Art

The Bedford High School Art department offers a rich and diverse curriculum that builds on prior learning and content knowledge from grades K-8. Please explore the course syllabi to learn about the individual offerings through the High School Art department.

Art Department Mission Statement

The Bedford Public Schools Art Program exists to foster imagination, creativity, confidence, discipline, skill-building, self-expression, and self-motivation in students. By creating, presenting, looking at, connecting with, interpreting, and evaluating visual art, all students meaningfully explore their artistic potential and prepare themselves for a lifetime of engagement with the arts in a global community.

Art Department Philosophy

The Bedford Public Schools Art Department believes that every student should have the opportunity to develop their:

• artistic and design literacy
• imagination, creativity, and problem solving skills
• ability to express ideas and emotions
• fine and gross motor skills
• critical thinking
• cultural awareness
• aesthetic values and judgment
• emotional intelligence
• innate artistic aptitude
• ability to collaborate, learn about and connect with others through the perception, analysis, creation and presentation of visual art.