A one semester course concentrating on serious portfolio work for personal fulfillment or for college applications or for AP Portfolio requirements. Students document their work through slide photography while pursuing the development of a personal vision in their art. A one semester course involving a continuation and completion of work begun in Art 3. Students learn the basic skills of handbuilding, use of the potter's wheel and simple sculpture along with methods of decorating and firing clay. A one semester course concentrating on instruction in more advanced pottery techniques, glaze formulation and use of kilns with further study of ceramic art history.
Students choose individual projects which develop their advanced skills.
Students at this level are ready to visit museums and galleries to see and appreciate the work of important clay artists. A one semester course in which students are expected to continue to develop and to demonstrate interest in a serious mastery of ceramic techniques. Students can now apply their diverse skills to the accomplishment of projects which are artistically and technically challenging. This class is a basic survey of Music Appreciation History, Theory and Reading. Basic performance techniques on guitar are covered.