The Lane Art Program

The Bedford Public Schools Art Program exists to foster imagination, creativity, confidence, discipline, skill-building, self-expression, and self-motivation in students. By creating, presenting, looking at, connecting with, interpreting, and evaluating visual art, all students meaningfully explore their artistic potential and prepare themselves for a lifetime of engagement with the arts in a global community.

The art program at Lane embraces Teaching for Artistic Behavior (TAB). In this model, students learn about art and the art world by assuming the role of artist as they direct their own learning. They practice coming up with art problems to solve, asking questions, and seeing possibilities in the world around them. Students learn to persevere through difficulties and trust themselves and their own judgment while simultaneously becoming self-directed and organized.

Click here to read more about TAB!

The art-making experience at Lane focuses on developing eight broad thinking dispositions, also known as Studio Habits of Mind (SHoM):

Develop Craft, Engage & Persist, Envision, Express, Observe, Reflect, Stretch & Explore, Understand Art Worlds

Click here for more about the Studio Thinking Framework!