High School Art

A rich High School Art program has a variety of courses that build from foundational to advanced.  In this slide show, you will see examples from Studio Art, a first year art class as well as Drawing and Painting, a 3rd year art course. Students are shown working hard on original pieces, treating class as a working art studio.

Course work  is carefully planned and promotes intellectual, historical, aesthetic and emotional growth.  Art terms and concepts like perspective, proportion, cropping, depth, contour and much more, become familiar language during group art critiques.  Rubrics with clearly defined criteria are used to grade artwork.  They are exposed to the many different art career paths and those who show interest in studying art in college can develop an art portfolio.  Students not only get a lot of exposure to 2D and 3D art, they make cultural and personal connections while finding their own voice as young artists. 

In middle school, students will deepen their knowledge and experience of art techniques and processes.  They will increase their art vocabulary in reflections and discussions.  There will be more variety in outcomes as students make more of their own artistic choices. Artworks are evaluated with clear rubrics.

In these formative years, students will gain an introduction to many different art media. Inspiration for art projects come from nature, current and past artists, music, personal reflection, craft techniques as well as observation. Elementary students love art and take pride in knowing their individuality is celebrated.