AP 3D Art Summer Homework
Your homework has five parts:
1. Museums and galleries – Go to 1 museum/gallery and write and sketch about it.
2. Research- Read about and record 2 artists whose work you identify with.
3. Concentration ideas – Create a list of 10 concentration ideas (a body of work you want
to explore) and thumbnail sketches.
4. AP Central- Go to the website and learn about the three portfolios
5. Treasure – Collection of interesting objects
These Assignments are due October 2nd, 2015 – Late work will not be accepted.
1. Museums and Galleries: Check off as you complete each step:
_______ Visit one place where professional art is being exhibited (art museums, galleries, and
art centers)
________ In your sketchbook, do one full page drawing of two different works that interest
you. If you can get a picture of the work, glue it into your sketch book next to your sketch.
Write about the artworks in detail. Describe the materials and techniques employed.
Describe how the object made you feel and what it made you think about.
A list of art galleries and museums is listed below for your convenience:
St. Petersburg Clay Company – 420 22nd street South
Morean Center – 719 Central Avenue
Salvador Dali Museu,m – 1000 3rd Street South
St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts – 255 Beach Drive Northeast
Leepa Raptner Museum- Tarpon Springs
Tampa Museum of Fine Arts
Tampa African Museum
Tampa Women’s Museum
Sarasota Ringling Museum
2. Research – Read and record artists whose work you identify with:
Become familiar with artists, styles, themes, and media that interest you.
_____Find two artists whose work really interests you
_____Research their work in books, the internet, or in person
_____Describe the issues they explore in their work in your sketchbook
_____Document with drawings and photographs (paste in your sketchbook)
You may choose any artist that interests you, but a list is provided below for your
convenience
Internet: accessceramics.com, thisiscolossal.com, artstormer.com, artistaday.com,
artaxis.org, ayumiehorie.com/links.html
Magazines: Sculpture Magazine, Sculptural Pursuit, Art News, Scholastic Art, Ceramics,
Monthly, Watercolor Magic, ArtNews, American Artist, Pottery Making Illustrated, The
Studio Potter
Books: 50 Contemporary Artists You Should Know, 500 Ceramic Sculptures, 500 Handmade
books, 500 teapots Volumes 1 &2
Ceramic Artists: Frank Schillo, Jason Walker, Julia Galloway, Beth Katleman, Nan Smith,
Chandra DeBuse, Christa Assad, Misty Gamble, Sam Chung, Deborah Schwartzkopf, Jennifer
McCurdy, Kurt Weiser, Tara Wilson, Chris Pickett
3D Artist: Rona Pondick, Deborah Butterfield, Richard Deacon, Antony Gormley, Linda
Stein, David Greewood, Bill Woodrow, Beth Jatcko, Robert Smithson, Isamu Noghchi, Kiki
Smith, Marcel Duchamp, Andy Goldsworthy, Barbara Hepworth, Maya Lin, Robert Arneson,
Jean Arp, James Turrell, Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanski, Constantin Brancusi, Christo,
Julio Gonzalez, Ann Hamilton, Eva Hesse, Rebecca Horn, Peter Voulkos, Jacques Lipchitz, Ana
Mendieta, Claes Oldenburg, Meret Oppenheim, Martin Puryear, Richard Serra, Charles
Simonds, Jackie Winsor
Contemporary Artists: Maurizio Cattelan, Anselm Kiefer, Maurlene Dumas, William
Kentridge, Pipilotti Rist, Tal R, Cy Twombly, Jeff Wall, Anish Kapoor, Andreas Gursky, Gabriel
Orozco, Wolfgang Tillmans, Gerhard Richter, Richard Prince, Robert Gober, Shirin Neshat,
Rachel Whiteread, Doug Aitken, David Hockney, Mona Hatoum, Takashi Murakami,
Elizabeth Peyton, Anslem Reyle
3. Concentration Ideas
____List 10 ideas for a series of work (whereby the artworks are connected to one another by
style, medium, or imagery/ideas/themes etc.)
Think very seriously about what you would like to do for your Concentration. Your
concentration MUST be something personal to you. Something that you will enjoy spending
a great deal of time working on, exploring, and developing in depth. A concentration must
show development of though and depth in a related body of artworks.
_____Circle the top 3 ideas and draw 5 thumbnail sketches for each idea
Example of Concentration Ideas: abstractions of objects, exploring rhythm and movement
in common objects, urban landscape, interpretive figures, animal/plant inspired forms, etc.
4. AP Central – Spend time viewing student examples of portfolios on the AP website.
This will really help you understand the quality of work required.
______ Go to:
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_information/220107.html
Browse through the samples of Quality, Breadth, and Concentration portfolios. Try to
analyze why you think they scored a 6, 5, or 4! Pick your favorite portfolio from each section
and write down the medium, name, School and year of the portfolio. Write a sentence about
why you think they earned the score they did.
5. Treasures: Collect a sizeable boxful of interesting objects and junk. Broken objects,
wooden architectural forms (bedposts, table legs, shelf supports), mechanical parts, natural
objects, house-hold items, anything that interests you in terms of shape, volume, texture,
color, meaning, or social significance. Objects that are modular, or occur in multiples., can be
especially useful. Bring to school on the second day of class.