Academics
Fine and Performing Arts
Visual Arts
Visual Arts
These courses are offered as part of the middle school elective rotation and as sequential elective offerings in the upper school. They acquaint students with skills and concepts in painting, drawing, and other visual art disciplines, along with contextual understanding of art history and visual arts in their own lives and communities. Introductory to advanced skills and concepts are taught, with the option of upper school advanced portfolio development and AP Art for those students wishing to pursue the field more seriously. Student art shows are produced during the school year and some students also enter outside art competitions. Involvement with community artists is also encouraged.
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Students looked at the work of Yayoi Kusama who incorporates her dot hallucinations in her artwork. Kusama lives in a mental institution and works in a neighboring studio daily, producing artworks that have made her one of the best selling artists today.
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Students learn the technique of graffiti lettering with spray paint from Mr. Codak Smith.
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AP and Art II students visited the OKC Museum of Art where they viewed the Painters of Pompeii exhibit from Italy.
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