AP Art Students Need More Art Exposure- What is Theme?
My students need 13 art books to see examples of how professional artists create a theme in their work so they can do the same for their AP credit!
FULLY FUNDED! Ms. Martin's classroom raised $513
This project is fully funded
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Students
The internet is fast, and adapts itself to what you want to see or already saw. Books are slow, lingering, and might surprise you with something you didn't think to Google on your own.
I don't think that's such a bad thing.
We have a high poverty rate and full range of racial & socio-economic types.
In My AP art class in particular, I push non-traditional students into the class so they can envision themselves in an art college. Talent is everywhere, sometimes even in the homeless, clinically depressed, or those with a stressful home life. Despite all that, my students' AP art scores for the last 2 years have been in the top 22% nationally. I'm so proud of them.
If not for art school, many of these kids wouldn't consider college. They will be first generation if they go.
My Project
We have computers, and can Google image search for anything. But a book that has been put together with an editor's intent will teach something different.
Our school library has been unable to buy art, design or photography books for the last eight years straight. I do have some nice books from 5 years ago, but now that I teach AP 2D Design I want to share some design and design process books with them.
What do all of Crewsden's photos have in common? How can you tell they belong to him? What problem is Barbara Kruger coming back to again and again? How do you explore the same idea in a new way?
Creating a visual art theme is half of the Official AP portfolio.
Struggling to develop a theme is really hard for these kids. They often choose something too simple. Looking at contemporary artists who have strong themes and a strong visual style and having students identify the differences between these styles will model for them how to do it for themselves.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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