Student Portfolios/Blogs:
Artist and designers develop excellence through practice and constructive critique, reflecting on, revising, and refining work over time:
(see archive tab for past blogs)
Artist and designers develop excellence through practice and constructive critique, reflecting on, revising, and refining work over time:
(see archive tab for past blogs)
AP Studio Art
2-D Design and Drawing The Millis High School AP Studio Art Class (2-D Design and Drawing) prepares students to complete and submit a portfolio and was designed to meet the requirements outlined in the College Board AP Studio Art Description. Initially, students will engage in teacher-directed assignments, designed to foster creativity and encourage problem solving. Within a given set of themes, students will be aware that invention, discovery and unique results are the goal. These projects will comprise the bulk of the Breadth Portfolio. Group and individual demonstrations and discussions and formal and informal critiques will guide the students as they transition to independent work on their Concentration Portfolio. During this ongoing creative process, approximately every two weeks for the first semester, a new artistic behavior, or enduring understanding (as outlined in the National Arts Standards), will be introduced and become the over-arching theme for that period. By it’s very recursive nature, these topics will be reintroduced during the second semester and deeper understanding and perceptions will be observed, discussed and synthesized into ongoing art making. |
Art II Student Portfolios Ella Zoe Lillian Brooke Isabelle Sarah Emelia Andrew Kyra Scarlett Olivia Paige Images from AP Studio Art, Art II & III
Studio Art II and III
In this advanced class, contemporary themes, subject matter and art techniques will form the foundation of art production. Traditional drawing, painting, design, printmaking, sculpture and craft methods and materials will be examined and used in ways relevant to a 21st century aesthetic. Students will explore realistic, abstract and non-objective composition. In both two and three-dimensional production, symbolism, simplification of form and surface texture will be explored. A variety of artists and artistic styles will be considered. This class is usually taught concurrently with the AP Studio Art class and has a similar flow. |