elizabeth saitta
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AP Art Studio is a year long course for seniors.  In this course, seniors work on their art portfolios for college and for the AP College Board.  They also work on their sustained investigation project - a body of work with a unifying theme.


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Oil Pastel Self-Portraits 2022-2023

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Sustained Investigations 2020-2021

This student investigated the activities that bring people together.

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This student investigated a day in the life of a coffee shop.

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This student investigated an individual's journey out of a toxic relationship.

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This student investigated the negative and positive effects of social media on an individual's self esteem.

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This student investigated the different traditions of her American and Cambodian heritages.

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Oil Pastel Self Portraits 2020-21

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Sustained Investigations 2020

This student investigated how femininity and masculinity were depicted throughout the 20th Century

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This student created children's book illustrations for her sustained investigation.

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This student investigated the positive and negative effects of social media

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This student investigated the effects of anxiety and the coping mechanisms people use to address it.

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Oil Pastel Self Portraits - 2019-20

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Concentrations 2019

This student investigated the role of the architect in the drawing process

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This student investigated how memories change overtime, from vivid and colorful to abstract and less vibrant

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This student investigated how dance is an integral part of her everyday life.

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This student investigated showing an instrument through the musician's eye

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This student investigated the importance of coffee in her and her family member's lives.

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​Oil Pastel Self-Portraits - 2018

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Concentrations - 2017

This student investigated the emotions that come with being diagnosed with diabetes

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This student investigated capturing moments of joy

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This student investigated the idea of personal style

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This student investigated the blending of her American and Portuguese heritage

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This student investigated the relationship between sisters

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​Zodiac Inspired Linoleum Prints - 2016-17

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Oil Pastel Self-Portraits - 2016-17

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Concentrations - 2016

This student investigated human interaction with nature

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This student investigated the idea of portraiture and how to capture both the physical characteristics of someone and their personal essence

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This student investigated a dancer's journey through various dance positions.

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This student investigated the differences and similarities between past and present.

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​Abstract Linoleum Prints

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Oil Pastel Self-Portraits

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Concentrations
Here are a few pieces from some of the AP Concentrations - 2015

This student investigated emotion through self-portraiture.  She took a photograph of herself at the same time every week, regardless of mood and environment and tried to evoke a sense of emotion in each portrait, through medium and style.

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This student took digital photographs of landscapes and then translated each one into a graphic linoleum print

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This student depicted human relationships and interactions through hands.  

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This student communicated the milestones in her life through graphically designed posters.

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Collograph Prints

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Oil Pastel Self-Portraits

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Concentrations
AP Art Students work on a 12 piece concentration which has a unifying theme and is done in a medium of their choice.  These are a few examples from some of the AP Art students' concentration projects.
This student investigated the idea that everyone has an alter ego they identify with from a book, movie or tv show.
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This student investigated the idea of "everyday" costumes.
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This student created logos, jerseys and arenas for professional hockey teams that do not currently exist.
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Oil Pastel Self-Potraits
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The Memory Project - This project was started by Ben Schumaker.  Ben works with high schools all over the United States to create portraits for children living in orphanages across the globe.  The portraits you see here were done of children living in Cambodia, Madagascar, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Pakistan, Afghanistan and The Ukraine
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