2nd Marking Period Critque Schedule

The second marking period will mark our move to a strong emphasis on your individual Concentrations. In order to ensure the highest quality work being completed, we will be following a schedule of critiques that should help you in reaching your AP portfolio goal. We will also continue to work on the Breadth section of our portfolio with a series of in-class assignments revolving around a variety of issues in the visual arts.
Your Concentration work is expected to be completed at home and will comprise the majority of your out-of-class studio time. You should commit a minimum of 4 – 5 hours per week on your Concentration artworks. There are no shortcuts to building the AP portfolio.

Concentration Critiques:
November 16 – One finished artwork
December 1 – Artwork #2
December 21 – Artwork #3
January 4 – Artwork #4
January 22 – Artwork #5


Our next in-class studio assignment will be based on your sketchbook observations from our earlier home assignment: 30 Observations in 30 Days. The objective of this assignment is to utilize our own observations of the world around us to compose a visual response. The goal is to allow each student to organize their visual journal into a coherent image structured around a central theme.

Each student will choose one (or several) observations that portray a distinct visual theme. Using that observation(s) students will:

1. Compose a series of 4-6 compositional sketches demonstrating projected use of space, light and media.
2. After instructor approval, students must choose appropriate materials for final artwork to be completed in-class.
3. Final artworks must be submitted for grading no later than November 23rd.
4. Grading will be based upon effective visual articulation of the chosen theme, using the AP Quality rubric as the standard.