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 The Arts
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The Arts - Visual Arts
The Visual Arts are a key part of the curriculum throughout Moorestown Friends School.
In the Lower School art room, the process of creating art is what is considered important as students work to develop the fine motor skills needed to prepare a project. There are a variety of opportunities for students to express themselves with many different media available. Art history and curricular themes are often integrated with art projects, helping to make for a well-rounded student. Middle School In Middle School, the visual arts are a combination of both process and product. The students work with two-dimensional and three-dimensional art in the 6th and 7th grades, using a variety of media such as plaster, slip and clay to create either masks or relief sculptures. They work in two dimensions with one- and two-point perspective drawings or cooperative griddings. In the 8th grade, the focus is on improving drawing skills using exercises from the Dr. Betty Edwards' book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, which culminates in a portrait done in pencil. Each Middle School grade level has one day a week of Art History, with lectures and slides introducing them to modern painting styles from Impression through Cubism and Surrealism. There also are trips to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and occasionally to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City to supplement their classroom learning. Upper School In the Upper School, the focus remains on process, but skill-oriented courses also are offered, such as watercolor painting, ceramics, photography, sculpture, fiber art and weaving. At least six visual art courses are offered each trimester. Juniors and seniors can take Art Studio as a major subject. This three-credit course meets daily throughout the entire school year and is designed both for the student who wishes to prepare a portfolio for art school acceptance as well as for young artists who would like to further their skills and appreciation of the visual arts for more personal reasons. Trips to either the Museum of Modern Art or the Metropolitan Museum in New York City are taken each year. At the end of the school year, an art show displays for a week the breadth and depth of the projects that have been created by students.
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