Syllibus
Mr. Gianulis Room 230 AP studio Art Spring Syllabus 2016
Creating art involves purposeful decision making about how to use the elements and principles of art in a creative way. Your choice of these areas will come after an intensive introduction to this semester’s coursework. Creating the
Concentration portfolio you must master a clear story telling ability, telling your story through your imagery. The principles of design (unity/variety, balance, emphasis, contrast, rhythm, repetition, proportion/scale, figure/ground relationships) can articulate your story through the visual elements (line, shape, color, value, texture, space). They will help guide you in making decisions about the story, and how to organize an image on a picture plane or sculpture in order to communicate content. Effective design is possible whether one uses representational or abstract approaches to art.
For your portfolio, you must demonstrate mastery of your personal area you choose, (your story), the medium or process, including, but not limited to, graphic design, digital imaging, photography, collage, fabric design, weaving, fashion design, fashion illustration, painting and printmaking. Video clips, DVDs, CD works may not be submitted. However, still images from videos or films are accepted. Links to samples of student work in the 2-D Design portfolio can be found on AP Central® at apcentral.collegeboard.com/studio2D.
This semester you will focus on your concentration portfolios. Seniors will declare what type of portfolio you will create and you will determine what you concentration is in the second week of January, No exceptions. All of your pieces will be assessed as a concentration grade. Bimonthly critiques and personal conversation with the Professor along with self-evaluation will determine your grade.
Complete portfolios are due in the end of April this will be a part semester final! I will assess them at this time so you can make adjustments before send them to the College Board in May.
Sketchbooks, not required, but recommended! Your art will become better as you go; you must practice all the time if you want to improve your skills as an Artist. The work that is produced in your sketchbook can be used for your portfolio. Homework can be demonstrated in you sketchbooks, but if it is a homework assignment and becomes a quality piece, then it must be removed from the sketchbook, and be complete when it is to be turned in for the critique.
The sketchbooks are continuous journals of images, thoughts and ideas. They are to be used as your springboard for creative thought and research. Use them to experiment with different materials, collage, photographs, paint, or anything you may be curious about.
You must pay your $20.00 fee per semester; the fees go directly to materials costs. Pay the school treasure and show me the receipt. If you do not pay the fee, your school account will still be charged Please have your parents or guardian sign this as an awareness of the fee. You will be checked in the grade book when you or your parents pay.
First six-week projects,
For the first six weeks you will complete two to three projects. Juniors must select one theme or topic for these pieces. Seniors must do Concentration work. During this time you will be assessed for your effort as a studio participant for a small project grade.
Second six weeks, all these projects will reflect Concentration grades at 60% of your total grade.
Juniors must create two to three self-portraits using a different concentration type theme. Seniors must do Concentration work.
Each piece will be critiqued at two-week intervals using the evaluation system illustrated in this syllabus.
Third six weeks, all these projects will value 50% of your final total grade.
You will create a minimum of two pieces that you feel demonstrate complete understandings of you’re learning and skills from this year. The pieces must be your best work of the year!
These pieces should be a part of the quality section of your AP Portfolio.
You will use the Collage Board guidelines to evaluate each of the projects. These are the projects that will be used in your portfolio and should clearly illustrate your personal story and voice. Juniors, this series you will choose one topic, then you will illustrate that topic in several different pieces, (minimum of three). Each piece must clearly exhibit something that is related in each of your pieces.
Suggested projects and ideas for your sketchbooks and concentrations;
Human or animals from pictures in a magazines or book
Human imagery from real life
Nature, consider plants animals etc.
Collage from your own photographs and drawings.
Drawings and collage pieces that demonstrate positive and negative space.
Pick 3 or more principles or elements of design and represent them in a piece.
Divide the pages into sections and break down real objects into the sections, look at Cubism as a reference.
Self-portrait.
Create a portrait of someone that you know or want to know.
Work that has writing incorporated into the art.
An Animal or a metamorphosis of animals, or into something mechanical or fantastic
You may repeat any of the topics or combine them into other pieces.
You are not limited to the examples above.
FIELD TRIPS:
· The instructor will arrange museum and gallery experiences. These will take place during school in the form of a field trip. Occasionally, students may be asked to meet at a museum or gallery location on the weekend or after school. Whenever possible, exposure to working artists will be provided.
ART SHOWS:
Preparing work for display is an important lesson for an artist. AP students are expected to participate in at least three art shows during the school year. Two of the shows will be the Scholastics Art and Writing awards in January, due as a final for the first semester and our district’s annual show in the spring, due as a final for the second semester.
