What is an irregular portfolio?
Any portfolio that does not meet the specifications for submission (detailed on the AP Studio Art poster, in the Course Description, and on AP Central) is considered “irregular.” Although specifications are deliberately flexible enough to accommodate a huge range of work, it is expected that teachers and students will take seriously the limits that do exist. Because of the inherent unfairness of allowing some students to bend the rules while other students adhere to them, portfolios that are irregular are handled in the following ways: • Extra works submitted for the Quality section of the Drawing and 2-D Design portfolio are set aside and are not scored. • Actual artworks submitted for the Quality section of the Drawing and 2-D Design portfolio that are larger than 18″x 24″ are set aside and are not scored. • Original works that are submitted for the Concentration or Breadth sections of any portfolio are set aside and are not scored. • Actual sculpture submitted for the Quality sectio