Art

Quick Facts

Offers AP Art History and AP Art & Design
AP Art & Design: Mean score of 4.33, 100% of students earned a 4 or 5.
Drawing: 4.11 Mean Score, 100% of students earned a 4 or 5.
AP Art History 75% pass rate
Our students have won many prestigious awards such as the winner of the Congressional Art Competition, Best in Show, Best Color Drawing, and Most Creative High School in the Art Start Competition at William Paterson, Gold Medal awards in the Scholastic Art & Writing Competition, and acceptance into the Fresh Perspectives Exhibition at the Morris Museum.
Art students get into the top art schools such as Rhode Island School of Design, School of Visual Arts, Pratt, Parsons, FIT, Art Institute of Chicago, University of Massachusetts, and NYU to study art education, Animation, illustration, art history, art therapy, and more.
Student work is displayed at local businesses, traditionally at select BOE meetings, and the annual Art Show.
National Art Honor Society participated in the Memory Project where students create portraits for youth around the world who have faced substantial challenges

Hear it from Alumni

Amanda Bitterman - Class of 2014

Hannah Kressel Class of 2016

When I think back on my high school experience, my favorite memories are from the art studio. It was my refuge during the day -- a time to sit, create, and relax away from the sometimes stressful atmosphere of high school. The art program at Wayne Valley allowed me to explore my creative interests freely. I had the opportunity to use a variety of media and consider all kinds of subject matter. One of my favorite pieces I made in high school was a colored pencil drawing of rotten apples. Although I didn't realize it then, food as a subject in my art practice would follow me through my undergraduate career and into my graduate career. I majored in studio art in undergrad and I continue to focus on food in contemporary art currently, in a Masters program in art history at Oxford. I would not be at this point today without the support and kindness I experienced in Wayne Valley's art rooms.

Zoe Cronin

Class of 2017

"The art department at Wayne Valley gave me a great foundation that allowed me to apply to art school and inspired me to pursue a career as an artist-educator!"

Allison Economou Class of 2012

High school art classes made me find my place. I always knew I was artistic, but they helped me to learn from the best, explore different mediums, and take my creativity to the next level. From this, I knew I wanted to pursue my art education in college. Having a career I was passionate about was very important to me. Bouncing around from photography to art education to graphic design, I now am able to say my career as a graphic designer in the music industry all stemmed from seeing my potential of turning art into a career back in high school.