Visual art education holds an important place in The Fourth School curriculum, since we are serious about teaching students to see that all of life is part of God’s created world.
All children, even young ones, respond to God’s world and reality through the visual arts. As a result, the content of Fourth's visual art curriculum is centered upon the basic areas of understanding and appreciating art, art history, and creating art.
Two major areas of art explored with our students are: art as seen through nature and art that is man-made, such as painting, sculpture, architecture, etc. Students explore the art of daily life, works of the masters and the works of various cultures. When integrated with history, art brings wholeness to their learning about the world.
Our youngest students in the Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten experiment with the varied art media including finger painting, brush painting, clay sculpting, collage designing, etc. As students continue through the grades, the teaching of understanding art and art history are combined with creating art to provide students an informed approach to creating and making art.
Throughout the curriculum, Fourth students are presented with opportunities to work individually and in groups to experiment with every possible art form from mask- and costume-making to sculpting small clay objects to life-sized creations of papier-mâché.
Art projects and opportunities beyond the classroom are intentionally planned to support and stimulate the budding artist, and student work is displayed throughout the school, printed in school materials, and featured in greeting cards sent to those in the school community.
All children, even young ones, respond to God’s world and reality through the visual arts. As a result, the content of Fourth's visual art curriculum is centered upon the basic areas of understanding and appreciating art, art history, and creating art.
Two major areas of art explored with our students are: art as seen through nature and art that is man-made, such as painting, sculpture, architecture, etc. Students explore the art of daily life, works of the masters and the works of various cultures. When integrated with history, art brings wholeness to their learning about the world.
Our youngest students in the Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten experiment with the varied art media including finger painting, brush painting, clay sculpting, collage designing, etc. As students continue through the grades, the teaching of understanding art and art history are combined with creating art to provide students an informed approach to creating and making art.
Throughout the curriculum, Fourth students are presented with opportunities to work individually and in groups to experiment with every possible art form from mask- and costume-making to sculpting small clay objects to life-sized creations of papier-mâché.
Art projects and opportunities beyond the classroom are intentionally planned to support and stimulate the budding artist, and student work is displayed throughout the school, printed in school materials, and featured in greeting cards sent to those in the school community.