2018-2019
These are the courses currently being taught.
2D Art
This is an entry level course that all students must take before entering any other Visual Arts class. Students will experiment with the media and techniques used to create a variety of two- dimensional (2-D) artworks through the development of skills in drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, and/or design. Students practice, sketch, and manipulate the structural elements of art to improve mark making and/or the organizational principles of design in a composition from observation, research, and/or imagination. Students will gain a visual vocabulary that will assist them through practicing visual literacy. Through the critique process, students evaluate and respond to their own work and that of their peers. This course is taught from the timeline of art history to give a foundation for further study in the arts. This course incorporates hands-on activities and consumption of art materials, plus a materials fee. Students should expect to work bell to bell and have bi-weekly homework. Further they will be required to attend two gallery nights during the year.
Ceramics/Pottery I
Students you can add a new dimension to your creativiy with this hands on class. This is a clay introductory studio course consisting of both hand and wheel methods of construction. The class will include an examination of clay, glaze, decoration methods, and firing process. Students in the ceramics and/or pottery art studio focus on use of safety procedures for process, media, and techniques. Student artists use an art criticism process to evaluate, explain, and measure artistic growth in personal or group works. This course incorporates hands-on activities and consumption of art materials, plus a materials fee. Students should expect to work bell to bell and have weekly homework.This course incorporates hands-on activities and consumption of art materials, plus a materials fee. Students should expect to work bell to bell and have weekly homework. Prereq: 2D Art or prior successful completion of a high school art course.
Drawing I
Students experiment with the media and techniques used to create a variety of two- dimensional (2-D) artworks through the development of skills in drawing. Students practice, sketch, and manipulate the structural elements of art to improve mark making and/or the organizational principles of design in a composition from observation, research, and/or imagination. Through the critique process, students evaluate and respond to their own work and that of their peers. This course incorporates hands- on activities and consumption of art materials, plus a materials fee. Students should expect to work bell to bell and have weekly homework. Prereq: 2D Art, or prior successful completion of a high school art course.
Painting I
Students experiment with the media and techniques used to create a variety of two- dimensional (2-D) artworks through the development of skills in painting. Students practice, and manipulate the structural elements of art to improve mark making and/or the organizational principles of design in a composition from observation, research, and/or imagination. Through the critique process, students evaluate and respond to their own work and that of their peers. This course incorporates hands- on activities and consumption of art materials, plus a materials fee. Students should expect to work bell to bell and have weekly homework. Prereq: 2D Art, or prior successful completion of a high school art course.
2D Studio Art 3 Honors
Students demonstrate proficiency in the conceptual development of content in drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, and/or design to create self-directed or collaborative 2-D artwork suitable for inclusion in a portfolio. Students produce works that show evidence of developing craftsmanship and quality in the composition. Through the critique process, students evaluate and respond to their own work and that of their peers. Through a focused investigation of traditional techniques, historical and cultural models, and individual expressive goals, students begin to develop a personal art style. This course incorporates hands-on activities and consumption of art materials, plus a materials fee. Students should expect to work bell to bell and have weekly homework. Independent research is required. This course requires prior successful completion of a high school level art course and written permission of instructor.
Ceramics/Pottery II & III
Students explore spatial relationships through the use of nonobjective, abstract, or representational forms, products, or structures. Instructional focus should be on ceramics and/or pottery. Processes and techniques for substitution may include, but are not limited to, wheel-thrown clay, glaze formulation and application. Media may include, but are not limited to, clay and/or plaster with consideration of the workability, durability, cost, and toxicity of the media used. Ceramic and/or pottery artists experiment with and manipulate space-producing devices, including overlapping, transparency, interpenetration, vertical and horizontal axis, inclined planes, disproportionate scale, fractional or abstracted representation, and spatial properties of the structural art elements. Craftsmanship and quality are reflected in the surface and structural qualities of the completed art forms. Students in the ceramics and/or pottery art studio focus on use of safety procedures for process, media, and techniques. Student artists use an art criticism process to evaluate, explain, and measure artistic growth in personal or group works. This course incorporates hands-on activities and consumption of art materials, plus a materials fee. Students should expect to work bell to bell and have weekly homework. This course requires prior successful completion of Ceramics I and written permission of instructor.
Painting II
Students develop and refine technical skills and create 2-D compositions in painting. Student artists manipulate, and refine the structural elements of art to improve mark-making and/or the organizational principles of design in a composition from observation, research, and/or imagination. Through the critique process, students evaluate and respond to their own work and that of their peers. This course incorporates hands-on activities and consumption of art materials, plus a materials fee. Students should expect to work bell to bell and have weekly homework. Independent research is required. This course requires prior successful completion of a high school art course and written permission of instructor.
Drawing II
Students develop and refine technical skills and create 2-D compositions with a variety of media in drawing. Student artists sketch, manipulate, and refine the structural elements of art to improve mark-making and/or the organizational principles of design in a composition from observation, research, and/or imagination. Through the critique process, students evaluate and respond to their own work and that of their peers. This course incorporates hands-on activities and consumption of art materials, plus a materials fee. Students should expect to work bell to bell and have weekly homework. Independent research is required. This course requires prior successful completion of Drawing I course and/or written permission of instructor.
Fine Crafts
Are you interested in designing jewelry and clothes? In this course students will be able to explore bead work to create jewelry, glass fusing, and fabric/fashion design. Student artisans reflect on aesthetics and visual issues related to fine craft through the use of the structural elements of art and organizational principles of design. Students use analytical and problem-solving skills to improve personal work and that of their peers. Students investigate the significance of Western and non-Western cultures related to understanding the art role in global culture and informing creative choices in media and design. This course incorporates hands-on activities and consumption of art materials. Students should expect to work bell to bell and have weekly homework. This course requires prior successful completion of Two-Dimensional Studio Art 1 course or written permission of instructor.
Arts Collaboration Design for the Future:
Students in this inquiry-based course use arts processes to explore and imagine new connections and/or postulate solutions to real-world problems. Using a combined seminar, studio, and business management approach, this teacher-facilitated, yet highly independent setting requires that students use their individual strengths and interests in one or more arts, in combination with other content areas and current and emerging technology as needed, to examine local, cultural, historical, technical, and/or global interests relative to life and work in a creative, global economy. Significant independent research, class discussion, and analysis are required. This course requires prior successful completion of an art course and written permission of instructor.
APAP Studio Art:
2D
3D
Drawing