The Wayzata Visual Arts Department prepares culturally responsive, life-long learners through a challenging, comprehensive art curriculum that focuses on the creative process, innovative thinking skills and by creating authentic learning experiences for each and every student.

Students will develop critical thinking skills and gain a personal voice and self-awareness to take on life challenges through the process of creating original artwork, presenting authentic ideas, responding to and interpreting the work of others and connecting to the Global Community.

The elements and principles of art and design are the cornerstone of our visual arts curriculum, anchoring each class with concepts of how to Create, Present, Connect, and Respond to art.

The Wayzata Middle School Art curriculum is a process based approach. We follow the Create Process map to guide our instruction. The curriculum follows the MN State Visual Arts Standards as well as the National Visual Arts Standards. We want our students to appreciate the art product, but our focus is on the art making process. Our goal is for students to find their creative voice by shifting our emphasis from art production to a well rounded art experience. In doing so our students are learning to problem solve, persevere, think critically, and play. To celebrate our students' hard work we showcase their work in a variety of ways including, but not limited to, community art shows, school displays, and district-wide secondary art shows.