In this project-based class, students will utilize theory and applications acquired in prerequisites through the creation of multimedia presentations. Particular attention will be paid to the three-way relationship between client/users, authors, and digital equipment to communicate appropriate ambiance and information.  An understanding of teamwork, branding, and audience psychology will result in dynamic multimedia projects that follow a corporate or professional model.  Students will create projects for the school and the local community, and start to build a professional portfolio.

.5 Credit

 This is an introductory course into the basics of digital photography. The course will begin with the history of photography from the camera obscura to the digital SLR. Students will be able to examine how various cameras work. The main emphasis of the course will be on how to effectively capture a photograph using manual exposure settings while focusing on composition through the elements and principles of design. Topics covered will include portrait, landscape, and action photography. The course will be taught in a classroom and computer lab where photo editing programs, such as Photoshop, will be introduced. Basic computer and file management skills will be reviewed in order to successfully complete the course with a digital portfolio of finished assignments. 

.5 Credit

This course builds on the skills gained in Digital Photography I and is designed to allow students to improve and achieve advanced photographic techniques, and promotion of digital photography skills. Students will not only take digital photographs in provided themes but also edit each work to reflect their understanding of photography aesthetics using Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom.

.5 Credit

This course provides foundation experience in visual arts, exploring the elements and principles of design. It also explores a variety of concepts, approaches, media and methods in drawing, painting and basic design. It works with primarily two-dimensional dry and wet drawing and painting media. Line, shape, texture, and space are stressed as well as developing observational skills and confidence in visual expression. 

.5 Credit

Art 2 takes everything students started in Art  and pushes it further. Students keep exploring the building blocks of art (things like color, value, form, and composition) while trying out new materials and techniques in both flat (painting, portraiture, expressive drawing) and sculptural (figure sculpture and mask making) work. It's a great next step for any student who enjoyed Art 1 and wants to keep growing as an artist.

.5 Credit

This course is for students who love the idea of telling stories through images. It covers a wide range of illustration styles — cartooning, graphic novels, editorial illustration, greeting card art, even nature illustration — and students get to experiment with lots of different materials, including watercolor, pen and ink, colored pencil, and charcoal. Digital illustration is introduced too, so students leave with a well-rounded sense of how illustrators bring ideas to life, whether on paper or on screen. 

.5 Credit