Art

 

The visual arts curriculum program at Hillhouse is a very comprehensive and offers the student courses that range from introductory art through AP Studio arts courses. In addition to the studio courses offered, the student also has the opportunity to engage in an Art History Component that highlights various Artists during the Colonial Periods through the 21^st Century.  The curriculum also leaves room for professional artist to visit classes, in order to communicate, and discuss his/her career and education, so students will grasp an understanding of requirements needed in order to pursue a career in the arts.  Students also visit local Colleges and Universities, and receive information about other institutions of Higher Education who offer opportunities in the Arts.  This curriculum also offers students the opportunity to visit art museums and galleries, due to the partnership that exists between the New Haven Board of Education and the Yale Art Gallery.

 

Student requirements for all art studio courses include a student developed portfolio.  But, unless specified differently, all students will be required to complete an art assessment twice during the academic year; and all artwork will be graded on an art related rubric.

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Introduction to Art                        Grade(s) 9, 10, 11, 12                               1 Credit

Level:  3                                   Length of Course:  Full Year

Prerequisite:  None

Description:  This course is more of a hands-on approach and theory course.  It is broken up into     two sections in order to cover all the components of an introduction class.  The first half of the school year will focus on basic two-dimensional areas.  These areas include drawing (with the three basic shapes of drawing, cartoons, and simple object drawings), lettering (graffiti and bubble), color (primary colors, secondary colors, tints and shapes), color mixing, and simple printing techniques.  The second part of the year in this course will cover simple crafts and three-dimensional areas such as; basket weaving with wood bases, soft sculpture pillows, and trapunto.  Students will be exposed to various art-related vocabularies on a weekly basis.  Students will be exposed to various art-related vocabularies on a weekly basis.  Students will also learn the Principles of Design and how to incorporate these principles in their class activities.

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Art History/Painting                    Grade(s)10,11,12                                      1 Credit

Prerequisite – Intro to Art

Description: This course incorporates an Art History component that highlights the history of various African American artists from the Colonial Period to present artists are also included in the curriculum.  Students will spend the second half of the year painting. The painting segment will cover techniques and styles of famous painters and how we can learn from and imitate them.

                                                                                                                                   

Art I                                               Grades(s) 9, 10, 11, 12                              1 Credit

Level:  3                                  Length of Course:  Full Year

Prerequisite:  Introduction to Art – High School Level

Description:  The focus of Art I is to reinforce the concepts and knowledge gained in the Introduction of Art course.  Students who are enrolled in the Art I course will focus more intensely on the Elements of Designs.  These Elements include Line, Shape, and Form, Value, Space, Color and Texture.  This course will be graded using a rubric, and all students are required to develop a portfolio that reflects their personal interest and the Elements of Design.    

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Art II                                               Grade(s) 10, 11, 12                               1 Credit

Level:  2                                   Length of Course:  Full Year

Prerequisite:  Introduction to Art, Art I

Description:  The Art II course is designed for students who are serious about the medium of art and the exploration of media and technique.  This exploration will allow students to focus on painting, design, and fabrication while developing their own personal style in their own artworks.  This course will be taught as a studio course so that students can focus on changing their own works of art into interesting and exciting pieces.  Students in this course are expected to prepare for a citywide exhibit once during the academic school year.

                                                                                                                                   

Graphic Design/Yearbook                                 Grade 12                              1 Credit

Level:  3                                              Length of Course:  Full Year  

Prerequisite:  Introduction to Art, Art II

Description:  This course is designed for students who art interested in the graphic layout of the yearbook.  Students who are enrolled in this course will experience the graphic and design making procedures that are familiar with layout and design.  Students will learn the techniques of cropping pictures, organizing pictures and pages, designing pages on the computer, and getting material ready to be sent to the printer.

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Crafts

Prerequisite: None (Grades 9,10,11,12)

Description:  This course is designed for students who have had no art experience prior to entering High School.  This course will explore shorter in class hand-on –projects that focus on various forms of 2-3 dimensional design, weaving, paper sculpture, and clay work.  Students who enrolled in this course will also have the experience of gaining knowledge about color, texture, and design.

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Advanced Crafts                                       Grade(s) 10, 11, 12                      1 Credit

Level:  2                                                 Length of Course:  Full Year

Prerequisite:  Introduction to Art

Description:  The emphasis of the crafts class is to create functional objects that are aesthetically pleasing to the student and others.  Students will work mainly in two and three-dimensional form.  Student will work in the following medium:  paper mache sculpture, paper relief sculpture, ceramics that includes use of the kiln, pottery and basket weaving using reed and yarn fibers, fabric design with the emphasis on tee-shirt designing, jewelry making from clay and metals.  During this course, emphasis is placed on longer hands-on activities so that students will gain knowledge and an in-depth experience.

                                                                                                                                   

Advanced Drawing                              Grade(s) 10, 11, 12                                  1 Credit

Level:  2                                         Length of Course:  Half Year

Prerequisite:  Satisfactory completion of Introduction to Art

Description:  Students will experience an in-depth study of drawing.  This study will include the use and techniques of drawing pencils, ink and pen, colored pencils, watercolor washes, colored chalk, charcoal and magic markers.  This course will cover the drawing of the anatomy (hands, legs, torso, the head, etc.) and how to use contour line effectively in drawing.  Proportions and measurements in anatomy drawing, anatomical details, the nine principles of foreshortening, surface forms, movement and how the figure is art historically developed are included.

                                                                                                                                   

AP Studio Art                                           Grade(s) 11, 12                              1 Credit

Level:  1                                         Length of Course:  Full Year

Prerequisite:  Art I, Art II, and must submit a portfolio.

Description:  The AP Program in Studio Art is a full year college course, intended for the highly motivated student interested in the serious study of art.  Students who enter this course must have had at least two sequential studio art courses:  Art I, Art II, and/or Advanced Art.  Students in this course are required to develop a portfolio.  The portfolio is organized with three concerns:

 

I.        Quality

II   Concentration

III   Breath