Aligned with Westtown's commitment to a strong educational program
challenging students to pursue their potential and prepare them for a lifetime of learning, arts complement academics through studio-based, experiential inquiry. By investigating visual language, students are asked to play with ideas, concepts and process. A range of solutions is expected, reflecting the range of experience, creativity and perspective among students. Faculty respect and respond to the needs and voice of individual students.
In teaching to the craft within art, students are guided to understand the integrity of different media. By developing a healthy respect for the limits and potential of various media, students come to realize that limitless possibilities for expression exist within finite parameters.
Distinguishing Features:
- Open access to studio space
- Variety and depth of offerings, including fine art and craft components
- A range of specialized facilities: printmaking studio, multipurpose instructional space, photo lab/darkroom, clay studio and woodshop
- Campus art gallery that hosts a variety of ongoing exhibitions of work by regionally- and nationally- known artists, and by Westtown students
- Close proximity to art museums and galleries in Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore and Washington, DC; visits to these complement classroom instruction
- Experienced faculty who are all working artists themselves
- Small classes (generally limited to 12 students)
- Visiting artists periodically supplement the curriculum through classroom visits, slide and gallery talks
- Small classes allow for individual work with students
- Visiting artists periodically supplement the curriculum through classroom visits, slide talks, and gallery talks
- Opportunities to learn and work with Adobe Photoshop
- Support in developing and photographing student portfolios
- Westtown graduates attend Rhode Island School of Design, Maryland Institute College of Art, California School of the Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design, Cooper Union, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and San Francisco Art Institute
For specific course information, go to the Curriculum Guide