Fine Arts

  • Music History & Appreciation

    This course explores how music has served as a powerful tool for expression and connection across time and cultures. Through the study of diverse musical styles, traditions, and historical contexts, students will gain a broad understanding of music’s role in human experience. Emphasis is placed on personal reflection, allowing students to explore their own musical…

  • Visual Art & Design II

    This course helps students extend and refine their ability to investigate and respond to the visual arts. Students examine the importance of process, content, concepts, and skills involved in the development of original works of art and design. Students continue to maintain process portfolios and select work for exhibition. This course aligns with the Virginia…

  • Visual Arts (Grade 8)

    This course gives students an opportunity to explore the arts through the application of skill and media development while considering perspectives of artists and careers in the arts. Students will develop critical thinking skills as they embark on their own journey of engaging with 2D and 3D media. As students expand their own creativity and…

  • Visual Arts (Grade 7)

    This course is designed to stimulate the creativity and personal development of students by working in an interactive art studio. The students work with a variety of art media, both two-dimensional and three-dimensional. The proper use of art tools and care of materials are explained and demonstrated. Art creation, art history, critical analysis, collaboration, and…

  • Art Appreciation (Dual Enrollment ART 100)

    This dual enrollment course introduces art from prehistoric times to the present day. Students will learn about architectural styles, sculpture, photography, printmaking, and painting techniques. The course highlights major artists and key contributions from global and Western culture. The course covers content chronologically and/or thematically. This is a Passport and UCGS Transfer course.

  • Visual Arts (Grade 6)

    This introductory course is intended to involve all students at their own level in an interactive art studio. The students work with a variety of art media, both two-dimensional and three-dimensional. The proper use of art tools and care of materials is explained and demonstrated. Art history, critical analysis, and the development of an art…

  • AP Art History

    AP Art History explores the nature of art, its uses, its meanings, art-making, and responses to art. Through investigation of diverse artistic traditions of cultures from prehistory to the present, the course fosters in-depth and holistic understanding of the history of art from a global perspective. Students will explore works of art in a 250-image…

  • Visual Art & Design I

    This is an introductory course with an emphasis on the elements and principles of design. Drawing is stressed in the preparation for each project in this survey course. Composition, design, ceramics, sculpture, and printmaking techniques, as well as historical and contemporary art will be included. This course aligns with the Virginia Standards of Learning for Visual…

  • AP Music Theory

    In AP Music Theory, students develop their aural, sight-singing, written, compositional, and analytical skills through a series of listening, performance, written, creative, and analytical exercises. The course covers the mastery of the rudiments and terminology of music, with an emphasis on speed and fluency. The course then progresses to more sophisticated and creative tasks, including…