Studies in the arts have been developed to instill a knowledge and appreciation of the creative process through both performance and academic study.

Students should emerge from these studies with first-hand experience in self-expression and communication through artistic disciplines and with an aesthetic appreciation for the similar expressions of others.

The visual arts have a multifaceted goal of building confidence in artistic competence through practical experience and academic critique, nurturing individual expression through multi-cultural and interdisciplinary studies, and encouraging aesthetic literacy through the study of historic and modern modes. Process and product are important. Through a spiral approach, artistic growth in manipulative skills and visual perception is cultivated from early childhood to young adulthood and beyond.