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.
3rd Grade Students Bend with Giacometti
recently, GA's 3rd
Graders learned about the sculptures of Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti. After
posing for each other in various positions, the students made their own
Giacometti inspired figurative
sculptures with wire armature, plaster tape, and a metallic finish. Reduction
Prints - In our
printmaking unit, 3rd grade students learned about relief printing and experimented with reduction. An original design was drawn onto their foam,
printing block, rolled with ink
(using a brayer), and transferred to
paper (with a barren). Later, the plate surface was “reduced” by applying more drawing and
design to the original foam block. With
a different color, the reduced design is printed over the original print to
create a rich multicolor print.
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