Art

Saint Ignatius school is blessed and fortunate to have a vibrant art program held in a dedicated art room equipped with tech abilities and space for using a wide variety of art materials. The St.Ignatius Parish School Art Program follows the California State Visual Arts Content Standards for 1st through 8th grades, along with activities including religious art and seasonal, thematic art projects. The Preschool, Transitional-Kindergarten, and Kindergarten teachers provide hands-on art experiences in their homeroom classrooms, so those grades don’t go to the separate art classes in the Art Room. The First through Eighth grade students receive additional art instruction once a week with the art teacher in the Art Room, an art-studio-style environment designed to facilitate all aspects of visual art media, from viewing reproductions of famous artworks to drawing to painting to clay sculpting and all manner of creative expression. The program also involves introduction to various artists, periods in art history and cultures, art appreciation and critique, and an annual student art show which coincides with the school’s open house. An art club is also available to students in grades five through eight who wish to further pursue their interest in art (Art Club meetings have been modified to meet current school protocols during this time of continued pandemic).