Drawing Self Portrait
THE ARTS
The arts develop and enhance student’s creativity and their creative talents. The arts are present in our everyday life and many of our decisions are affected by our own artistic judgment: the clothes we wear, what music we listen to, the decor of our homes, classrooms, gardens, etc…. The arts have always been an integral part of our everyday life as each day we act on our own sense of design,color, texture, shape, pattern, order, movement, line, and scale. Even if on a very small scale, we often try to touch on many of these different artistic ways in our school. The arts develop motors skills, broaden vision and our sense of beauty and enhance every aspect of students’ lives.
Our visual arts program includes instruction in crafts such as puppet making, weaving with different materials, clay modeling, drawing, watercolor painting and other painting mediums, sculpture, collage, printing, and this year will include paper making and book binding. Through the process of these different disciplines, the students acquire personal confidence. Working for a few weeks at a time on a project requires discipline to acquire new skills. The puppetry work often includes performance and storytelling.
