This portfolio is designated for work that focuses on the use of two dimensional (2-D) elements and principles of art and design, including point, line, shape, plane, layer, form, space, texture, color, value, opacity, transparency, time, unity, variety, rhythm, movement, proportion, scale, balance, emphasis, contrast, repetition, figure/ground relationship, connection, juxtaposition, and hierarchy. Students should consider how materials, processes, and ideas can be used to make work that exists on a flat surface.

Students can work with any materials, processes, and ideas. Graphic design, digital imaging, photography, collage, fabric design, weaving, fashion design, fashion illustration, painting, and printmaking are among the possibilities for submission. Still images from videos or film are accepted. Composite images may be submitted. 

AP 2-D ART AND DESIGN PORTFOLIO EXAM REQUIREMENTS AND PROMPTS

For the Selected Works section of the AP 2-D Art and Design Portfolio Exam, students must submit five works that demonstrate:

• 2-D skills

• Synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas

For each work, students must state the following in writing:

• Idea(s) visually evident (100 characters maximum, including spaces)

• Materials used (100 characters maximum, including spaces)

• Processes used (100 characters maximum, including spaces)

For the Sustained Investigation section of the AP 2-D Art and Design Portfolio Exam, students must:

• Submit 15 digital images that demonstrate:

• Sustained investigation through practice, experimentation, and revision

• Sustained investigation of materials, processes, and ideas

• Synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas

• 2-D skills

Students must state the following in writing:

1. Identify the questions or inquiry that guided your sustained investigation

2. Describe how your sustained investigation shows evidence of practice, experimentation, and revision guided by your questions or inquiry (1200 characters maximum, including spaces, for response to both prompts)

Identify the following for each image:

• Materials used (100 characters maximum, including spaces)

• Processes used (100 characters maximum, including spaces)

• Size (height × width × depth, in inches)