2025-2026

LHS Art & Design is made up of 13 Art educators who are highly trained artists, craftspeople, and educators. Our department has 7 classrooms outfitted with a wide array of specialty equipment, allowing students to try different media, techniques, and processes. 

We offer Film Photography, Digital Photography, Video Game Design, Graphic Design, Animation, Video Production, Sculpture, Ceramics, Drawing, Painting, BioArt, Architectural Design and Illustration.

There are opportunities for advanced study and internships in these areas, as well as a full-year course in AP Art Studio (for juniors and seniors). In 2025-2026, we will be offering two NEW courses Architectural Design and Design: Culture and Media

Our Facilities Include

• Two Digital Art Labs complete with NEW Apple iMacs

• Claymation/Stop Motion Set-Up

• 15 Wacom Tablets 

• Lightboxes and 4 Animation Cell Pegboards

• 3 Glowforges

• 2 3D Printers

• A Silhouette Cameo/ digital vinyl cutter

• Artist-quality photo printers

• 50 iPads

• 35 Apple Pencils

• A bank of digital cameras and 35mm film cameras for student use

• Tripods suitable for camera, iPad, and Phone use

• Backdrops, boxes, and lighting for portfolio photography 

• Sewing machines and sewing dress forms

• A fully functional darkroom with 18 Beseler 23CII enlargers 

• A Ceramics Studio complete with more than 16 wheels including a standing/wheelchair accessible wheel, two kilns, a pugmill, an extruder, a slab roller, and a wide array of glazes allowing students to make food-safe functional pottery and sculpture projects

Software in Our Labs and Classrooms

• Ipads

  • Procreate 

  • Filmic Pro

  • iPad Adobe suite

    • Fresco

    • Photoshop

    • Illustrator

    • Premier Rush

  • iStopmotion

  • Stop Motion Studio Pro

• Adobe Desktop Suite

  • Photoshop

  • Illustrator

  • Premiere Pro

  • Blender

  • Animate

  • InDesign

• Dragon Frames

• Godot Video Game Software

Clubs Overseen by Art Educators 

• National Art Honors Society

• Animation Club

• LHS Photography

• Fashion

• LHS Mural Crew

• High-Cut: Video Production Club

• Illustration Club

• Video Game Clubs of America

• Video Game Design Club

• The Tenacity Challenge

Opportunities, Events & Awards

• Scholastic Art Awards, this year LHS submitted 73 entries! 

• LHS Select Show at the Cary Library 

• The LPS K-12 Art Show

• The Senior Show

• LexArt Regional High School Art Show

• The Tenacity Challenge

• The Griffin Museum of Art Photography Contest

• The Hunts Photo Supply Contest and Scholarship

• The Watertown Savings Bank Calendar Contest

• UMASS Dartmouth Emerging Artists Exhibition

• College presentations during iBlocks 

• Visiting Guest Artists

• Past enrichment iBlocks including Sewing Basics and Natural Ink-making

Art & Design Frequently Asked Questions

What are the Visual Arts graduation requirements?

The Visual and Performing Arts graduation requirement is 8 credits (4 courses, 2 credits each). This means that your child may take a blend of courses, such as Art, Music, and Drama, or decide to focus only on one particular discipline. For example, if your child enjoys Art, they could take one art class each year, which would satisfy the 8 credit requirement.

Which Art class should my child take first?

The Studio art courses are prerequisite options for all other Art courses and must be taken first. Any ONE of the Studio courses can be taken to advance to the upper Arts courses. 

Is there homework in Art? 

There may be times when outside assignments are assigned throughout the semester in upper-level Art courses. 

What types of technology-based arts classes do you offer?

Currently, we offer Animation, Digital Imaging, Digital Video Production, Graphic Design, Video Game Design, and Advanced Digitial Art.

What advanced Art options exist at LHS?

Many! All of our classes offer challenges even for the most experienced student artist! We also offer Advanced and Honors Ceramics, Advanced Photography, Digital Art Portfolio, and AP Art. 

What are the requirements for AP Art?

AP Art is a year-long course for Juniors and Seniors in which students must be highly motivated and engage in an at-home art-making practice as well. The student must have successfully completed at least three LHS art classes. If a student has not they must meet with Alethea Roy to receive a waiver by March 1st.

What if my child can’t get into an Art class in the first semester? Are there other opportunities for them to participate in Art?

We have Art clubs in which all students interested in Art are welcome to participate. These clubs meet after school once per week and are advised by Fine Arts faculty members.