Photography and writing are part of Li's everyday creative life, and both show up directly in AP Studio Art — from composing images with intentional framing to drafting the artist statements that anchor a sustained investigation. Her medical doctoral training also sharpened an eye for precise observ...

Valerie's strength here isn't in studio technique — her degree is in applied math, not fine art. But the AP Studio Art portfolio requires structured planning, iterative revision, and clear written articulation of ideas, and those are exactly the skills her analytical background reinforces. She's esp...

As a painter and illustrator herself, Nikki understands the sustained investigation process that AP Studio Art demands — developing a cohesive portfolio where each piece builds on a central inquiry. She's especially strong at coaching students through artist statements and the written components, co...

Andrea's double major in English Literature and Arabic won't paint a canvas for anyone, but the AP Studio Art exam weights written communication more heavily than most students expect — artist statements and sustained investigation narratives need to be sharp, specific, and persuasive. Her ESL/TESOL...

The AP Studio Art portfolio demands more than technical skill; it requires a sustained investigation with clear artistic intent and visual evidence of inquiry. Parker is actively building this kind of work as a B.A. studio art student, which means advice on breadth, concentration, and artist stateme...

Having earned his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago — where he also taught Sculpture — Luke brings a working artist's perspective to the sustained investigation at the heart of AP Studio Art. He knows how to push students past safe, formulaic portfolios toward risk-taking and conce...

The AP Studio Art portfolio asks students to do something most high schoolers haven't practiced: sustain a single artistic idea across multiple works and then articulate it in writing. Juan bridges both sides of that challenge, bringing his own experience as a painter and writer to studio critiques ...

I am an interdisciplinary educator with an Ed.M. from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.A. from Dartmouth College. My background is primarily in integrated arts learning and museum education and I specialize in visual arts, history and art history, and object-based learning. In all su...

I am an aspiring character artist for games and currently work as a prop artist. I received my studio art bachelors in 2018 and a 3D modeling diploma in 2020. I tutor for drawing, digital painting, digital sculpting, 3D modeling and texturing for games. I believe in student-centered learning and pri...

I am a PhD student at the University of Michigan, studying social psychology. Before this, I was at Duke University completing a BS in psychology as well as a MS in global health. My research combines the fields of global health and psychology by examining the effects of culture on self-related psyc...