EFS Art Studio philosophy

The Fairhaven 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 EFS embraces the TAB model of teaching. 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 as well as to trust themselves and their own judgment while simultaneously becoming self-directed and organized.