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.

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

4th Graders Prototype Super Powers in the Beard Center


Jess Killo, Lower School art teacher has been an early adopter of both design thinking and maker space education, incorporating the work into the traditional practice of studio art.  This year, her 4th grade students began their Super Power project with a design thinking exercise, following that with a hand rendered prototyping project before utilizing iPads and digital technologies to render in CAD (computer assisted design) to print on our new MakerBots (3D printers) in the Beard Center for Innovation.


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