How to use the evaluation:
AP Evaluation will be based on the “reading” of your portfolio in May. Scores vary from 1-5 based on how prepared you appear to be for upper level college art courses. Assess your selected portfolio work and score it on the following criteria for the higher AP scores: this process will be reflected in classroom critiques according the rubric below.
6 EXCELLENT BREADTH
6 A The work shows an informed investigation of a broad range of 2-D design principles.
6.B The work clearly demonstrates original vision, a variety of innovative ideas and/or risk taking, and inventive articulation of a broad range of the elements and principles of 2-D design.
6.C The work shows an excellent application of 2-D design principles to a broad range of design problems.
6.D The work clearly demonstrates a broad range of intentions or purposes; it articulates multiple insights.
6.E The work as a whole is confident and evocative; it engages the viewer with visual qualities (for example, verve or nuanced subtlety).
6.F The work is technically excellent; materials and media are used effectively to express ideas.
6.G Any apparent appropriation of published or photographic sources or the work of other artists clearly provides a visual reference that is transformed in the service of a larger, personal vision in which the student's "voice" is prominent.
6.1 There may be a varying range of accomplishment among the works, but overall the work reaches a level of excellent breadth and quality.
5 STRONG BREADTH
5. A The work shows a thoughtful investigation of a range of 2-D design principles.
5.B The work demonstrates a range of original, innovative ideas and effective manipulation of
the elements and principles of 2-D design.
5.C The work shows strong application of 2-D design principles to a range of design problems.
5.D The work demonstrates a variety of intentions or purposes; a range of insights is apparent.
5.E Most of the work engages the viewer with expressive and evocative qualities; the work suggests confidence.
5.F The work is technically strong; materials and media are used well to express ideas.
5.G Any apparent appropriation of published or photographic sources or the work of other artists shows a strong sense of the student's "voice" and individual transformation of the images.
5.1 There may be varying levels of accomplishment among the works, but overall the work is of strong breadth and quality.
As with all published material it is important to remember, that plagiarism is wrong. You must understand that artistic integrity is first and foremost. You are expected to create your own work, you may not copy work in any way. You cannot use photographs, published images, and/or other artists work unless it is documented and reworked. Be reminded you are a better artist than the one you would copy.
Creating art involves purposeful decision making about how to use the elements and principles of art in a creative way. Your choice of these areas will come after an intensive introduction to this semester’s coursework. Creating the
Concentration portfolio you must master a clear story telling ability, telling your story through your imagery. The principles of design (unity/variety, balance, emphasis, contrast, rhythm, repetition, proportion/scale, figure/ground relationships) can articulate your story through the visual elements (line, shape, color, value, texture, space). They will help guide you in making decisions about the story, and how to organize an image on a picture plane or sculpture in order to communicate content. Effective design is possible whether one uses representational or abstract approaches to art.
For your portfolio, you must demonstrate mastery of your personal area you choose, (your story), the medium or process, including, but not limited to, graphic design, digital imaging, photography, collage, fabric design, weaving, fashion design, fashion illustration, painting and printmaking. Video clips, DVDs, CD works may not be submitted. However, still images from videos or films are accepted. Links to samples of student work in the 2-D Design portfolio can be found on AP Central® at apcentral.collegeboard.com/studio2D.
This semester you will focus on your concentration portfolios. Seniors will declare what type of portfolio you will create and you will determine what you concentration is in the second week of January, No exceptions. All of your pieces will be assessed as a concentration grade. Bimonthly critiques and personal conversation with the Professor along with self-evaluation will determine your grade.
Complete portfolios are due in the end of April this will be a part semester final! I will assess them at this time so you can make adjustments before send them to the College Board in May.
Sketchbooks, not required, but recommended! Your art will become better as you go; you must practice all the time if you want to improve your skills as an Artist. The work that is produced in your sketchbook can be used for your portfolio. Homework can be demonstrated in you sketchbooks, but if it is a homework assignment and becomes a quality piece, then it must be removed from the sketchbook, and be complete when it is to be turned in for the critique.
The sketchbooks are continuous journals of images, thoughts and ideas. They are to be used as your springboard for creative thought and research. Use them to experiment with different materials, collage, photographs, paint, or anything you may be curious about.
You must pay your $20.00 fee per semester; the fees go directly to materials costs. Pay the school treasure and show me the receipt. If you do not pay the fee, your school account will still be charged Please have your parents or guardian sign this as an awareness of the fee. You will be checked in the grade book when you or your parents pay.
