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT: margaret bourke-white, mathew brady, harry callahan, imogen
cunningham, walker evans, lewis hine, andre kertesz, dorothea lange, jacob riis, charles scheeler, edward weston,
edward steichen, alfred stieglitz, paul strand, james van der zee, minor white, alexander rodchenko, manuel alverez
bravo, felice beato, bill brandt, julia margaret cameron, henri cartier bresson, tina modotti, lisette model, leni riefenstahl, w.
eugene smith, werner bischof, robert doisneau, alfred eisenstaedt, brassai, berenice abbott, eddie adams, nadar,
hippolyte bayard, alvin langdon coburn, robert capa, f. holland day, Gertrude Ksebier, gustave le gray, Eadweard
Muybridge, Hans Namuth, Oscar Gustave Rejlander, MORE: hiroshi sugimoto, jacques-henri lartigue, jill greenberg,
tokihiro sato, loretta lux, catherine chalmers