In Visual Art at River Heights, you can look forward to building skills with different art media like oil pastels, charcoal, watercolor, and collage. In this art program we will also practice seeing and using Art as a visual language, and talk about the people, stories, and big questions that are important to Art. Elements and principles of Art are discussed and used throughout the year. Experimentation, risk taking, and artistic resilience are emphasized as the year progresses and skills and confidence build. The year begins with introductory basics and strategies that make art approachable, removing the smoke and mirrors that make some students feel intimidated. Taking opportunities in every unit to build concrete skills and confidence, to see and think like an artist, and to access authentic creative expression, students are left at the end the year realizing they've become (have always been) an artist themselves.

This program is organized around a blend of the Middle Years Arts IB curriculum and the Manitoba Visual Art curriculum, as Ecole River Heights is now an IB certified school. Art instruction is in French for students in the F.I. program.