Art

The Art curriculum at St. Cajetan School includes all students, K-8th. Incorporating all aspects of the visual arts, including art vocabulary, art history, opportunities for self expression as well as whole group participation.

The mission of the arts program is to provide all of the students with instruction and implementation of developmentally appropriate and challenging opportunities to explore, create and enjoy all aspects of the visual arts.

Our mission is to prove our students with an exposure to a variety of  artists, including Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, George Seurat, Georgia O’Keefe, Mary Cassat, Henri Matisse and Andy Warhol is a primary focus of the art curriculum. Various artistic styles and examples are displayed and discussed, including Pointillism, Impressionism, and Optical Art to name a few. Students are encouraged to discuss, explore and create works of art that reflect lessons learned during the year.  Skills and techniques incorporating crayons, colored pencils, oil pastels, tempera and watercolor paint are introduced, reviewed and practiced and their proficiency and understanding becomes evident in the final product.

The incorporation of a visual arts program is an essential component of the core curriculum. Students learn invaluable skills unique to the visual arts but most importantly the joy of creating and the feeling of accomplishment when a project is successfully completed.