Program Objectives

• develop critical thinking
• increase the ability to describe, judge, theorize about, and analyze art
• develop technical skills in basic media
• gain self-confidence through an increasing ability to make reasoned choices and to articulate and defend those choices
• increase self-discipline regarding work
• exercise creativity while working within structures and finding solutions that reflect individuality
• develop the ability to explain how ideas are connected to the history of art
• use art to communicate by being deliberate and intentional in work
• develop an ability to read and evaluate visual images