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The Fine Arts Department at Montgomery Blair offers a wide variety of courses to all students in both music and visual art. All public high school students in the state of Maryland need one fine arts credit (two semesters) for graduation, but many students take a fine arts course every semester in their high school career. Blair’s fine arts courses are open to all students, although, as indicated below, some courses may have prerequisites. Unless otherwise indicated, all are full year (two semester courses). NOTE: In year-long courses students may NOT take semester 2 without having taken the semester 1 course. For more information about the Fine Arts Department and courses, please browse the tabs of our navigation bar to the left. For specific questions you may contact Sara Josey, the Fine Arts Resource teacher, at joseysar@mbhs.edu
**Please note that these classes are ones that will be available to freshmen in the 2008-2009 academic year. For a full listing of all our courses click on "Courses" to the left.
Entry level courses -- grades 9-12: (These are pre-requisites for advanced study in the Fine Arts Strand of the Media Literacy Academy.)
- Foundations in Art A & B (#6055/6056) (formerly known as Fundamentals of Art) - This is a one-semester course. Focus is on making two-dimensional art, looking at art from different times and cultures, studying Master Artists and exploring career options. A basic overview of processes and media in the visual arts.
- Ceramics and Sculpture 1 A & B (#6381/6391) - A year-long course in the study of creation of 3-dimensional sculpture and fine crafts in a variety of media with particular focus on clay.
- Studio 1 A & B (#6105/6106) (only with permission of teacher) - Focus is on working from observation in 2D materials. Students work with different drawing and painting techniques and materials such as charcoal, graphite, watercolor, and acrylic paint. Freshmen who already have a portfolio may meet with teacher to review their artwork for admittance to this class.
- Art and Culture A & B (#6454/6455) (NEW OFFERING, pending administrative approval) (one-semester course) - Through hands-on projects and textbook assignments, students study the visual designs found in our environment with a focus on cultural influences and social significance. Crafts, decorative arts, environmental designs, design in commerce and industry as well as fine art are analyzed. The role of art in society and the contribution of minority artists are also studied.
Information on this page was updated Nov 2, 2007.
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