• Studio Art 

    Studio Art 6th grade - Course Description: Students explore media and techniques used to create a variety of 2-D artworks in drawing, painting, printmaking, and collage. Students practice, sketch, and manipulate the structural elements of art. This course incorporates hands-on activities and consumption of art materials.

    Studio Art 7th grade - Course Description: Students refine techniques used to create a variety of two-dimensional (2-D) artworks in drawing, painting, printmaking, and collage. Investigation of artworks from different cultures helps students to expand their understanding and appreciation of the role of art in global culture. This course incorporates hands-on activities and consumption of art materials. 

    Studio Art 8th grade - Course Description: Students extend to an advanced level techniques used to create a variety of 2-D artworks through developing skills in drawing, painting, printmaking, and collage. Students manipulate the structural elements of art to promote creative risk-taking in 2-D artwork. Student artists use an art criticism process to evaluate, explain, and measure artistic growth in personal or group works. This course incorporates hands-on activities and consumption of art materials.

      Honors Studio Art 7th and 8th Grade

    Students may be recommended to take Honors Studio Art in seventh and eighth grade and earn one high school credit.  

     Studio Art 7th grade Honors - Course Description: Students are introduced to the rigor and routine of the art production process including: planning, producing, and reflecting on art. With an emphasis on studio arts, students explore a wide range of 2D and 3D media, skills and techniques, as related to contemporary and historical art perspectives. Projects may include but not be limited to: drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, and mixed media. Students develop technical skills, foster their expressive abilities and employ the use of the elements of art throughout the production process.

    Studio Art 8th grade Honors - Course Description: Students investigate contemporary and historical art themes using 2D and 3D media, skills and techniques, while engaging in the art production process within a studio arts environment. Projects may include but are not limited to: drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, and mixed media. Students create new meaning from various media formats, and communicate artistic ideas through the intentional use of the elements of art within their work.