OCG - Advanced Placement Studio Art: 2-Dimensional Design
School District of Oconee County
Advanced Placement Studio Art: 2-Dimensional Design
Course Number: 357400AW
The AP Program offers three studio art courses and portfolios: 2-Dimensional Design, 3-Dimensional Design, and Drawing. The AP Studio Art portfolios are designed for students who are seriously interested in the practical experience of art. Students submit portfolios for evaluation at the end of the school year. The three portfolios correspond to the most common college foundation courses. Students may choose to submit any or all of the Drawing, 2-Dimensional Design, or 3-Dimensional design portfolios. Students create a portfolio of work to demonstrate the artistic skills and ideas they have developed, refined, and applied over the course of the year to produce visual compositions.
South Carolina Standards: (List the standards students are expected to master in this course)
SC Visual Arts Standards 2010
High School Levels
Creating Works of Visual Art
Standard 1: The student will demonstrate competence in the use of ideas, materials, techniques, and processes in the creation of
works of visual art
VAS-1.1 Recognize and analyze the similarities and differences between materials, techniques, and process in works of
visual art
VAS-1.2 Describe the ways that different materials, techniques, and processes evoke different responses in one who is
creating or viewing artworks
VAS-1.3 Communicate ideas through the effective use of a variety of materials, techniques, and processes in works of
visual art
VAS-1.4 Apply materials, techniques, and processes with skill, confidence, and sensitivity sufficient to make his or her
intentions observable in the artwork that he or she creates
VAS-1.5 Use a Variety of art materials, tools, and equipment in a skillful, safe and responsible manner
Using Structures and Functions
Standard 2: The student will use composition and the elements and principles of design to communicate ideas
VAS-2.1 Recognize, describe, and analyze the elements and principles of design and other compositional structures
and strategies used in the visual arts to communicate ideas
VAS-2.2 Create works of visual art that use the elements and principles of design and other compositional strategies
VAS-2.3 Evaluate the effectiveness of artworks by analyzing the use of the elements and principles of design
and other compositional structures and strategies
Exploring Content
Standard 3: The student will examine the content of works of visual art and use elements from them in creating his or her own
works
VAS-3.1 Explore the sources of the subject matter and the ideas in a variety of works of visual art
VAS-3.2 Analyze and describe the relationships among subject matter, symbols, and themes in communicating intended
meaning in his or her own artworks and in those of others
VAS-3.3 Select and effectively use subject matter, symbols, and ideas to communicate meaning through his or her artworks
History and Culture
Standard 4: The student will understand the visual arts in relation to history and world cultures and the technologies, tools, and
materials used
VAS-4.1 Describe ways that the subject matter, symbols, ideas, and technologies in various artworks are related to history
and culture
VAS-4.2 Identify specific artworks as belonging to a particular culture or historical period and explain the characteristics
that led him or her to make that identification
VAS-4.3 Describe and discuss the function and meaning of specific artworks from various world cultures and historical
periods
VAS-4.4 Demonstrate visual literacy by deconstructing artworks to identify and discuss the elements and principles of design
that is used in those works
VAS-4.5 Apply knowledge of art history, various cultures, and technologies in the creation of original works of visual art
Interpreting Works of Visual Art
Standard 5: The student will analyze and assess the characteristics and qualities of his or her own works of visual art and those
of others
VAS-5.1 Analyze the intentions of the artist in a specific artwork and justify his or her interpretation
VAS-5.2 Make complex, descriptive, interpretative, and evaluative judgments about his or her artworks and those of others
VAS-5.3 Formulate criteria for interpreting and evaluating his or her artworks and those of others
VAS-5.4 Maintain a portfolio of his or her artwork
Making Connections
Standard 6: The student will make connections between the visual arts and other arts disciplines, other content areas and the world
VA1-6.1 Analyze the similarities and differences between the visual arts and other arts disciplines
VA1-6.2 Compare and contrast concepts, issues, and themes in the visual arts and other subject in the school curriculum
VA1-6.3 Identify specific visual arts careers and describe the knowledge and skills that one needs for these careers
Other Standards: (List national or local standards students are expected to master in this course)
- Understanding and applying media, techniques, and processes.
- Using knowledge of structures and functions.
- Choosing and evaluating a range of subject matter, symbols, ideas.
- Understanding the visual ars in relation to history and cultures.
- Reflecting upon and assessing the characteristics and merits of their work and the work of others.
- Making connectins between visual arts and other disciplines.
Course Summary:
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