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Program Synopsis...

Elementary School Art      Middle School Art     High School Art

ELEMENTARY ART

In art, students in grades K-6 receive a one-hour art lesson once every six weeks, which is provided by the district's skilled and talented art specialists. Lessons are based upon the Irvine Unified School District Art Matrix Plan. Listed in detail are areas of art education each student is to have learned grades K though 6. Sample lessons include contour drawing, negative space, visual awareness and paintings by the masters.

Our students' artwork is displayed in shows throughout the County such as: "Color It Orange", "The Imagination Celebration", " Laguna Festival of the Arts", and "Young Masters". IUSD elementary art work has the largest representation in County art shows of any school district. Art from the district has been used on several occasions for the Imagination Celebration Poster for all of Orange County. Student art work has been selected for national recognition for the National Foundation for the Improvement of Education.

Many of the art specialists are active, professional artists with work in private and corporate collections.

For biographical information on an art teacher at a particular school site, click below:

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MIDDLE SCHOOL ART

Each IUSD Middle School provides classes in two and three dimensional art. Classes are offered in both 7th and 8th grade. A variety of media and techniques are explored, including watercolor, tempera, pen and ink, oil pastels, and others. Selected schools provide classes in ceramics in which students create projects using hand-building and the potters wheel.

Also offered are classes in advanced arts and crafts which using advanced techniques in the visual art areas of drawing and painting, lettering and design, and craft media (leather, weaving, crafts , sculptor). Further development of fine motor skills, problem solving and critical thinking, visual literacy, and visual perception are stressed.

Our Middle Schools are extremely well represented in art shows throughout the County. They include "Color It Orange", "The Imagination Celebration", "Laguna Festival of the Arts", Irvine Fine Arts Center, the Laguna Hills Mall All-County Show, the Disney Creative Challenge and Youth Expo '96.

The IUSD Middle School art staff is extremely well thought of throughout the county and is dedicated to providing the best possible art experience for your student.

For more information regarding specific course offerings available at various schools, or for biographical information on a particular teacher, click below.

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HIGH SCHOOL ART

A wide variety of art offerings are available at each of the IUSD high schools. Courses are offered in: crafts, graphics, introduction to graphics design and production, screen printing, applied graphics, beginning photography, intermediate photography, studio photography, drawing and painting, life drawing, portfolio preparation, studio art, ceramics on a variety of levels, studio ceramics and ceramic sculpture. Classes are also available on a limited basis in advanced placement studio art and advanced placement art history. From this selection of courses, students can take art for enrichment or extensive classes in preparation for an art major in college.

Student art work is shown in a wide variety of art shows throughout the county, from "Color It Orange" and "The Imagination Celebration", to the "Laguna Festival of the Arts" and the "Young Masters", in addition to the Orange County Fair competition, the Disney Creative Challenge Awards, and the Irvine Art Center.

The high school art teachers and students are very highly regarded throughout the County, and students from our high schools receive scholarships to the Southern California Art Institute, California College of Art and Crafts, and other prestigious universities and art schools.

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The accessibility of different instrumental music classes vary by school.

To download a PDF file that lists course offerings and descriptions for all Irvine high schools, follow this link.

For more information regarding specific programs available at various schools, or for biographical information on a particular teacher, click below.

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