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First Program
The Visual Arts program fosters each student’s natural curiosity and creativity by encouraging exploration of art materials and self-reflection throughout the creative process. With guided exploration and hands-on instruction, students develop skills in various art materials, tools, and techniques, building confidence in their artistic vision. Through experimentation, students develop an understanding of the unique qualities and properties of different art materials, problem-solve, and integrate new insights at their own pace and plan.
Students are encouraged to draw inspiration from their personal experiences, memories, and feelings. They learn what inspires their art-making, and how they work best in the studio. They develop an understanding of lines, shapes, forms, colors, textures, patterns, and composition across multiple media, including paint, clay, paper, cardboard, fabric, wood, and found objects. Students express their personal imagery through drawing, painting, collage, printmaking, sculpture, and construction.
The program emphasizes respect for the creative process — teaching students to value their own work, value others’ art, and care for the environment by using recycled materials and treating tools and resources with respect.
To learn more about the First Program Visual Arts program, please click on the First Program curriculum guide.
Grades K-3
53 East 91st Street, New York, NY 10128
Grade 4 & PE Center
200 East 87th Street, New York, NY 10128
Grades 5-12
108 East 89th Street, New York, NY 10128
