DEPARTMENT PHILOSOPHY:
Education in visual art is essential for all students. As one of the last disciplines where students use their hearts, hands, and minds together, art education bridges the gap between thought and production. Art provides fun experiences that build self-esteem, and requires higher order thinking skills while stimulating the creative process.
Art is a universal language, through which students express their ideas, emotions, and opinions visually. While learning about other cultures through art, students become more open and aware of human experiences and universal themes. This enables students to function as responsible citizens in a visually stimulating 21st century, and fosters a life-long love of art.
Art students who learn to think critically and make aesthetic judgments while training their eyes to see beauty begin to understand that art is, in every way, a part of their everyday lives.
What career options might I have with a background in the Arts?
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Advertising Design
Graphics Designer
Layout Artist
Production Artist
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Broadcast Design/Motion Graphics
3D Animator
AV Production Specialist
Creative Director
Special Effects Designer
Creative Services Coordinator
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Business of Art & Design
Gallery Owner/Director
Marketing Analyst
Media Supervisor
Art Appraiser
Consumer Insights Manager
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Computer Animation
3D Character Sculptor
3D Lighting Director
Live-Action Animator
Production Rendering
Technical Director
Concept Artist
Dynamics Scripter
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Digital Film
Assistant Editor
Assistant Producer
Boom Operator
Dialogue Editor
Film Editor
Screenwriter
Production Coordinator
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Photography &
Digital Imaging
Aerial Videographer
Broadcast Photojournalist
Continuity Photographer/TV
Darkroom Technician
Digital Imaging Technician
Director of Photography/Film
Portrait Photographer Interior
Lighting Designer
Tradeshow Designer
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Game Art & Design
2D Pixel Artist/Games
3D Artist/Mobile Games
Cinematic Animator
Game Systems Designer
Morphing Artist
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Graphic & Interactive
Communication
Acrobat Specialist
Art Book Designer
Billboards and Signage Artist
Digital Production Artist
Flash Developer
Corporate Marketing Designer
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Illustration
Advertising Comp/
Layout Artist
Costume Designer
Creative/Fashion Director
Editorial Cartoonist
Biomedical Illustrator
PhotoShop Artist
Set Designer/TV/Film
Marketing Artist
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Interior Design
3D Rendering Specialist
Design & Merchandising
Exhibition Designer
Fabric Designer
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Fine Arts (painting, printmaking,
sculpture, ceramics)
Exhibiting/ Studio Artist
Printmaker
Sculptor/Muralist
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Art Courses
The art program consists of visually oriented activities, which incorporate craftsmanship and beauty in personal expression. Art courses provide students with opportunities to become skilled in expressing ideas visually, and to gain understanding of the tradition of image making, and of the power of visual language. In applying principles involving line, shape, form, color, value and texture, new awareness and expression evolves. Students learn that personality, feelings and emotions are as important as knowledge and ideas to produce effective artwork.
COLLEGE CAREER PATHWAY PROGRAM - Graphic Design
Students have the opportunity to earn college credit for the Technology Studies Pathway (Algebra 2, Chemistry, Design and Communication Skills for the 21st Century). Please see your technology teacher or guidance counselor for more information.
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The Graphic Design pathway
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YOU CAN EARN COLLEGE CREDITS
…that apply at any State of CT
College or University
High school students can save time and money by taking courses while you're still in high school.
Take all four CCP course groups shown (right) and earn 13 credits towards college.
Ask your guidance counselor for details and about how to enroll in the CCP program so you can start earning college credits now.
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Design 1 &
Design 2
(3 cr)
Tunxis equivalent:
GRA-110 Introduction to Computer Graphics
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Algebra 2
(3 cr)
Tunxis equivalent:
MAT-137:
Intermediate Algebra
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Communication Skills
21st Century 1 & 2
(3 cr)
Tunxis equivalent:
COM-100 Introduction to Communication
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Chemistry
(4 cr) *
Tunxis equivalent:
CHE-111
Concepts of Chemistry
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