First six-week projects,
For the first six weeks you will complete two to three projects. Juniors must select one theme or topic for these pieces. Seniors must do Concentration work. During this time you will be assessed for your effort as a studio participant for a small project grade.
Second six weeks, all these projects will reflect Concentration grades at 60% of your total grade.
Juniors must create two to three self-portraits using a different concentration type theme. Seniors must do Concentration work.
Each piece will be critiqued at two-week intervals using the evaluation system illustrated in this syllabus.
Third six weeks, all these projects will value 50% of your final total grade.
You will create a minimum of two pieces that you feel demonstrate complete understandings of you’re learning and skills from this year. The pieces must be your best work of the year!
These pieces should be a part of the quality section of your AP Portfolio.
You will use the Collage Board guidelines to evaluate each of the projects. These are the projects that will be used in your portfolio and should clearly illustrate your personal story and voice. Juniors, this series you will choose one topic, then you will illustrate that topic in several different pieces, (minimum of three). Each piece must clearly exhibit something that is related in each of your pieces.
Suggested projects and ideas for your sketchbooks and concentrations;
Human or animals from pictures in a magazines or book
Human imagery from real life
Nature, consider plants animals etc.
Collage from your own photographs and drawings.
Drawings and collage pieces that demonstrate positive and negative space.
Pick 3 or more principles or elements of design and represent them in a piece.
Divide the pages into sections and break down real objects into the sections, look at Cubism as a reference.
Self-portrait.
Create a portrait of someone that you know or want to know.
Work that has writing incorporated into the art.
An Animal or a metamorphosis of animals, or into something mechanical or fantastic
You may repeat any of the topics or combine them into other pieces.
You are not limited to the examples above.
FIELD TRIPS:
· The instructor will arrange museum and gallery experiences. These will take place during school in the form of a field trip. Occasionally, students may be asked to meet at a museum or gallery location on the weekend or after school. Whenever possible, exposure to working artists will be provided.
ART SHOWS:
Preparing work for display is an important lesson for an artist. AP students are expected to participate in at least three art shows during the school year. Two of the shows will be the Scholastics Art and Writing awards in January, due as a final for the first semester and our district’s annual show in the spring, due as a final for the second semester.
How to use the evaluation:
AP Evaluation will be based on the “reading” of your portfolio in May. Scores vary from 1-5 based on how prepared you appear to be for upper level college art courses. Assess your selected portfolio work and score it on the following criteria for the higher AP scores: this process will be reflected in classroom critiques according the rubric below.
6 EXCELLENT BREADTH
6 A The work shows an informed investigation of a broad range of 2-D design principles.
6.B The work clearly demonstrates original vision, a variety of innovative ideas and/or risk taking, and inventive articulation of a broad range of the elements and principles of 2-D design.
6.C The work shows an excellent application of 2-D design principles to a broad range of design problems.
6.D The work clearly demonstrates a broad range of intentions or purposes; it articulates multiple insights.
6.E The work as a whole is confident and evocative; it engages the viewer with visual qualities (for example, verve or nuanced subtlety).
6.F The work is technically excellent; materials and media are used effectively to express ideas.
6.G Any apparent appropriation of published or photographic sources or the work of other artists clearly provides a visual reference that is transformed in the service of a larger, personal vision in which the student's "voice" is prominent.
6.1 There may be a varying range of accomplishment among the works, but overall the work reaches a level of excellent breadth and quality.
5 STRONG BREADTH
5. A The work shows a thoughtful investigation of a range of 2-D design principles.
5.B The work demonstrates a range of original, innovative ideas and effective manipulation of
the elements and principles of 2-D design.
5.C The work shows strong application of 2-D design principles to a range of design problems.
5.D The work demonstrates a variety of intentions or purposes; a range of insights is apparent.
5.E Most of the work engages the viewer with expressive and evocative qualities; the work suggests confidence.
5.F The work is technically strong; materials and media are used well to express ideas.
5.G Any apparent appropriation of published or photographic sources or the work of other artists shows a strong sense of the student's "voice" and individual transformation of the images.
5.1 There may be varying levels of accomplishment among the works, but overall the work is of strong breadth and quality.
As with all published material it is important to remember, that plagiarism is wrong. You must understand that artistic integrity is first and foremost. You are expected to create your own work, you may not copy work in any way. You cannot use photographs, published images, and/or other artists work unless it is documented and reworked. Be reminded you are a better artist than the one you would copy.