设计 introduces students to the principles and theories of visual 设计 that provide a foundation for future investigations in the visual arts. The elements of 设计 and the principles of composition are taught through ongoing technical exercises that explore the relationship of form and content, 以及媒介和意义. 学生将设计理解为一个过程, 设计词汇，学习如何视觉排序, manipulate and control the composition the of two-dimensional planes and 3 -dimensional forms. Students practice how to explore and carry a concept through two, 3 -and four-dimensional forms that incorporate digital mediums such as 摄影 and Adobe Photoshop. Projects are of varying duration and students learn how commit to long-term projects and develop the necessary discipline to maintain an extended focus. 定期举行评论 and students learn how to evaluate and discuss an artwork, 如何给予并利用建设性的批评. 阅读和实地考察进一步提供了坚实的基础, 批判性思维机会, and an inquisitive edge that students build upon in their future coursework.

绘画是视觉艺术课程的核心. 这是每个学生每学期的必修课程. 年级和技能水平混合在一起进行互动式学习, 每个学期，班级花名册和老师都会更换. Each 画 class is customized by the individual curriculum of each instructor. Exercises that focus on 画 from observation – as a student’s ability to see and convey relationships of objects in space further develops skills of perception needed in all visual arts forms—are paired by projects that concentrate on a student’s ability to problem solve and individualize a theme or conceptual prompt. 画 is emphasized not only as the traditional foundation of all the visual arts, 而是作为一种广泛的记录手段, 表达和想象. Students are required to keep a sketchbook in their own distinct way, 要么去观察世界, 计划的想法, 收集研究. Figure 画 workshops occur two to three times throughout the school year. Instruction occurs on both individual and group levels and 批判s are held at regular intervals. 在整个课程中, students discover their own personal content and cultivate how they uniquely use 画 in their arts practice as well as explore how 画 is used and supports other art forms.

色彩理论, students are familiarized with various color theories and associated vocabulary of the color wheel, 色彩的和谐, 还有色度. Through a range of technical and expressive projects students develop a critical and structural understanding of color’s role in a composition. Sample projects include:  analog and digital exercises that focus on Joseph Alber’s seminal handbook 色彩的相互作用, 三维色彩组合, 传统观察绘画, 还有融入拼贴的沉浸式装置作品, 雕塑，灯光和视频投影. 培养学生的分析能力, 解释, 并创造作品的颜色, 它的组件, 修饰语是构成的一部分. Students understand and recognize the complexity and inter-relatedness of color. 定期举行评论.

跨学科的艺术 is a process and concept-based class that combines a variety of media including printmaking, 雕塑, 画, 安装, 摄影, video, 以及其他数字媒体. This is an advanced and self-directed course where students pursue a concept or theme of choice about which they research and create two-, 3 -, 以及四维作品. Presentations and discussions of contemporary artists who work with diverse media aid students in their knowledge of contemporary art, 并激发创意来创作和展示他们的作品. Frequent class 批判s provide opportunity for students to practice articulating their ideas and to work collaboratively in a studio environment. 学生为他们的作品集开发一系列的工作.

在绘画中, students learn to create space and dimension through the use of color and application of paint. 年级是混合的，教学是个性化的. Projects explore working from observation and developing personal subject matter that is developed through a series of works. 熟练使用材料, 介质的直接性, 并强调不同的绘画技巧. Group 批判s occur at regular intervals and focus on form, color, and content. Students employ visual and verbal skills that enhance critical thought and artistic determination. 学生为他们的作品集创作一幅画.

在版画, students extend their 画 and 绘画 skills through the immediate and technical processes of printmaking. 光刻技术, 凹版, and relief printing are among the printmaking processes offered and students produce an edition of prints and print variations. Unique printmaking procedures such as monoprinting techniques and other variant forms of producing multiples are explored. Students also learn how to incorporate and integrate digital processes such as Photoshop with traditional techniques. Students practice safe procedures in operating the printing press and using tools. Grade levels are mixed and 批判s occur throughout the course. 学生将为他们的作品集制作一组印刷品.

在雕塑, students learn 3 -dimensional and spatial vocabulary through a variety of additive, 减去, 组合, 以及安装项目. Students develop a working knowledge of different 材料 along with an understanding of how 材料, form, 以及概念上的现场工作. 使用多种介质，包括木材, 粘土, 石膏, 找到对象, 模具制作及铸造, 以及基于时间的媒体. 年级是混合的，教学是个性化的. Students’ abstract problem-solving skills are continually challenged throughout the process of working out ideas in the third dimension. Students develop a 3 -dimensional component for their portfolio.

New students take 数码摄影 as part of the 设计 curriculum. The principal skills and concepts of digital 摄影 are explored as students take critical eye to the composition and content of photographs. Students experiment with the distinction of taking verses making a photographic image, 并学习处理和印刷数字图像的基础知识. Students learn how to control manual setting on a camera such as exposure, 孔径, 快门速度和ISO, 如何通过Adobe Photoshop编辑图像, 以及如何使用Epsom打印机格式化和打印图像. This course is the base for students to learn how to document their own art work for college entry and also serves as the foundation for students to take future courses and pursue independent projects in print and digital media as an emphasis in their portfolio.

This course explores four-dimensional or time based mediums and the intersection of analog and digital processes. Digital studio/4D Studio is course for students interested in pursuing forms video, 摄影, 声音的艺术, and digital 安装 and provides instruction in audio tools and video editing. This course is for advanced students and coincides and compliments the 跨学科的艺术s course as it provides technical instruction and assistance with independent projects.