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Visual Arts
Visual Arts
The Visual Arts program at Rivers cultivates a lifelong involvement in the arts. The department teaches creative problem solving, fosters cooperation, and encourages risk taking. Students apply what they have learned to the creation of works of art. Through active participation, students develop imagination, self-confidence, self-discipline, self-reliance, visual literacy, and a honed awareness of the visual world. Through critique and the study of art history, students learn how images communicate and how to look critically at images.
Rivers has four art studios, an etching press, eight potter’s wheels, and two electric kilns. An extensive photography lab allows for complete film development and printing. Other facilities include a fully-equipped sculpture space and three gallery areas. Studio offerings include courses in drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, ceramics, computer graphics, and sculpture.
Visual Arts News
List of 3 news stories.
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Rivers Students Recognized in Annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of Massachusetts
This winter, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of Massachusetts recognized 24 Rivers students for their creative work in a variety of art mediums. Rivers students earned gold key, silver key, and honorable mention awards in the sculpture, mixed media, ceramics, editorial cartoon, photography, film, drawing, poetry, personal essay, speculative fiction, and writing portfolio categories.Read More -
Humor, Storytelling, and Craftsmanship in the Work of Visiting Artist George Rodriguez
This year’s guest in the Visiting Artist Series, ceramics sculptor George Rodriguez, spent a day at Rivers in February to speak at an assembly, work with ceramics students, and attend the closing reception for an exhibition of his work, which has been displayed on campus since December.Read More -
Editorial Cartoon: A Brief, Yet Impactful, Middle School Art Unit
Chris Love, a Rivers visual arts faculty member, pioneered an Editorial Cartoon unit at Rivers that has Middle School art students thinking critically about the world around them. Tailored specifically towards his eighth-grade art students, Editorial Cartoon is a brief yet impactful exercise designed to engage students in social and political discourse through artwork. The primary objective is to create a platform for students to reflect on the causes they care about and find a way to voice thoughts and opinions through art.Read More
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