Visual Arts

Our dynamic Upper School program provides students with opportunities to specialize in a range of media including clayworking; photography; sculpture; drawing and painting; architecture, drafting, and design; filmmaking and video; and environmental art. Our goal: to help students find their own voice and individual identity in their chosen art form.

Middle School: Middle School students find their visual vocabulary through a supportive, confidence-building arts curriculum grounded in a studio environment. When students discover the transformative power of art in their lives, they become open to the possibilities of self-expression. For course descriptions, please refer to the Curriculum Guide.

Lower School: Our Lower School program is devoted to allowing young students to experience the joy and meaning found in the process of being a creative, artistic individual. Our courses encourage children to make connections with their studies, notice patterns, blend content, and create ways to solve problems. For course descriptions, please refer to the Curriculum Guide.

Environmental Art: Availing themselves of Pingry’s nearly 200 acres of natural resources—easily harvested clay, wood, and stone—students explore the possibilities for using natural and recycled materials to make art with an emphasis on site-specific sculpture.

Photography: Our courses introduce students to photography as an art form, teaching them to incorporate individuality and the principles of design into their creations while also developing their powers of observation, inquiry, and imagination.

Architecture, Drafting, & Design: Design—the process of planning, problem solving, development, construction, and presentation of ideas. Students develop skills in visualization through sketching, drafting, and constructing models and are also introduced to computer-aided design programs.