Art Portfolio Preparation Flashcards
Grade 12 · Art · Flashcards
Key terms and concepts for building, documenting, and submitting a competitive art portfolio.
Flashcards
- Portfolio Curation
- The intentional process of selecting and arranging your strongest artworks to tell a cohesive story about your artistic identity and growth.
- Sustained Investigation
- AP Art and Design section: 15 digital images showing inquiry, process, and revision around a central artistic question.
- Selected Works
- AP Art and Design section: 5 physical pieces mailed to the College Board demonstrating mastery.
- Artist Statement
- A 150–250 word first-person explanation of the conceptual intent and process behind a body of artwork.
- 300 dpi
- Minimum image resolution for print-quality portfolio photography; ensures sharpness at full size.
- Diffused Light
- Indirect, even lighting (e.g., overcast window light) used to photograph artwork without harsh shadows or glare.
- Color Correction
- Post-capture adjustment of white balance and exposure so the digital image accurately matches the original artwork's colors.
- Conceptual Intent
- The underlying idea, theme, or question that motivates and gives meaning to an artwork or body of work.
- Breadth
- Demonstration of range across different media, subjects, scales, and compositional approaches in a portfolio.
- Process Documentation
- Photographs or sketches showing the development stages of an artwork, required in the AP Sustained Investigation.
- Inquiry Question
- A guiding open-ended question that drives the Sustained Investigation, such as 'How does fragmentation reflect identity?'
- Portfolio Narrative
- The overarching story, theme, or progression of ideas that connects all the pieces in a portfolio.
- Peer Critique
- Structured feedback from fellow artists used to identify weaknesses in technique or concept before finalizing a portfolio.
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