Senior Art Portfolio

The Senior Art Portfolio is a graduation requirement for Beacon Charter High School for the Arts. Each Art (Visual, Theatre, and Culinary) must present a breadth of work thet spans all four years of high school. This work must reflect the requirements of each art major as defined by Beacon Charter High School for the Arts.

The requirements for each art dicipline art listed below. Although I am here to aid in the organization of the digital and physical protfolios, STUDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR FILLING THESE REQUIREMENTS.

Culinary Arts

1.    A completed Johnson & Wales High School Chef of the Year Recipe Contest Entry
The packet must be ready to enter into the contest and follow all guidelines set by the university.  Details at: www.jwu.edu...
(website subject to change).  Entries may be submitted after final portfolio has been presented.

2.    A collection of 25 pictures documenting your culinary experience at BCHS
Collect 25 pictures that document your culinary experience at BCHS. Then, choose 5 out of the 25 pictures that best capture who you are as a culinary artist. These carefully chosen pictures will serve as the “material” from which you will synthesize your entire culinary experience into a well-developed essay.

3.    A detailed event plan
This portfolio entry should include all of the various elements required to plan, promote, and execute a successful event.  Students will demonstrate proficiency in various Microsoft Office programs:
•    Microsoft Excel – used to price a menu and cost items
•    Microsoft PowerPoint/Publisher – used to develop promotional materials
•    Microsoft Word – used to write and edit memos, to-do lists, and reflections
•    Microsoft Picture Manager – used to edit and create photo documentation

Culinary students will be able to use their plan to properly create and execute an event of any type or size.  Learning the fundamentals of management and design are critical to successful endeavors.  This building block is one of the key components to a solid culinary foundation and ties together practical and classroom experiences from all four years of schooling.

All Students

In addition to the arts-specific requirements, each student-artist must complete the following reflections:
1.    Reflection from attending an event outside Beacon within the student’s art discipline:
2.    Reflection from attending an arts event outside of the student’s discipline
3.    Reflection and photographs/videos from participation in each Beacon Arts Night

Theater Arts
Students will explore an actor’s three most important tools: body, voice and imagination.  In addition, students will develop a basic understanding of costumes, lighting and set construction.

1.    Acting: By their senior year, all theater students have participated in some form of acting project either in school or outside of school.  Students must submit a piece of evidence to show their participation.  Examples of evidence include videos, photographs, programs, etc.  In addition, a written reflection that discusses their overall experience in the project must be included.
2.    Technical Theater: By their senior year, all theater students have participated in some form of technical theater either in school or outside of school.  Technical theater includes sound, set, lighting, props, stage management, as well as costume or lighting design.  The student must submit a piece of evidence to show their participation.  Examples of evidence include videos or pictures of technical work or show programs.  Design sketches may also be presented.  In addition, a written reflection that discusses their overall experience in the project must be included.
3.    Written Critique: All students must participate in a viewing of a play.  The play may have been produced at Beacon or elsewhere.  The critique must use the following structure:
Introduction    Narrate – Describe the assignment with clear and precise terms.  Provide selective details and facts about both the process and product.  Explain how your grade is or isn’t an accurate assessment of your skill set and knowledge.
Body Paragraph 1    Analyze/Synthesize PROCESS – Identify strengths and weaknesses as they pertain to the process and offer explanations.  How much influence did the process have on the product and what might you have done differently?
Body Paragraph 2    Analyze/Synthesize PRODUCT – Identify strengths and weaknesses as they pertain to the product and offer explanations.  How did your teacher’s comments/scores help you to self-assess?
Conclusion    Goal Setting – Clearly and specifically identify areas for future development and improvement

4.    Student Choice: All students must choose another element of theater that they have not previously explored in the portfolio process.  (Makeup, Directing, the Rhode Island Theater Conference, etc.) Students must submit a piece of evidence to show their participation.  Examples of evidence include videos, photographs, programs, etc.  In addition, a written reflection that discusses their overall experience in the project must be included.

All Students

In addition to the arts-specific requirements, each student-artist must complete the following reflections:
1.    Reflection from attending an event outside Beacon within the student’s art discipline:
2.    Reflection from attending an arts event outside of the student’s discipline
3.    Reflection and photographs/videos from participation in each Beacon Arts Night

Visual Arts
Creating:
1.    One (1) self-portrait created from direct observation
2.    One (1) creative self-portrait
3.    Three (3) still-life works created from direct observation
4.    One (1) painting that employs effective use of color
5.    One (1) three dimensional artwork piece
6.    One (1) representation of landscape from direct observation
7.    One (1) representation of architecture from direct observation
8.    Sketchbook or process materials that include preliminary work for at least three (3) portfolio pieces
Responding:
1.    A narrative reflection about an exemplar work of art (what you feel is your best piece of work) that was displayed as part of the Visual Arts program
2.    A narrative reflection about the student’s own work included in the portfolio.

All Students

In addition to the arts-specific requirements, each student-artist must complete the following reflections:
1.    Reflection from attending an event outside Beacon within the student’s art discipline:
2.    Reflection from attending an arts event outside of the student’s discipline
3.    Reflection and photographs/videos from participation in each Beacon Arts Night