Welcome to the Art Department of Livingston High School. In our course offerings in the Visual Arts, the students are exposed to a sequential study of the Elements of Art and the Principles of Design. Providing students with a variety of experiences with different media and materials. This standards based curriculum will help students develop the abilities for critical thinking, to create, appreciate, and understand unique expressions of the Visual Arts. This course also fulfills the Fine Arts requirement for admittance to the University of California and the California State University systems. The Visual Arts help students to attain life skills in many disciplines. Students develop study, social, and personal skills in addition to specific artistic techniques. Students use multiple means of expressing and communicating their ideas and think about problems from a broad range of perspectives. Visual Arts also develop communication and problem, solving abilities, as well as the ability to generate ideas and communicate them effectively, which are essential to all work environments regardless of the field.
For those who are wondering about what type of careers there are in the Visual/ Creative Arts, please click on the link below for a list of some the career paths in the Arts.