Visual Arts
Whitfield's Visual Arts program is designed to support students as they develop studio techniques and skills and gain an understanding of how to approach art-making as a problem-based process.
![Middle School students working on a ceramics project]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571860522/whitfield/a7gktlikzpr276hmtw5l/L1200673_MSart.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1571860522/whitfield/a7gktlikzpr276hmtw5l/L1200673_MSart.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571860522/whitfield/a7gktlikzpr276hmtw5l/L1200673_MSart.jpg","width":580}])
![Sanjeevani Patankar '19 with her artwork during the Senior Retrospective]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571858152/whitfield/gfwxazajrlwhl8cu2gzz/20190501_075421_seniorretrospective.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1571858152/whitfield/gfwxazajrlwhl8cu2gzz/20190501_075421_seniorretrospective.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571858152/whitfield/gfwxazajrlwhl8cu2gzz/20190501_075421_seniorretrospective.jpg","width":580}])
![Upper School student working on a drawing in visual art class]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571925383/whitfield/jld7vgs6ceqpwpzyww2a/20190909_141951_upperschoolart.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1571925383/whitfield/jld7vgs6ceqpwpzyww2a/20190909_141951_upperschoolart.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571925383/whitfield/jld7vgs6ceqpwpzyww2a/20190909_141951_upperschoolart.jpg","width":580}])
Visual Arts
The Visual Arts program is designed to support students in achieving the following objectives: the acquisition of essential studio techniques and skills to serve artistic intent, an understanding of how to approach art-making as a problem-based process, an understanding of how to develop a theme through visual imagery, and the ability to articulate artistic concepts and use artistic vocabulary to critique work effectively.