Visual Arts
At Dwight, Visual Arts are organized around the creative cycle: planning, creating, and evaluating art. Students gain confidence and ability through an immersion in media ranging from drawing to clay. Our courses help students become passionate creatives with a critical eye, inquiring mind, and individual approach.
The full range of visual arts learning at Dwight includes:
- Drawing - realism and abstraction
- Painting - watercolor and acrylics
- Printmaking - block printmaking, intaglio, and cyanotypes
- Sculpture - found-object assemblages, ceramics, casting, and mold-making
- Fiber arts - embroidery and soft sculpture
- Mural painting
- Upper School micro-courses in ceramics, mixed media, and senior college portfolio development
Dwight's Visual Arts Continuum
Program Highlights
- Frequent visits to the galleries, museums, and international art world centered in New York City
- Lunch-time drop in sessions, independent studies, and after-school clubs
- Opportunity to participate in our own chapter of The National Art Honors Society
- In-house internship program for grades 9-12
- In-house visits from art professionals and colleges and universities
- Participation in service events
- Collaboration with Dwight's arts and literary magazine, Scintilla
- Collaboration and art exchanges with other schools in Dwight's global network
- Dwight School Arts Exhibitions - fall, winter, spring, and Senior Art Exhibition