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Portfolio Tips -- Studio Art: 2-D Design
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Because Studio Art students submit a portfolio for evaluation rather than take a written exam, the most important piece of advice you can give your students is to be sure to follow the requirements outlined in the most recent Course Description and poster. In the words of Penny McElroy, Chief Reader, reflecting on the 2001 AP Reading:
"This year we had some students who followed the guidelines for next year's three-portfolio structure. We saw a number of photography, digital, and 3-D Design portfolios, for example, that had to be scored as General Portfolios, and suffered because they didn't fit the criteria for evaluation as well as they might have next year. This, in my mind, stresses the need for students and teachers to carefully read and follow the directions on the current AP poster and in the Course Description. The poster, especially, contains up-to-the minute information about the current rules for submission."
Here are some "dos and don'ts" for students from the 2001-02 poster:
Do:
- Complete all three sections.
- Remember that works from Section I (Quality) may also be submitted in slide form in either Section II (Concentration) or Section III (Breadth), and that you may not submit slides of the same work for both Section II and Section III.
- Pay attention to the requirements regarding the size and number of materials that may be submitted.
- Submit works in the standard AP portfolio that will be sent to your school no later than the beginning of May.
- Mat or mount any works on paper that you submit for Section I. Use a neutral colored matboard.
- Use fixative on works that may smudge.
- Cover the surface to protect the work. Use an overleaf that is fastened to one edge so that it can be lifted easily.
- Label all slides, including the dimensions and media of the original works.
- Photograph your work well ahead of the deadline so that you will have time to reshoot if necessary. The Teacher's Guide to AP Studio Art, published by the College Board®, contains information about how to photograph art.
- Submit a detail slide with the slide of the entire work if you wish to show details such as texture.
- Follow your AP Coordinator's instructions for labeling and packaging your materials.
- Submit your prepared materials on or before the deadline set by your AP Coordinator.
- Give ETS the correct address for returning your portfolio materials (they will arrive in late summer). We cannot ship your work to a P.O. Box.
- Retain duplicates of your slides and application materials.
Do Not:
- Send ANY actual work for the 3-D Design portfolio.
- Send 3-D or fragile work for Drawing or 2-D Design.
- Send works rolled, folded, or framed for Drawing or 2-D Design.
- Send unmounted work that can be crumpled or damaged in shipping for Drawing or 2-D Design.
- Exceed the maximum number of works or slides required for each section of the portfolio (extra works will not be evaluated).
- Send actual works for sections that require slides, or send works that are larger than 18" x 24" (they will not be evaluated, and your score for that section will be based on the work remaining in that section).
- Submit collaborative works or group projects.
- Place any information that identifies you or your school on any of the material included in your portfolio, except where requested. Your AP Coordinator will receive instructions on how to label your works. If you have already signed your work, however, do not risk damaging it to remove a signature.
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