We are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus.

Putting ideas on paper.

We were all created with an imagination, the ability to create within our minds something new. The Creative Arts program at the ARC utilizes a Discipline Based Art Education (DBAE) approach to curriculum as it treats art as a formal course (like English or Math).  It teaches art from an artist's perspective. There are four disciplines that are focused on which account for the various art careers: art production (studio artist), art criticism (art critic), art history (art historian), and aesthetics (an aesthetician).  Through the study of these four areas, students are able to better appreciate and understand art, as they are learning about it from an artist perspective, instead of a recreational one.  This allows students to develop their creative and problem solving skills, which are sought by companies today.

Art production is the creation of artwork. Studying art criticism allows students to describe, evaluate, interpret, judge, and make theories about art work whether their own, their peers, or works by other artists.  This combined with aesthetics allows students to explain their interest level of an artwork or movement.  At the early stages of development it starts with students discussing their preference for an artwork or technique and why.  It is then expanded upon as students enter higher academic levels.   Through the study of art history students will learn about artworks from the past through the present.  We will continue by discussing how it relates to the Bible.    Listed below are skills, techniques, and vocabulary that students will learn about as they progress through all academic levels of the curriculum at the Academy of Readiness and Character.