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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Sustained Investigations - 2022-23
This student investigated the meanings and significance of their dreams
This student investigated the physical and emotional effects of light on someone
This student investigated how their identity is affected by both their own perceptions and the perceptions of others.
This student investigated negative and positive coping mechanisms
This student investigated how literature conjures up visual imagery.
Oil Pastel Self-Portraits 2022-2023
Sustained Investigations 2020-2021
This student investigated the activities that bring people together.
This student investigated a day in the life of a coffee shop.
This student investigated an individual's journey out of a toxic relationship.
This student investigated the negative and positive effects of social media on an individual's self esteem.
This student investigated the different traditions of her American and Cambodian heritages.
Oil Pastel Self Portraits 2020-21
Sustained Investigations 2020
This student investigated how femininity and masculinity were depicted throughout the 20th Century
This student created children's book illustrations for her sustained investigation.
This student investigated the positive and negative effects of social media
This student investigated the effects of anxiety and the coping mechanisms people use to address it.
Oil Pastel Self Portraits - 2019-20
Concentrations 2019
This student investigated the role of the architect in the drawing process
This student investigated how memories change overtime, from vivid and colorful to abstract and less vibrant
This student investigated how dance is an integral part of her everyday life.
This student investigated showing an instrument through the musician's eye
This student investigated the importance of coffee in her and her family member's lives.
Oil Pastel Self-Portraits - 2018
Concentrations - 2017
This student investigated the emotions that come with being diagnosed with diabetes
This student investigated capturing moments of joy
This student investigated the idea of personal style
This student investigated the blending of her American and Portuguese heritage
This student investigated the relationship between sisters
Zodiac Inspired Linoleum Prints - 2016-17
Oil Pastel Self-Portraits - 2016-17
Concentrations - 2016
This student investigated human interaction with nature
This student investigated the idea of portraiture and how to capture both the physical characteristics of someone and their personal essence
This student investigated a dancer's journey through various dance positions.
This student investigated the differences and similarities between past and present.
Abstract Linoleum Prints
Oil Pastel Self-Portraits
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.
This student took digital photographs of landscapes and then translated each one into a graphic linoleum print
This student depicted human relationships and interactions through hands.
This student communicated the milestones in her life through graphically designed posters.
Collograph Prints
Oil Pastel Self-Portraits
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.
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.
This student investigated the idea of "everyday" costumes.
This student created logos, jerseys and arenas for professional hockey teams that do not currently exist.
Oil Pastel Self-Potraits
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