The Visual Art Department at Germantown Academy is committed to providing a comprehensive education in the arts within the context of a liberal arts education.Our foundation and advanced curriculum is a well-rounded and versatile approach to the study and application of art. It is designed to provide a creatively stimulating education in an open environment of studio classes.Experimentation and innovation, collaboration and social responsibility are themes built into the curriculum.While these courses extend excellent opportunities for the general study of art and life-long arts advocacy, they are also designed to cultivate serious talents in the visual arts. Many of our students have gone on to prominent careers in commercial, fine, and applied arts.
Sculpture students were asked to imagine the framework for their ideal creative space. They visualized a place of creative thought where time and space allowed them to feel most at home a place where
their imaginations were without boundaries. They sketched
several iterations of the space and then created their structure out of
balsa wood. The structure was intentionally simply a “framework”. Then students were asked to think about the studio they work in at school and envision it as the place where their individual frameworks merge building a
framework for individualism and collaboration. The final version of the assignment involved combining the structures to create one collective creativeframework that serves as a visual reminder that through collaboration and
consideration creative possibilities are infinite. The entire piece is on view through the end of October in The Roberts Library.
Senior Olivia Gorman with the life sized chess sculptural chess board she completed last spring. Currently in the Academic Courtyard, upper school students have been enjoying ad hoc games of chess during break, lunch and their free periods.
You know its back to school when Dave Love, painting and drawing teacher is out on the quad for the annual activities fair inviting kids to participate in our after school art program. Students interested in exploring many types of media are welcome to join the club which meets on Tuesday and Thursday from 3-4:00. Pop by Mr. Love's studio for more information. All skill levels are invited to join!
In the gallery through the end of the month is a compelling faculty exhibition titled "An Artist's Journey"that explores the development process of aesthetic and craft.