The Studio Art course is designed to promote offerings and opportunities to express artistic content through visual means with specific artistic intent in two and three dimensions. In the Studio course one will value quality work, be encouraged to think about the 'why' of art making, and be able to choose whatever medium best serves the concept trying to be expressed. The Studio Art class is the last of the general art courses which provides instruction in a variety of media, including: drawing, painting, graphic design, printmaking, and sculpture. At the completion of Studio Art, student will focus on drawing (drawing, printing, and painting), 2D Design (graphic and digital media), or 3D Design (ceramics or 3D) and will appreciate the technical, functional and aesthetic properties of art from various genres and cultures, drawing on them for inspiration in one’s own creations.

The class of Studio Art encourages students to explore a wide area of contemporary aesthetic and cultural experiences. Students will use production, perception, and reflection skills to design, craft, and defend personal visions and artistic concepts; develop artistic autonomy to identify and focus on their practice, act upon their ideas and continue to learn over the length of their career; be able to think critically, critique art, and contextualize their work with appropriate concepts from history, cultural theory, contemporary art, public and global life and ethics; be conversant with interdisciplinary concepts and approaches in contemporary art.
Prerequisite: Design in Art or teacher recommendation. Grades 10-11-12

Studio Art Curriculum Map