‘Blazers who
think by
making things.
Visual Arts at Woodlawn is for students who work through problems with their hands, who see a blank surface as an opening, and who understand that making something is itself a form of argument. From studio to design to AP portfolio, this program takes making seriously.
Studio. Design.
A point of view.
Visual Arts at Woodlawn is a core form of learning, not a supplemental activity. Making and thinking are the same act here: students work through real problems with real materials, and every project connects to a question worth investigating.
The program runs across divisions from Early Childhood art enrichment through Upper School AP coursework where students develop a genuine body of work as their skill and point of view mature.
Where the studio
habit begins.
Studio Art for PK through 5th Grade is built on three components that grow with the student: choice, reflection, and sustained project work.
Choice Art Stations
Students choose among studio stations, selecting materials, media, and direction, and practicing creative decision-making from the very start.
W.O.W. Sheets
Used to reflect on the artistic process: students look back at what they made, how they made it, and what they would try next.
Project Work
Sustained projects connect studio skills to the inquiry questions driving each grade’s project-based learning.
The studio. The portfolio.
The point of view.
Making in the Studio
Materials, media, and process are where projects connect to inquiry questions in a real studio culture of making.
Design Thinking
The link between visual arts and Engineering + Design: learning to solve problems visually and iterate toward a solution.
Showing Your Work
Curating a body of work and presenting it to an audience including at A Night of the Arts.
AP Visual Arts at Woodlawn.
AP Drawing
A sustained portfolio of drawing-based work spanning mark-making, materials, and a coherent body of investigation.
AP 2D Art + Design
Two-dimensional design and visual communication, developed into a portfolio across the year.
AP 3D Art + Design
Three-dimensional work includes sculpture and design building spatial and structural thinking.
Making something is
always an act of agency.
When a student decides what to make, how to make it, and what it means, they are practicing the exact form of self-direction Woodlawn builds in every division. The studio is structured to give students real choices about materials, about subject, about meaning, and that ownership is where agency is learned.
Visual + Performing +
Fine Arts Pathway.
A sustained visual arts practice can anchor a Fine + Performing Arts Pathway providing a curated portfolio with original research, an exhibition, a community commission, or a design project with real-world application for the Senior Capstone.
Come see what
‘Blazers are making.
Tour Woodlawn’s campus in Mooresville, NC and visit the Visual Arts studio for yourself. We serve families across Mooresville, Davidson, Cornelius, Huntersville, and the Lake Norman region.