Sheldon-Williams Collegiate
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Fine Arts
| Degree: | High School Diploma |
| Field of Study: | Fine/Studio Arts, General
High School/Secondary Diploma Programs, Other
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| Careers: | Artists | |
The Fine Arts provide students with the opportunity to participate in the process of creating and producing art, music, and drama. They also provide students with opportunities for critical evaluation of the creative process and its outcomes.
Arts Education 9 (Visual Art/Sculpture)
This course is divided between two-dimensional art and clay sculpture.
Visual Art 10
This course is divided between two- and three-dimensional art. It is the prerequisite for the 20 level art courses; however, there is no prerequisite for this course.
Visual Art 20
Prerequisite: Visual Art 10
Two-dimensional art: students continue to develop drawing skills and are introduced to oil and acrylic painting. Painting is emphasized in the last half of the semester.
Sculpture 20
Prerequisite: Visual Art 10
This three-dimensional art course introduces the potter's wheel and the mixing of glazes.
Sculpture 30
Prerequisite: Sculpture 20
This course deals with three-dimensional art. Students are expected to follow an independent course of study developing skills introduced in Sculpture 20.
Visual Art 30
Prerequisite: Visual Art 20
This course deals with two-dimensional art. Students are expected to follow an independent course of study to develop skills introduced in their preceding art courses.
Graphic Arts 20
Graphic Arts concentrates on commercial techniques, as opposed to fine art techniques. Students study illustration, computer graphics, computer animation, printmaking, and photography.
Graphic Arts 30
Prerequisite: Graphic Arts 20
This course is an extension of Graphic Arts 20, pursuing the five elements to a greater depth. Etching, air brushing, silk-screening, and jewelry are some additional choices.
Arts Education 9 (Drama/Music)
Students have the opportunity to experience developmental drama and theatre drama.
Developmental drama emphasizes the individual experience. Students become aware of their unique perception of the world through exercises that experiment with their senses and imagination. Contextual drama emphasizes the group experience. Students develop concentration skills and work on movement, mime, voice, and dramatic interpretation. Role-playing, story creation, and script work are included.
Drama
Drama 10
Prerequisite: Drama 9 is not required, but is advantageous.
Drama fosters a positive self-concept by encouraging students to explore life by assuming roles and acquiring dramatic skills.
Drama 10 builds on Drama 9, with greater emphasis on the individual as performer, critic, and patron. Students develop an appreciation of theatre as a traditional art form. Work in movement, mime, speech improvisation, acting, and scene study are included. Collective creation and theatre studies are emphasized throughout the semester.
Drama 20
Prerequisite: Drama 9 or 10, or drama experience and the instructor's permission.
The Drama 20 program builds on the values and skills introduced in Drama 9 and 10. The course includes problem solving, voice dynamics, minimal scripts or scene study, introductory script writing, dramatic anthologies, and stagecraft. Clowning and children’s theatre are optional units.
Drama 30
Prerequisite: Drama 10 or 20; to continue in senior drama classes, students should achieve a minimum average of 65% in the prerequisite class, or receive permission from the instructor.
The Drama 30 program is intended to give students an overall experience in play production. It will have units of work on blocking, directing, stagecraft, lighting, improvisation, acting, and introductory script writing. The production of a docu-drama will be one of the cumulative projects.
Theatre Arts 20 (Practical and Applied Art) No prerequisite - Drama 9, 10, or 20 is advantageous but not required.
Theatre Arts 20 involves practical application of stage and theatre management techniques.
Areas of study include stage management, lighting, costumes and make-up, set design, and construction. Hands-on learning will be stressed in all aspects of the course.
Theatre Arts 30
Prerequisite: Theatre Arts 20
This course is a continuation of Theatre Arts 20 with more significant study of the design aspects of the theatre. |