Designed for dedicated students seeking an advanced, college-level art experience, AP 2D Art and Design emphasizes sustained investigation, experimentation, and purposeful artistic development.

Students explore personally meaningful questions, test materials and techniques, and refine their work through feedback, critique, and revision. They document their creative process and build a portfolio that demonstrates their ideas, decision-making, and artistic growth in accordance with College Board requirements.

Students investigate personally meaningful ideas through sustained artistic exploration, experimentation, and revision. They develop an AP portfolio that documents their creative process, artistic growth, and ability to communicate ideas through visual art.

AP 2D Art and Design

Communicate and Reflect

Write concise reflections explaining artistic intentions, material choices, processes, and discoveries.

Develop a Sustained Investigation

Create a connected body of work that explores a central question through experimentation, revision, and refinement.

Elements and Principles of Design

Make intentional decisions to strengthen composition and communicate ideas effectively.

Experiment, Develop, and Revise

Create multiple studies, revise compositions based on experimentation, and document progress.

Investigate Materials, Processes, and Ideas

Research and experiment at least three media or techniques to communicate an artistic idea.

Core Learning Goals

What Students Learn

Investigate Materials and Ideas
Experiment, Develop, and Revise
Elements and Principle of Design
Develop Sustain Investigation
Communicate and Reflect