The Visual Arts at Germantown Academy: November 2014

Program Description

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.

GA families joined Art Across the Academy co-directors Jess Grisafi Killo and Sara Ritz, along with lower school art teacher Alia Tahvildaran, at a Botanical Illustration Workshop at Preserve Day on October 25th. This Art Across the Academy initiative will allow for student art works to be considered for the permanent signage for the Preserve. Look for an exhibition of all of the student botanical drawings in the Art Center Corridor Gallery during GA PC day.