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Visual Art & EHS

Visual Art Courses:

 

At EHS, students have a breadth of art opportunities.  Art & Design is the introductory course and is the pre-requisite for most courses with the exception of Art History I & II.  Upon completion of Art & Design, students may take Ceramics, Drawing, Fibers, Printmaking, or Sculpture.  Drawing is the prerequisite course for Painting; students who wish to enroll in the AP course must take at least 4 semesters of art, including Art & Design, Drawing, & Painting.  See course descriptions below:

 

Art & Design: Prerequisite: None     Grades: 9-12     Credit: 0.5

     This course focuses on the elements and principles of the visual arts, art criticism, aesthetics, and art appreciation.  Students study these elements and principles through a variety of media.  This course is the prerequisite for all art studio courses.

 

Ceramics - Prerequisite: Art & Design     Grades: 9-12     Credit: 0.5

    This course applies the elements and principles of art to the study of ceramics.  Clay based materials using various ceramic and pottery techniques are explored.  Projects include hand building, potter’s wheel techniques, and casting processes.

 

Fibers - Prerequisite: Art & Design     Grade: 9-12     Credit: 0.5

     This course applied the elements and principles of art to the study of fibers.  Projects include papermaking, weaving, surface design, and dye processes. 

 

Drawing- Prerequisite: Art & Design     Grades: 9-12     Credit: 0.5

     This course applies the elements and principles of art to the study of drawing.  Basic drawing skills are applied to a variety of media, including pencil, charcoal, color pencil, and ink. 

 

Painting - Prerequisites: Art & Design, Drawing   Grades: 9-12    Credit: 0.5

     This course applies the elements and principles of art to the study of painting.  The study concentrates on color theory, developing skills and techniques of watercolor, acrylic, and tempera.  Themes of study include still life, portraiture, human figures, and landscape.

 

Printmaking - Prerequisite: Art & Design     Grades: 9-12     Credit: 0.5

     This course applies the elements and principles of art to the study of printmaking.  Students learn to create multiples of an image by using printmaking techniques.  Students generate images through the use of various printmaking media, including linoleum, wood cuts, mylar, plexiglass, and collagraph. 

 

Sculpture - Prerequisite: Art & Design     Grades: 9-12     Credit: 0.5

     This course applies the elements and principles of art to the study of sculpture.  Non-clay based materials and three dimensional art pieces are explored.  Students build additive, subtractive, and assembled sculptures with a variety of media- wood, plaster, polymers, papier-mâché, and found objects. 

 

Art History I - Prerequisite: None     Grades: 9-12     Credit 0.5

     Primitive To Gothic- Art History is a survey of man’s cultural advances in art from prehistoric times through the middle ages. The survey studies painting, sculpture, and architecture through slides, movies, and field trips. This course is of­fered only first semester.

 

Art History II - Prerequisite: None     Grades: 9-12     Credit 0.5

    (Renaissance To 21st Century) Art History is a survey of man’s cultural advances in art from the Renaissance through the modern era. The survey studies painting, sculpture, and architecture through slides, movies, and field trips. This course is of­fered only second semester.

 

A.P. Art Studio (Drawing): Prerequisites: 2 years of art courses; drawing and painting are strongly

                                            recommended

     This course is offered first semester only. AP Art Studio involves a significant commitment; therefore, it is de­signed for highly motivated students who are seriously interested in the study of art. The objective of this course is to allow students to develop their special interests in art and to create portfolio quality work in preparation for the college application process to study art at a post-secondary level. The creation of many of the required original works for inclusion in the AP Art Portfolio is the focus of this course.

 

For general information about AP courses: http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/courses/descriptions/index.html

 

A.P. Art Studio (Drawing): Prerequisites: A.P. Art Studio

     This course is offered second semester only. The pur­pose of this course is to assist students in finalizing port­folio work and creating the portfolio in preparation for the college application process to study art at a post-sec­ondary level. This course is designed to meet Advanced Placement criteria. Typically, that includes the submis­sion of a portfolio consisting of five original works of exceptional quality, slides of original works in an area of concentration showing development of a single ar­tistic idea, and 12 slides of original art work showing a variety of approaches and breadth of technical skill. Students are expected to submit their AP Portfolio for evaluation.

 

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