The Visual Arts at Germantown Academy

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.

Friday, February 10, 2017

Senior Spotlight: S Hill

The Ten

1. Dunkin Carmel iced coffee

2. Wrestling

3. Doritos

4. Netflix

5. The beach

6. Naps

7. Online shopping

8. Dogs

9. Sweatpants

10. Elise Shirakawa

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Senior Spotlight: A Rosato

The Ten

Game of Thrones
Drawing
Dogs
Vikings
The Walking Dead
Lacrosse
Rolling Stones
Guns & Roses
Christmas
Hot Chocolate

Sunday, February 5, 2017

Handmade Lamps in Upper School Sculpture

Sunday, January 29, 2017

The Cardboard Cup

Each year the 3D Design students face e the challenge of building functionsl shoes out of nothing except cardboard! As if that were not a big enough challenge, the shoes need to be a minimum of 6 inches off the ground! After laboring away for a few weeks, we go outside for our "race walk" where we quite literally test our footwear. The results is always filled with giggles and someone walks away with the coveted "Cardboard Cup"!

Good fun and great Design!

Friday, January 27, 2017

Senior Spotlight: M O'Malley

The Ten

Warm blankets

Overweight Cats

Loud Cars

Over Analysis of Television shows

Clear Water

Overexcited Dogs

Hot Tea

Tiny Details

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Senior Spotlight: J Monahan

The Ten

America
Buick
Fishing
Cream chipped beef
Driving
The Office
Sea Isle City
Virginia Tech
Family
Festivus

Sunday, January 22, 2017

Footbridges for the Academy

Students in Honors Sculpture designed footbridges for the glorious grounds of Germantown Academy!

Using primarily leftover lumber, students created functional bridges. They spent time studying bridges throughout the world, as well as thinking about what constitutes a bridge. Next, they built models of bridges and ultimately, in teams, constructed the full scale foot bridges.

The exciting results speak for themselves.