The Visual Arts Department cultivates a lifelong appreciation of and involvement in the arts. Visual Arts courses are interdisciplinary in nature, and students are encouraged to experiment across a broad range of studio art disciplines (ceramics, drawing, digital art, painting, printmaking, photography, and sculpture.) Students explore their own ideas and practice creative problem-solving within the collaborative studio environment while learning how to craft well-resolved artwork. Through active participation, hands-on learning, and critique, students develop imagination, self-confidence, and self-discipline. Utilizing multicultural contemporary and historical art as a reference, students learn how images/objects communicate, enhancing their own visual literacy. Our art studios are places for all students to see themselves represented and where all people's contributions are valued. Students are empowered to communicate ideas and perspectives using their preferred means of visual expression.