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Fine Arts

PK-8 Fine Arts

Fine Art Department Mission Statement

The mission of the Westborough Public Schools’ Fine Arts Department is to provide an integrated arts education through a dynamic K-12 curriculum and engaging aesthetic experiences. We encourage exploration, critical and reflective thinking, as well as hands-on learning, fostering a lifelong relationship with the arts.

The core values of the K-12 Fine Arts Department include:

  • Collaboration: Working with students, families, and colleagues to provide unique opportunities and experiences.
  • Community: Cultivating a feeling of fellowship with others through shared attitudes, feelings, and goals.
  • Creativity: Promoting the use of imagination and original ideas in the production of artistic work.
  • Excellence: Setting a high standard of quality for both students and staff.

Learning Expectations

Visual Arts

Visual Arts students are expected to:

  • Apply the elements and principles of art in their work
  • Apply a broad range of two and three-dimensional media, techniques, and processes
  • Apply creative thinking by observing, analyzing, inventing, and expressing ideas
  • Apply critical thinking by observing, analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating their artwork and the artwork of others
  • Make connections between the visual arts and other disciplines
  • Describe the purpose and meaning of art as it relates to cultures and historical periods

Theatre Arts

Theatre Arts students are expected to:

  • Apply the dramatic elements to portray characters in scripted and improvised scenes
  • Apply creative thinking by reading, analyzing, and writing dramatic works
  • Rehearse and stage dramatic works
  • Demonstrate skills in the basic tools, media, and techniques of theatrical production
  • Describe and analyze their own theatrical work and the work of others using appropriate theatre vocabulary
  • Describe the purpose and meaning of theatre as it relates to other disciplines.

Music

Music students are expected to:

  • Apply the elements of music in performance and/or composition
  • Sing and play alone and with others a varied repertoire of music
  • Read and notate music
  • Listen to, analyze, describe, and evaluate music and musical performances
  • Apply creative thinking by analyzing, expressing, inventing, and interpreting ideas.
  • Describe the purpose and meaning of music as it relates to cultures and historical periods

PK-3 Fine Arts Curriculum Documents

4-6 Fine Arts Curriculum Documents

7-8 Fine Arts Curriculum Documents

Chris Martin

Chris Martin

Director Of Fine & Performing Arts