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Library AP 3-D Art and Design Unit 1: Sustained Investigation
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1. Sustained Investigation

60–60% of the AP exam. Key topics: Developing and refining an inquiry question that drives the full body of work, Documenting practice, experimentation, and revision across 15 digital images, Including process documentation: work-in-progress, material tests, failed attempts, and pivots, Written Prompt 1: identifying the guiding inquiry and demonstrating how the work answers it (600 chars max), Written Prompt 2: describing synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas (600 chars max), Per-image metadata: materials, process, size (100 chars max each), Rubric Row A — Inquiry: inquiry clearly guided all visual work, Rubric Row B — Practice, Experimentation, Revision: iterative learning is evident and drives the work, Rubric Row C — Materials, Processes, Ideas (Synthesis): all three components form an intentional, unified whole, Rubric Row D — 3-D Skills: demonstrated proficiency in sculptural and dimensional art-making, Understanding what 'sustained' means: 40+ weeks of iterative, inquiry-driven making, not episodic production, Year-long timeline: exploration (Sept) → focus (Oct) → intensive production (Nov–Feb) → culminating works (Mar) → documentation/curation (Apr).

60–60% exam weight standard track

Unit 1: Sustained Investigation

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Topics in this unit

  • Developing and refining an inquiry question that drives the full body of work
  • Documenting practice, experimentation, and revision across 15 digital images
  • Including process documentation: work-in-progress, material tests, failed attempts, and pivots
  • Written Prompt 1: identifying the guiding inquiry and demonstrating how the work answers it (600 chars max)
  • Written Prompt 2: describing synthesis of materials, processes, and ideas (600 chars max)
  • Per-image metadata: materials, process, size (100 chars max each)
  • Rubric Row A — Inquiry: inquiry clearly guided all visual work
  • Rubric Row B — Practice, Experimentation, Revision: iterative learning is evident and drives the work
  • Rubric Row C — Materials, Processes, Ideas (Synthesis): all three components form an intentional, unified whole
  • Rubric Row D — 3-D Skills: demonstrated proficiency in sculptural and dimensional art-making
  • Understanding what 'sustained' means: 40+ weeks of iterative, inquiry-driven making, not episodic production
  • Year-long timeline: exploration (Sept) → focus (Oct) → intensive production (Nov–Feb) → culminating works (Mar) → documentation/curation (Apr)