Learn how the Arts Program helps you develop your creative voice, technical skills, and visual storytelling abilities—click below to explore the five courses that make it possible.
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AP 2D Art and Design
Explore how AP 2D Art and Design helps you build a portfolio that showcases your creativity, design skills, and personal artistic voice through photography, digital art, painting, and more.
AP 3D Art and Design
Dive into the world of sculpture, ceramics, and spatial design as you develop a portfolio that highlights your ability to think and create in three dimensions.
AP Drawing
Refine your mark-making, observation, and visual storytelling in AP Drawing while building a portfolio that reflects both technical skill and expressive intent.
AP Art History
Journey through time and across cultures in AP Art History as you explore, analyze, and interpret works of art from ancient to contemporary periods.
AP Music Theory
Unlock the structure behind the sound in AP Music Theory by learning to read, write, and understand the language of music through ear training, composition, and analysis.
Arts
The Arts program is a college-level visual arts initiative developed by the College Board that encourages students to think creatively, communicate visually, and develop a personal artistic voice. Through its three portfolio-based courses—AP 2-D Art and Design, AP 3-D Art and Design, and AP Drawing—students explore materials, processes, and ideas as they build cohesive bodies of work. The program emphasizes sustained inquiry, experimentation, and critical reflection, helping students prepare for the rigor of college-level art and design programs. AP Arts also distinguishes students in the college admissions process by demonstrating advanced creative, conceptual, and technical skills.