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.
Baby Elephant and Giraffe Sculptures
1st grade artists learned about baby elephants who were
orphaned because of poaching and were taken in at The David Sheldrick Wildlife
Trust in Kenya. 1st grade classes have just completed 5 elephant and
1 giraffe sculpture based on real orphans named Panda, Dupotto, Quanza, Embu,
Bongo, and Kili the giraffe. Next, 1st graders are creating African
patterned blankets for the animal sculptures. Three of the elephants and their quilted blankets, sewn
together by parent volunteer Mary Walton, will be for auction in the Germantown
Academy Parents’ Fundraiser this spring
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