AP Studio Art: 3D Design Portfolio Summer Assignments Summer Homework: 3D Design Portfolio, Ceramics •

You will complete a minimum of three projects over the summer as your AP Studio Art class preparation. You must also keep a sketchbook that you will continue to work in throughout the 2014-2015 school year.

These assignments will be due the first day of class. You will receive a major grade for your summer work. It is your choice as to which assignments you complete from the list below. Pieces should be at least 12” in height—the assignments are about quality, and not quantity. Unless specified, any material can be used in your sculptures (except immediately degradable products). Sculptures should be well developed and reflect thought and time development. In all pieces, focus on the interplay between positive and negative space. • • • •

Use similar found objects or materials to create a relief assemblage, use primer to paint over the objects, then spray paint the whole sculpture one color. Create a 3-D metaphorical self-portrait from the “scraps” of your life. Create a group of organic forms or modified geometric forms that interact with on another (visually connect). Create rolls or tubes from newspaper, old phonebooks or other specially selected papers. Create a unified, freestanding sculpture using these forms. Embellish, accent, or design the surface.

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Reconstruct an old piece of furniture. Rearrange or juxtapose parts. Paint or resurface with added features or materials. Using a Styrofoam head, mask, or plastic doll, or similar items as your base, embellish the form with found objects to make a statement about you. You can sand away any details from the original form and/or spray paint them. Add your own details with paint, paper, beads, buttons, bottle caps, fabric, etc. Build an appropriate environment or pedestal for it where your 3D self-portrait will be displayed. Ceramic Model Figure: The medium of clay can be used as your carving material. Use sculpture mix clay with a lot of grog to create a portrait (If clay is not available, use Plasticine or modeling clay). It can be built over newspapers to make it less dense. Take careful care of it. We can fire it when you bring it to school. Research Rodin, Michelangelo, Giacometti, Brancusi, and Arp. Please do not make the portrait larger than life-size. Create a 3D sculpture from found objects. You may choose to look at the work of Pablo Picasso, Julio Gonzales, Richard Chamberlain, or Robert Rauschenberg.

Sketchbook Requirements: • Brainstorm 3 or more Concentration ideas o You should have a minimum of 36 thumbnail sketches with brief written explanations to support concentration ideas.

Contemporary Artist Research: Explore the work of 3 or more contemporary 3D artists and address the following areas about the artist and their work. 1. Give some background information about the artist. 2. Describe the artists’ work. 3. React to the artists’ work. Include printed images/text as well as your own descriptive drawings/writing of the artists work. Use as many pages as needed in your sketchbook on each artist.

3 Sections of the Portfolio (Defining the three sections): Quality: Design involves purposeful decision-making about using the elements and principles of art in an integrative way. In the 3-D Portfolio, you should demonstrate your understanding of design principles as they relate to depth and space. The principles of design can be articulated through the visual elements. These issues

can be explored through additive, subtractive, and /or fabrication processes. These approaches could include figurative and nonfigurative sculpture, architectural models, metal work, ceramics, installation work, and three-dimensional fiber arts, among others. You will be asked to demonstrate quality throughout your portfolio as a means of demonstrating your mastery in successfully applying the principles of design. Your mastery should be apparent in the composition, concept, and execution of your works, whether they are simple or complex. Concentration: A concentration is an in-depth study of a particular visual problem or a variety of ways of handling an interesting subject; it should reflect a process of investigation of a particular artistic concern and share a single theme. The works should be unified by an underlying idea that demonstrates growth and discovery through conceptually related works. The students in consultation with the instructor make the choices of technique, media, style, form, subject, and content. A written commentary describing the concentration and how it evolved must accompany the work and the following questions need to be addressed: 1. What is the central idea of your concentration? 2. How does the work in your concentration demonstrate the exploration of your idea? You may refer to specific slides as examples. Concentration Ideas: • Create pottery vessels both handmade and wheel thrown • Coil build sculptural humanoid forms • Do a series of wheel works that are raku fired • Experiment with slips and Japanese surface decorations on simplified wheel ware • Do a sculpture series of environments • Do a series of earth works in the style of Andy Goldsworthy • Create a series of ceramic masks • Sculpt distorted human forms inspired by Fernando Botero • Do a ceramic series building and firing in the technique of Maria Martinez Breadth: The students’ work in this section should show evidence of conceptual, perceptual, expressive, and technical range; thus the students’ work should demonstrate a variety of drawing skills and approaches.

Note: If you attend an art class or workshop over the summer at a college, museum, or arts center, you may submit work from those programs as your summer assignments. Museum Visit: You must visit at least one museum and one gallery or one public art venue this summer. I would like you to document this experience in your sketchbook. Please choose an interesting piece within the museum/gallery/public art exhibition and sketch. You should also take a few notes on the context of the space and the artist. Museum Suggestions: The RISD Museum http://www.risdmuseum.org Here is a link to all of the museums in Rhode Island: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museums_in_Rhode_Island Public Art in Rhode Island: http://www.arts.ri.gov/publicart/ If you have not yet taken an AP class, go to… www.collegeboard.com to register ASAP. You will find information on the AP Studio Art courses, the “exam,” scoring rubrics, as well as examples of past student work and how they were scored. Under “My Organizer” you can create a free user account—you can use this account to access information about any AP exam and class. Under the “College Board Tests” section, you can click on “AP” which will take you to the AP homepage. The link to the Studio Art homepage is: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_studioart.html?s tudioart You will receive an AP Art Poster at the beginning of the school year. This provides you with important information on the portfolio requirement. Take some time this summer to familiarize yourself with the three sections of the AP Art portfolio: Quality, Concentration, and Breadth. All three are required and carry equal weight. Keep in Mind: • Your portfolio may include work that you have done over a single year or longer, in class; on your own, or in a class other than one you have taken at our school. Please feel free to contact me over the summer, send images for input or critique. I’ll check in with your periodically. It is easy to start the summer with the best intentions and then run out of steam or motivation.

Suggestions: Your goal is to have two of the sculpture assignments finished by August 1st (email us a photo of the sculptures), as well as one concentration idea with 12 supporting sketches. It is very important to be disciplined and have good time management, so that you do not find yourself at the end of the summer scrambling to create something to turn in at the start of the school year. This would not be a great way to start an AP portfolio! Periodically, search online for art being made by artists in the media or subject you are working in. It is important to stay current and it is always inspiring to look at what other contemporary artist are doing/creating. Again, don’t hesitate to contact us: [email protected] [email protected] Have a great summer! I can’t wait to see all of the amazing work that you produce over the summer. Best, Ms. Getsinger & Mr. Chatterley