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Visual Arts

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Guiding God-Given Artistic Talent

Training creativity and fine arts skill sets in visual art.


The MPCS visual arts program begins in preschool, with hands-on projects, color theory, and creative problem-solving. Lower school students study famous artists and are presented with challenging projects that imitate each artist's style. They experiment in various media, such as clay, glass, cardboard, wire, paper mâché, plaster, watercolors, oil paints, and fabric. Third grade takes on the task of turning raw sheep's wool into yarn through the technique of washing, combing, and dying the wool. Other classes explore and create art pieces through weaving.

Art classes at all levels provide students with a creative environment and encourage a desire to explore the history of art and the spiritual influences reflected through art. Middle schoolers study African masks, creating their own in terra cotta and researching the spirituality behind the mask art. 

Due to the level of visual art exploration throughout my middle and high school years, I was exposed to a wonderful sampling of media, techniques, and genres. My Dozier School of Arts and AP coursework exempted me from two college-level studio art courses, which has propelled me straight into my graphic design major at UGA, thanks to MPCS.

M. Westbrook

Class of 2023

Fundamental Art Instruction

All preschool through fifth-grade students engage in visual art exploratory classes. The middle and high school visual arts program offers additional media studies and allows students to focus on one area of visual arts at each level.

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Governor's Honors Finalists

This year, one MPCS student was selected to participate in the 2023 Georgia Governor’s Honors Program (GHP) as a visual arts major. Another art student was named alternate and four others earned finalist slots. GHP annually hosts a four-week-long college immersive program for hundreds of Georgia's best and brightest academicians and artists. Finalists represent the top quartile of the top percentile of the eligible student peer group in the state. 

 

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Gallery of Works

Young artists from preschool to high school engage in visual art galleries and shows on campus every year. 

Three different art drawings, each showcasing a unique design.
Various forms of drawings and art styles are on display.
Four canvases with a similar theme depict smartphones in various art media.
Four different canvases are on display, each showcasing a distinct art style.
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Four different canvases with distinct designs on display.
Different artworks are on display.
Four different canvases with distinct designs on display.
Various forms of drawings and art styles are on display.
Two canvases displaying different art designs.
Boys looking at drawings of characters, with one of them pointing to one of the drawings.