Lower Academy Art – Instructor: Cindy Birdsong. Art and its place in history will be explored through art techniques and experimentation with different art mediums such as painting, printmaking, sculpture, drawing and 3D projects.  Students will learn how to view and critique, will understand how art and history correspond to one another, and will experience museum education and experimentation with various art forms. 

Lower Academy Advanced Art – Instructor: Cindy Birdsong. Advanced Art will combine art history and studio art skills and techniques. Class content will cover the principles of art and elements of design, drawing skills, painting (oil, acrylic, watercolor) and printmaking as well as other methods and mediums. Students interested in a particular medium in art that have had the prerequisites listed above may pursue an independent study in that area in this class with prior permission of the teacher.

Art 1 – Instructor: Jim Chapman.  Understanding the basic elements of drawing--line, shape, color, value, form, and space. Experimenting with various medium--painting, printmaking, chalk, collage and more. Exploring the masters in art history timelines. Journaling with art.

Art 2 – Instructor: Jim Chapman. Learning to articulate the language of art--line, shape, color, value, texture, form, and space. Experimenting with various medium--charcoal, chalk, printmaking, painting. Understanding one point perspective, composition, and more advanced drawing techniques. Journaling with art.  Exploring the masters in art history timelines.

Sketch - Instructor: Cindy Birdsong. Basic drawing skills are the foundation for all art forms and techniques. This class will cover life drawing, contour drawing and artworks that exemplify use of line, form, shape and value. Materials will include pencil, pen and ink, charcoal, colored pencil and conte crayon.

Sculpture – Instructor: Jim Chapman.

Art Enrichment - Instructor: Cindy Birdsong. Art is everywhere in the world we live in. This class will explore the history of art and its place in our society through basic hands-on projects and visual materials.

Art History – Instructor: Cindy Birdsong. Art records and commemorates historical events and gives tangible form to feelings and emotions. This course will explore the history of the art from prehistoric cave paintings to our current postmodern visual culture. Hands-on activities will be incorporated with art criticism, art history and artists that influenced our society. Satisfies high school fine arts requirement.

Lower Academy Drama - Instructor: Sharon Wilharm. This course will provide a general overview of stage drama. Students will participate in a wide range of classroom drama activities. The drama classes will collaborate with the art and chorus classes to present a Christmas production and a spring production. Drama students will also perform for chapel services during the year.

Upper Academy Advanced Drama - Instructor: Sharon Wilharm. This course will provide an in depth approach to drama as it relates to the screen. Students will experience all aspects of film production including screenwriting, directing, acting for camera, filming, and editing. No prerequisite.

Upper Academy Drama Internship Program - Instructor: Sharon Wilharm. Upper academy students may serve as drama interns. They will receive individualized stage and film drama instruction including playwriting, directing, stage makeup, blocking, costuming, screenwriting, camera techniques, and video editing. They will gain hands-on experience as they apply these lessons as an intern for a lower academy drama class. Drama interns will videotape students throughout the year and at special events and edit the footage together to create a video yearbook. Previous drama experience required. Limit 2 students per class period.

Chorus – Instructor: Becky Locke.