Through the new Civic Arts Cluster, the WCHS Visual Art Department is offering  a program designed for creative students to meet graduation requirements through a structured course of study in the visual arts, while also  giving them opportunities for collaborating with a number of arts organizations, schools and artists in our community. 

This pathway will help our students and community work together by using the arts to develop relationships,  inspire creativity, and to give art students real-world experiences in art-related careers such as art therapy, art education, and fine art studio study practice.

At this time, students must complete a minimum of 3 required courses from our extensive list below, along with an additional business/education course to give them career development experiences to support their creative endeavors.  We also recommend additional elective visual art courses to expand their knowledge base and to deepen their experiences in the visual arts.

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In addition to these courses, there will also be a required community connection project or portfolio submission for completion of this pathway.  This can be used to fulfill box 2 and 3 of the graduation requirements.

Examples of this requirement are: 1.) An AP visual art portfolio submitted to the College Board, 2.) a visual art portfolio submitted for entry into the Scholastic Art Awards, 3.) a work internship with one of our community partners to gain employability skills and work experience, or 4.) a teaching/community service project in the community with one of our partners, such as Cardinal Services.

These will most likely be scheduled during senior year.