Grade: 10th, 11th, 12th
Length: Semester
Credit: Fine arts
Fees: Class Fee
Description: Basic art elements and principles are taught through a series of projects and guided tutorials in this hand-on approach to beginning art. The creative process and hand/eye skills are emphasized through a series of applied projects and guided drawings.
Grade: 10th, 11th, 12th
Length: Semester
Credit: Fine Arts
Fees: Class Fee
Description: Provides exploration in many forms of visual arts and skill development using elements and principles of art.
Abilities and skills will cover a wide range of instructional activities. Students will have an opportunity to create original works of art using paint, colored pencils, scratchboard, graphite and pen and ink.
Comments: Prerequisites Art Foundations HS
Grade: 10th, 11th, 12th
Length: Semester
Credit: Fine Arts (WSU: Art1030- 3 Credits)
Fees: WSU CE
Description: Students will learn basic drawing and painting techniques, and will be introduced to the fundamentals of design. This course incorporates studio work, individual and group discussions and critiques.
Grade: 10th, 11th, 12th
Length: Semester
Credit: 0.5 Fine Art
Fees: Class Fee
Description: Students will create small jewelry and sculptural items using the principles of design. Students will design and create works of art using a wide range of metalsmithing activities such as: piercing, forming, soldering, gem setting, bezel stone setting and wire working.
Grade: 10th, 11th, 12th
Length: Semester
Credit: 0.5 Fine Art
Fees: Class Fee
Description: A continuation of Jewelry Design. Designed for students who are interested in more advanced methods of metalsmithing such as: prong setting of gem stones, casting, inlay, etching and glass slumping.
Comments: Jewelry 1
Grade: 10th, 11th, 12th
Length: Semester
Credit: Fine Arts
Fees: Class Fee
Description: Ceramics 1 is an introductory class. Students will learn to create both hand-built and wheel-thrown functional forms. Creativity and artistic critique skills will be emphasized. Work ethic is very important.
Grade: 10th, 11th, 12th
Length: Semester
Credit: Fine Arts
Fees: Class Fee
Description: This class builds upon the students’ skills from Ceramics 1. Students will expand their knowledge of basic functional pottery forms, learning to create plates, pitchers, lidded forms, etc. Work ethic is very important.
Comments: Ceramics 1
Grade: 11th, 12th
Length: Semester
Credit: Fine Arts
Fees: Class Fee
Description: Students will create a portfolio of work emphasizing their own artistic vision and creativity. Participation in art shows and preparation for a career in ceramics is highly recommended.
Comments: Ceramics 1 & 2
Grade: 10th, 11th, 12th
Length: Semester
Credit: Fine Arts
Fees: Class Fee
Description: Sculpture 1 is a basic level class that explores creating three-dimensional art using a variety of materials. Students will create primarily with clay, but they will also explore plaster, wire, paper, and other media.
Grade: 10th, 11th, 12th
Length: Semester
Credit: Fine Arts
Fees: Class Fee
Description: Students will find meaning in the works of film art through critical thinking, study and appreciation of film and theatre as an art form. History of film, genre, film elements, oral and written critique. Must attend school play. Watching movies to learn, it’s awesome.
Grade: 10th, 11th, 12th
Length: Semester
Credit: Fine Arts
Fees: Class Fee
Description: In this course we will explore the formal and conceptual issues of the contemporary practice of drawing, in order to understand its pivotal importance as a foundation for the visual arts and as an art form in and of itself. Work will be done in a variety of media and with a number of different approaches. Perceptual drawing, or drawing from observation, will be an important focus of our work throughout the class
Grade: 10th, 11th, 12th
Length: Semester
Credit: 0.5 CTE or 0.5 Art
Description: Learn to edit and manipulate photos, basics of graphic design,
Grade: 10th, 11th, 12th
Length: Semester
Credit: 1.0 English (Comm 2250-3 Credits), 0.5 Art, or 0.5 CTE
Description: Learn to edit and manipulate photos, basics of graphic design
Grade: 10th, 11th, 12th
Length: Semester
Credit: 0.5 CTE or 0.5 Fine Art
Fees: Class Fee
Description: This is a basic photography class covering the complete overview of photography, taking the student from the darkroom to digital. This course will cover the history of photography; basic concepts of the SLR and “point and shoot” digital cameras, which includes image capture, editing, and image output. Students will also do computer work learning the basics of the Adobe Photoshop program.
Grade: 11th, 12th
Length: Semester
Credit: 0.5 CTE or 0.5 Fine Art
Fees: Class Fee
Description: This is an advanced class, which covers the professional advanced techniques of Adobe Photoshop. Emphasis is directed towards career related opportunities and the development of professional work and knowledge of the digital process.
Comments: Prerequisite: Commercial Photo 1