Tue, Jun 18, 2013
  • What Will West Warwick High School Students Need in Their Visual Arts Graduation Portfolio?

A proficiency portfolio must contain the following:

  • CREATING COMPONENT: 4-6 pieces of artwork either in two-dimensional form such as drawings, paintings, digital images, mixed media, photography, video/film; or three-dimensional artwork such as sculpture, ceramics, models, jewelry, mosaic, carvings 
  • RESPONDING COMPONENT: One (1) written responses to art (see choices below)
  • ARTIST'S STATEMENT: An "artist's statement" describing the artwork included in your graduation portfolio (see Artist's Statement Guidelines)

CREATING

Students must include a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 6 artworks that collectively show proficiency in ALL of the following areas. NOTE: some works of art many meet proficiency in more than one area:

  • Artwork that demonstrates the your ability to communicate ideas through art
  • Artwork that shows effective use of one or more elements of art: color, shape, line, form, texture, or value
  • Artwork that shows skillful use of media and techniques
  • Artwork that utilizes concepts or content from other subject areas
  • Artwork that demonstrates creative problem-solving.

RESPONDING 

   One (1) documented response selected from one the following:

  • A response to exemplar work in which the you identify, describe, analyze, and evaluate a work of art
  • A documented response to a discussion or debate about art
  • An investigation into the artistic contributions of a chosen culture or time period

Artist's Statement

  • A personal artist's statement about your artwork