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School of Visual Arts
Founded in the Fall of 2021, the School of Visual Arts offers a variety of mediums to explore. Age-appropriate group classes help students identify their passions on an eight-week rotation of topics.
Private lessons develop fine technique and skill, while art competitions allow students to showcase their work. NSSOTA provides students with a dedicated art space and gallery opportunities.
Palette Group Classes
NSSOTA’s art classes introduce our students to many artistic media through a project-based approach. Our learning style is creative, free-spirited, and expressive, with a focus on problem-solving. It is classical, structured, and academic, offering a holistic approach to the study of visual arts in an engaging, age-appropriate way.
Students will create projects which explore a variety of media, approaches, and skills. Each lesson will incorporate technique exercises, art history & famous artists, critical evaluation of well-known masterpieces, terminology, and creative expression through the art projects taught in this class.
Upon enrollment, students will be presented with an NSSOTA Art Kit, which will be used in the creation of projects.
Students enrolled in the Palette program qualify for NSSOTA’s Art Competitions and Galleries offered during the year. Any and all created works may be entered.
Private Lessons
Fine Arts Explorer
Try 4 private music lessons or group classes, try 4 theatre group classes, try 4 art group classes, then choose which you would like to continue learning.
The Six Pillars of
The School of Visual Arts
SIGHTING
VISUAL ASPECT OF ART
Accurately representing 3-D space, form, and proportion on a 2-D surface through the use of measurement, placement, and positive/negative space
ELEMENTS OF DESIGN
PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER
Teaching effective use of line, value, color, and texture to create understandable compositions
PRINCIPLE OF DESIGN
CREATING BALANCE & UNITY
Arranging elements with consideration to balance, emphasis, movement, pattern, repetition, proportion, rhythm, variety, and unity
TECHNIQUE
QUALITY PRESENTATION
Expecting and enforcing proper rendering of techniques that will promote artistry and excellence in presentation
COMPOSITION
ASPECTS OF VISUAL HIERARCHY
Being sure the students are considering all aspects of visual hierarchy and eye-flow to draw the viewer through a composition
EXECUTION
BECOMING A WELL- ROUNDED ARTIST
Producing finished work for competitions, personal shows, and portfolios
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