BREADTH must be completed before students start their Concentration Portfolios view the video above to find out why.
Portfolio Requirements For this section, students must submit a total of 12 images of 12 different works. Details may not be included. All images should be labeled with dimensions (height 3 width) and material(s). The Digital Submission Web application incorporates space to include this information. This section requires images of 12 works in which the elements and principles of two-dimensional design are the primary focus; students are asked to demonstrate that they are thoughtfully applying these principles while composing their art. These works as a group should demonstrate the student’s visual organization skills. As a whole, the student’s work in this section should demonstrate exploration, inventiveness, and the expressive manipulation of form, as well as knowledge of compositional organization. |
The best demonstrations of breadth clearly show experimentation and a range of conceptual approaches to the work. It is possible to do this in a single medium or in a variety of media. When a student chooses to use a single medium — for example, if a Breadth section consists entirely of collage — the images must show a variety of applications of design principles.
Examples: • Work that employs line, shape or color to create unity or variety in a composition • Work that demonstrates symmetry/asymmetry, balance or anomaly • Work that explores figure/ground relationships • Work that develops a modular or repeat pattern to create rhythm • Work that uses various color relationships for emphasis or contrast in a composition • Work that investigates or exaggerates proportion/scale Students may not submit images of the same work that they are submitting for the Concentration section. Submitting images of the same work for Concentration (Section II) and Breadth (Section III) may negatively affect a student’s score. Research Art Journal Requirements see Assignment Page |