VISION
Programs operate in a creative environment and accommodate student diversity. All programs reinforce principles in thoughtful objectivity and multiple perspectives. There
are four programs available.
1. Gifted and Talented: This a full program requiring a long –term
commitment, giving students a solid base in fine art education, skills and creative thinking concepts. The program encompasses artistic thinking
processes, real studio art processes in sculpting, painting, drawing, print-making, and mixed mediums. This program is good for all ages.2. Independent: This program is based on a philosophy in which the student's
intrinsic motivations guide the learning process. Students have a strong fine art base and are exploring a new direction or refininng an old one.Normally these
students have had previous art education and want to advance their skills in drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking and mixed media. This program is good for teenagers and adult.
3. Class or Quantitative approach: Short -term, Is a program where students
want to learn a specific process in drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking and mixed media. This program is good for all ages wanting to try an art class. 4. Artist: This program is close to the independent program but is geared toward
an artists needs of working in a inexpensive space. At a low rate of $155.00 per month. The artist can work during business hours, use equipment and get advice when classes are in session.
All ages are represented, see student rights
A. 5-9: Through playful discoveries, younger students explore materials and basic processes that stimulate creative skill development. Basic to advanced studies
B. 9-18: Older students focus on classes that promote skill and concept development in any medium of choice and portfolios for college. Basic to advanced studies.
C. Adult or Independent Thinkers: Students develop specific areas of concern from a wide range of focused choices. Basic to advanced studies
The studio is a place for fine art and the idea that we can be inventors in any category. The visual perception is our tool and we set out to say something either by what our
work represents or by how we came to make it. Each student is unique and should be seen in terms of their gifts and talents.
The standard for being an artist is very high. Artistry comes from an intelligent person that is creative, inventive and imaginative. The idea of an intelligent artist is not a new
one and possible was born for the first time during the Italian Renaissance. During the 1400's artists in Florence Italy were part of an important creative movement in Europe.
The visual arts where considered essential to the future and was defined as part of the liberal arts tradition going back to Plato. It was comprised of disciplines in musical
theory, dialectics, grammar, mathematics, rhetoric and philosophy. New ideas where the subject of the day. Artists experimented with raw materials and new discoveries in
science, engineering, architecture and the visual arts. Great artists like Leonardo Da Vinci thought of themselves as men of ideas, rather than a mere manipulator of materials.
They were in the company of scholars and poets, men of the world, self controlled, polished solitary geniuses. Artists were originators of thought, processes and design.
Their work was not judged by fixed standards of craftsmanship but rather the quality of their concepts. To be an artist today is a clear path to utilizing all parts of the brain, skills and
coordination. It begins with understanding basic principles in positive mental and psychological attitudes in order to educate oneself to what is being observed.Primary areas of concentration:
1. Creative thinking and problem solving 2. Visual thinking and seeing techniques 3. Knowledge of materials 4. Fine art processes in Drawing, painting, sculpture and printmaking
5. Fine art skills and craftsmanship 6. Organizational habits and independent work habits 7. Self actualization and confidence development 8. Professional Artist Practices |
