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Art Classes Offered at Vista Heights

Beginning Level Art Classes

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Art Foundations 1

 

This is the beginning art class at Vista Heights. In it, you will learn basic drawing techniques in both black-and-white and colour media.  It is open to 7th, 8th, and 9th graders.

 

This class acts as a prerequisite for all Intermediate and Advanced art classes offered here at Vista Heights.  Once you've taken this class, you are prepared to take more art classes.  See below for the classes we offer here, but be aware of the prerequisites for each one.

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Commercial Art

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This is a beginning class that focuses primarily on Design Principles.  Assignments and projects will be done using various dry and wet media, with an emphasis on graphic design.  It is open to 7th, 8th, and 9th graders.

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This class acts as a prerequisite for the Intermediate and Advanced art classes here at Vista Heights.  Once you've taken this class, you are prepared to take more art classes.  See below for the classes we offer here, but be aware of the prerequisites for each one

Intro to Ceramics

 

This is the beginning ceramics class at Vista Heights. In it, you will learn basic building and decorating techniques using clay and glazes.  It is open to 7th, 8th, and 9th graders.

 

This class is the prerequisite for Ceramics 1.  Once you've taken this class, you are prepared to take more Ceramics classes.  See below for the classes we offer here, but be aware of the prerequisites for each one

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Intermediate Level Art Classes

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Art Foundations 2

 

This is the intermediate art class that is offered here at Vista Heights.  It is open to 8th and 9th graders only.  It is a continuation of Art Foundations 1, and introduces some new media as well as 3D art.  You must have taken Art Foundations 1 to take this class. 


This class can be used as a prerequisite to Studio Art and Drawing 1.

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Ceramics 1

 

If you enjoyed Intro to Ceramics, this is the class to take.  Note: even though this is technically an intermediate art class, it is open to 9th graders only.  It builds on basic construction and decorating techniques and you will be introduced to some more advanced techniques.

 

You will have more creative freedom in this class as you work towards a final project.  You must have taken Intro to Ceramics as a prerequisite.

 

This class acts as a prerequisite to all high school Ceramics classes.

Advanced Level Art Classes

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Drawing 1

 

If you really love drawing and want to learn more, this is the class to take.  It is open to 9th graders only.  It builds on basic drawing techniques and you will be introduced to some more advanced drawing techniques. It serves as a lead-in to Studio Art.

 

We cover different black-and-white media, like pencil, charcoal, pen-and-ink, and tone-on-tone.  You must have taken Art Foundations 1 and either Art Foundations 2 or Ceramics as prerequisites.

 

This class is taught only during first semester.  For the best experience, we recommend taking Studio Art as well.

 

This class acts as a prerequisite to all high school art classes.

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Studio Art

 

This class is for 9th graders only.  We recommend taking Drawing 1 before taking this class.  You will be introduced to several other media and techniques on a more advanced level.  It prepares you for the more advanced high school art classes.  You can see some of the possible projects that will be covered in class above. 

 

In order to take this class, you must have taken Art Foundations 1, and either Ceramics or Art Foundations 2 as prerequisites. 

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This class is taught only during second semester.  For the best experience, we recommend you take Drawing 1 first.

 

This class acts as a prerequisite to all high school art classes.


About Me

  • As you may have guessed, I was born and raised in Canada.  I came down here to go to school (Ricks College, BYU, and Utah State).

  • I have been a ballroom dancer most of my life (performing, teaching, choreographing, judging, and writing), and it is how I met my wife, who is also a dancer.  Yes, that's terribly romantic.

  • Both of my parents were artists, which is where I believe I inherited my love for it and my abilities in it.

  • My favourite medium is pencil, but I also enjoy charcoal, pen-and-ink, ceramics, printmaking, and graphic design (which I still do professionally).

  • I enjoy writing and have been published both here in the US and in Poland.

  • During the summer, most of my time is spent working in my yard, where I like to apply what I learned about art and apply it to landscaping.  I have a true-to-scale replica of Bag End (Bilbo Baggins' Hobbit hole) in my yard.

  • I am in the process of learning how to play the bass guitar and the drums.  It's all about the rhythm.  And yes, my family loves hearing me practice.

  • I have enjoyed being involved in and watching most sports, but my favourites are volleyball, soccer, hockey, and BYU football.

  • I am also a professional mobile/wedding DJ.

 

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