Teaching the arts well: music, visual art, theater, dance, media arts, and arts integration.
The arts are not just a separate subject, they can deepen learning in every subject.
Open workshop →WorkshopMusic education is far more than rehearsing for a concert, it develops musicianship, creativity, and a lifelong relationship with music, and it reaches students in ways few other subjects can.
Open workshop →WorkshopVisual art education is not just making crafts, it develops creativity, visual thinking, technical skill, and the ability to make and interpret meaning.
Open workshop →WorkshopTheater and drama education develops far more than performance skills, it builds confidence, empathy, collaboration, communication, and creativity.
Open workshop →WorkshopDance education develops far more than steps, it builds creativity, body awareness, expression, discipline, and confidence, and it offers a way of learning and knowing through movement.
Open workshop →WorkshopMedia arts, film, photography, animation, audio, digital design, is how much of today's storytelling and communication happens, and it is a recognized art form with its own craft and standards.
Open workshop →WorkshopGraphic design is visual communication, using typography, layout, color, and imagery to convey a message, not just making things look nice.
Open workshop →WorkshopFashion and textile design blends creativity with real technical skill, design, construction, materials, and an understanding of a major global industry.
Open workshop →WorkshopPhotography blends artistic vision with technical craft, learning to see, compose, and capture light, and to control a camera and edit an image.
Open workshop →WorkshopVideo is the language students speak most fluently, and film and video production teaches them to use it with skill and intention, planning, shooting, editing, and telling stories that move people.
Open workshop →WorkshopFew art forms are as tactile and absorbing as clay.
Open workshop →WorkshopAnimation brings drawings and designs to life through movement and timing, and students are captivated by it.
Open workshop →WorkshopThe spaces we live and work in profoundly affect how we feel and function, and interior design shapes them deliberately.
Open workshop →WorkshopFloral design applies the principles of art, balance, proportion, color, and line, to living materials, creating arrangements that are both beautiful and technically sound.
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