ADVANCED PLACEMENT STUDIO ARTS 12
COURSE TIMELINE AND ASSIGNMENTS
Quality (September-Mid-January)
WEEK # 1- The Creative Process and Careers in Art
Review:
  • Understand the creative process.
  • Understand the variety of careers in art.
  • Judge your interest in art as a career.
  • Understand the meaning of aesthetic perception.
  • Understand why people create art.
  • Appreciate differences in the way artists from different cultures learn about art.
  • Understand the importance of work done by art historians.
  • Understand the importance of evaluation in the creative process.
  • Understand the role of art critics and other people in the art world.  
 
Readings and Sketchbook Assignment(s):
  • Lesson 1- Creativity in Art
  • Lesson 2- Education and Training in Art
  • Lesson 3- Career Awareness
  • Review
 
Assignments:
  • 1-1 Why we Make Art
  • 1-2 Art Education
  • 1-3 Career Awareness
  • 1-4 Review
WEEK # 2- The Language of Art 
Review:
  • Define and recognize the elements of art.
  • Make an abstract design, experiment with the elements of art.
  • Identify the principles of art.
  • Use the elements of art and principles of art in a studio experience.
 
Readings and Sketchbook Assignment(s):
  • Lesson 1- The Elements of Art
  • Lesson 2- Using the Elements of Art
  • Lesson 3- The Principles of Art
  • Lesson 4- Using the Principles of Art
  • Review
 
Assignments:
  • 1-1 Using the Elements of Art
  • 1-2 Using the Principles of Art
  • 1-3 Review