VISUAL &

PERFORMING
ARTS
CLASSES
Which ZB students can benefit from the arts?
 AP
 Honors
 Freshman
 Sophomore
 Junior
 Senior
 Athlete
 IEP
 ELL
 College Bound
 Trades
 Tech Campus
 Armed Forces
 ARTISTIC AND NON-ARTISTIC
 Musically inclined and not so much =)
You should
take some fun
classes next
semester…

Learn a new
skill.

Try something
different.
Its good for you now…
■ Students enrolled in arts courses score higher in reading and
math on standardized tests.
■ The more arts courses you take, the higher your test scores go.
What can the arts do for you?
1. Art stimulates the brain and helps develop problem-solving skills.
2. Art builds a keener sense of perception, contributing to making better decisions.
3. Art engages the senses.
4. Art helps you relax.
5. Art stimulates creativity.
6. Art helps develop individuality and independence.
7. Art helps to build self-esteem.
8. Art gives you a sense of well-being.
9. Art generates enjoyment. Its social!
10. Art promotes self-expression.
11. Art promotes abstract thinking.
12. Art gives you a feeling of accomplishment.
13. Art promotes non-verbal communication skills.
14. Art is exhilarating.
15. Art teaches us more about ourselves than we imagined.
Its good for your future…
• Engineering and Information Technology companies such as Apple and Google
look for people with good drawing portfolios when hiring. Creative problem
solving is learned in arts classes!

• The creative sector of the global economy will be worth 6.1 trillion dollars – the
largest economy in the world!

• There are so many creative job fields a student can go into today! Choose a
creative career path!

The Arts Industry

https://youtu.be/wV-gxjuaLmQ
Faculty:
Ms. Carrasquilla, Mrs. Myrum, Mr. Strickland, Ms. Kolinek
Nobody picked up a guitar and played a
beautiful melody…

So your not going to pick up a brush and

paint like me! Or a pencil and draw (writing
with a pencil is different then drawing with
one!.. Duh)

It takes training and practice to learn!

Take a class and learn!

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updates and happenings
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>>>Introduction to Art
(Beginning Class) Survey of all below
Art Classes
All visual arts courses are one semester
(except AP and Intro to AP)

3D/Sculpture Classes 2D
3D Sculpture 1 Drawing 1
3D Sculpture 2 Drawing 2

Jewelry/Metalsmithing 1 Painting 1
Jewelry/Metalsmithing 2 Painting 2

Ceramics 1
Ceramics 2 Advanced
Art Seminar (Level 3 for any Media)
Technology Introduction to Studio Art
Photography 1 AP Art Studio
Photography 2

Graphic Art Design 1 No Prerequisite …Start with any level 1

Graphic Art Design 2
We recommend you start with Into to Art
 Drawing
■ Essential for
artists, designers,
engineers,
architects
■ Drawing 1+2
available
■ We know you
cannot draw! You
are here to learn
the skill.
Graphic Art Design
■ Learn Illustrator and
Photoshop
■ Learn to manipulate
photos
■ Create projects
 Ceramics
■ Create objects from clay
■ Functional and sculptural objects
■ Learn to Throw on the Wheel
■ Ceramics 1+2 available
■ Special firings
 Painting
■ Create abstract and realistic paintings
■ Learn to use tempera, acrylic and
watercolors
■ Painting 1 & 2 available
■ Fun trips to museums
Field trips!
 Jewelry
■ Learn to saw, and solder metal
■ Learn rivets and stone setting
■ Create jewelry for yourself and
others
■ Jewelry 1 & 2 available
■ Most taken class by the
ladies…The odds are in your
favor gentlemen
3-D Art
Sculpture

■ Create with metal, clay,

plaster, textiles and paper
Photography
• Learn composition and
storytelling with a camera
• Cameras provided for
classroom use.
 Intro to AP
+ AP Art
■ Both are all-year courses
■ Intro is designed to prepare
you for AP Art the following
year.
■ Prepare a portfolio of your
original art; this is submitted
as your AP “test” and may
earn you college credit.
■ By Recommendation ONLY!
Highlights of Art Classes
■ Art Shows
■ Field trips
■ Visiting Artists
■ Making. Cool. Stuff
Talk to you counselor.
Sign up =)
For additional information go to:

www.zbart.weebly.com