"We prepare students to engage in the world that is and to help bring about a world that ought to be."
Curriculum Detail
Faculty
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Isabel DominguezDepartment Chair - Visual Arts(212) 979-5030 x4329Columbia University Teacher's College - MA
Boston University - BA
School of Visual Arts - Baccalaureate -
Andrea AimiVisual Arts Teacher - Lower School(212) 979-5030 x4301Goddard College - MA
School of Visual Arts - BFA -
Valerie GarciaVisual Arts Teacher - Lower SchoolTeachers College, Columbia University - MA
Hunter College - BA
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Visual Arts
The Lower School Art/Shop program is a sequentially developed, skills-oriented program with a comprehensive curriculum that includes drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, construction, woodworking and textile work. It encourages imaginative thinking and personal expression as well as the development of an aesthetic sense. Discovery and inquiry are fundamental aspects of the program, and the skills, techniques, vocabulary and concepts explored in the art studios support and enrich student learning in the classroom.
Kindergarten students attend Shop for two periods within the eight-day schedule and experience both a visual art and three dimensional curriculum for the full year with one teacher. Students in Grades 1-4 attend Art and Shop for three periods in our eight-day schedule, transitioning in half groups at mid-year. The Lower School celebrates its students with an end of the year art show.
Friends Seminary actively promotes diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism in all its programs and operations, including admissions, financial aid, hiring, and all facets of the educational experience. To form a community which strives to reflect the world’s diversity, we do not discriminate on the basis of race or color, religion, nationality, ethnicity, economic background, physical ability, sex, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation. Friends Seminary is an equal opportunity employer.
Friends Seminary — the oldest continuously operated, coeducational school in NYC — serves college-bound day students in Kindergarten-Grade 12.
