“Arts education aids students in skills needed in the workplace: flexibility, the ability to solve problems and communicate, the ability to learn new skills, to be creative and innovative, and to strive for excellence.”
– Joseph M. Calahan, Director of Cooperate Communications, Xerox Corporation.
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McCollum HS
Harlandale HS
Columbia Heights ES
Students in Elementary Art classes learn essential art skills such as painting, drawing, sculpting, print making, basic weaving, cutting, and pasting, in a variety of media. Additionally, the students are taught essential art knowledge such as principles of design, basic art history, cultures from various countries, and critical thinking and problem solving skills. They will become familiar with a wide range of materials and their use in artistic pursuits, and will relate their work to topical and historical events. Students also learn how to critique art projects and share their individual interpretation, thoughts and appreciation about various art works. Elementary art programs in HISD provide sequential art content and unique learning experiences at each grade level that helps students become more aware of their physical environment, extend and develop the use of the senses, and utilize inventive thinking.
Elementary Visual Art
Middle School Visual Art
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High School Visual Art
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Schulze ES
Harlandale MS
Leal MS
Adams ES
Bellaire ES
Carroll Bell ES
The Visual Arts offers students an outlet for creative expression, a foundation in historical and cultural awareness, and an exploration of a variety of medium. HISD roots this program in our elementary art course from which students can continue in media specific directions throughout their educational experience.