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Ms. Martin from Aurora, IL is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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AP Art Students Need More Art Exposure- What is Theme?

My students need 13 art books to see examples of how professional artists create a theme in their work so they can do the same for their AP credit!

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My Students

The internet is fast, and adapts itself to what you want to see or already saw. Books are slow, lingering, and might surprise you with something you didn't think to Google on your own. I don't think that's such a bad thing.

We have a high poverty rate and full range of racial & socio-economic types.

In My AP art class in particular, I push non-traditional students into the class so they can envision themselves in an art college. Talent is everywhere, sometimes even in the homeless, clinically depressed, or those with a stressful home life. Despite all that, my students' AP art scores for the last 2 years have been in the top 22% nationally. I'm so proud of them. If not for art school, many of these kids wouldn't consider college. They will be first generation if they go.

My Project

We have computers, and can Google image search for anything. But a book that has been put together with an editor's intent will teach something different. Our school library has been unable to buy art, design or photography books for the last eight years straight. I do have some nice books from 5 years ago, but now that I teach AP 2D Design I want to share some design and design process books with them. What do all of Crewsden's photos have in common? How can you tell they belong to him? What problem is Barbara Kruger coming back to again and again? How do you explore the same idea in a new way?

Creating a visual art theme is half of the Official AP portfolio.

Struggling to develop a theme is really hard for these kids. They often choose something too simple. Looking at contemporary artists who have strong themes and a strong visual style and having students identify the differences between these styles will model for them how to do it for themselves.

Ms. Martin West Aurora High School Grades 9-12

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Half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe (B&N Exclusive Deluxe Edition with DVD) Theodore Gray • AKJ BOOKS $17.29 1 $17.29
Barbara Kruger Barbara Kruger, Hal Foster, Martha Gever, Carol Squiers, Miwon Kwon • AKJ BOOKS $42.56 1 $42.56
Camera Obscura Abelardo Morell, Luc Sante • AKJ BOOKS $37.49 1 $37.49
Robert Frank: The Americans Robert Frank (Photographer), Jack Kerouac (Introduction) • AKJ BOOKS $20.87 1 $20.87
Photography Book: Mini Edition Phaidon Press Editors (Editor), Phaidon Press Editors, Ian Jeffrey (Editor) • AKJ BOOKS $18.71 1 $18.71
Twilight: Photographs by Gregory Crewdson Rick Moody, Gregory Crewdson (Photographer) • AKJ BOOKS $24.99 1 $24.99
Elliott Erwitt's Dogs Peter Mayle • AKJ BOOKS $36.43 1 $36.43
Image Makers, Image Takers Anne-Celine Jaeger • AKJ BOOKS $32.87 1 $32.87
Robert Capa: The Definitive Collection Richard Whelan, Robert Capa • AKJ BOOKS $28.12 1 $28.12
How to Read a Photograph: Lessons from Master Photographers Ian Jeffrey • AKJ BOOKS $22.77 1 $22.77
Envisioning Information Edward R. Tufte • AKJ BOOKS $32.83 1 $32.83
Graphic: Inside the Sketchbooks of the World's Great Graphic Designers Lita Talarico, Steven Heller • AKJ BOOKS $54.61 1 $54.61
Color - Messages & Meanings: A PANTONE Color Resource Leatrice Eiseman • AKJ BOOKS $25.07 1 $25.07

Materials cost

$394.61

Vendor shipping charges

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Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.92

Fulfillment labor & materials

$35.00

Total project cost

$435.53

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$76.86

Total project goal

$512.39

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $512.39

5 Donors

-$298.00

Donations toward project cost

-$253.30

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$44.70

match offer

-$214.39

Match offer toward project cost

-$182.23

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$32.16

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