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: 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