Lower School Arts
The arts are an essential part of developing critical thinking, creativity, problem solving, and empathy. In the K4 – 6th Grade art room with Mrs. Beard, the focus is to create, appreciate, and enjoy art by exploring various artistic styles and historical periods of art following the Alabama Course of Study for Visual Arts.
We begin art making with foundational skills based on developmental stages and move into creating more complex masterpieces inspired by famous artists and themes. We look at works of art and discuss them by describing, analyzing, and interpreting what they see. We use various media including several types of paints, oil pastels, markers, colored pencils, collage papers, printmaking, and clay to help enable them to create their own works of art.
We celebrate the artistic pursuits of each student by displaying student artwork at the Lee-Scott Academy Art Show in the spring of each year. The end of the school year culminates with the creation of a student art portfolio as well as a digital art portfolio on Artsonia.com.
Upper School Arts
In the 7th – 12th Grade, students come to art everyday and are exposed to the arts through history and a large variety of techniques. Mrs. Basgier teaches these techniques as well as fundamentals in drawing, painting, graphic design, photography, and sculpture. The kiln in the art room provides opportunities to create with clay and glass.
In addition to the annual Lee-Scott Academy Art Show, students enter into art competitions through the AISA and in local and state level shows.