The mission of Eton School's Art program is to provide students tools for expressing their creativity. Art can be a joyful outlet for exploring our inner and outer world. Art is taught with encouragement for and honoring of the individual's self-expression and sensitivity to what supports that expression. Students will begin or continue to expand their unique creative potentials; problem-solving and creative thinking skills are called upon and developed.

Art activities at the lower elementary level enhance motor skills, focus, organization, coordination, self-expression, patience, and confidence, all of which directly improve performance in academic subjects. Drawing skills improve writing and math abilities, geometry and spatial relations are used in composition, and history, geography, and biology are often part of the subject matter explored. In addition art can foster a positive internal dialogue and an exploration of the internal self, and a means to express that self to the community.

Upper elementary Art is developed around the six formal components of design: color, line, form, shape, texture and space. Various materials, techniques and projects, 2- and 3-dimensional, are used to facilitate learning about these six design components. Some of the materials and projects introduced are: clay, wood, paint, pastels, paper mache' and printmaking. Another aspect of the Art program is acquiring an understanding of the artistic achievements of our own culture and those of other cultures past and present.

Goals

Integrate with other school subjects as applicable

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