Fine Arts
The Fine Arts Department curriculum provides opportunities for all students to discover the enriching power, the intellectual excitement and the joy of competence in the arts. Experience in the creative process is essential to all learners. In the arts, this process involves solving problems with skill and imagination, discovering new questions and producing new ideas, objects or interpretations of existing works.
Academy of the Holy Names Fine Arts Diploma Distinction
Students who fulfill the following requirements before graduation will receive the appropriate Fine Arts diploma designation.
Exemplary Distinction:
- 4.5 or more fine arts credits
- One AP Course: AP Art History, AP Studio Art or AP Music Theory*
Traditional Distinction:
- Minimum of 3.5 fine arts credits
- One AP Course: AP Art History, AP Studio Art or AP Music Theory*
Participation in the Arts
- Complete 12 hours over sophomore through senior years
Participation in the Arts refers to hours spent appreciating, performing, and/or contributing talents to the arts community outside the Academy.
*AP Music Theory is offered through Georgia Virtual School and has additional tuition costs to take the course.
FINE ARTS | 1 credit required |
|---|---|
| Advanced Acting I, II, III (Honors) | 1.0 credit |
| Dance Appreciation | 0.5 credit |
| Dance/Choreography/Performance (Honors) | 0.5 credit |
| Introduction to Acting | 0.5 credit |
| Introduction to Instrumental Music | 0.5 credit |
| Introduction to Voice | 0.5 credit |
| Instrumental Ensemble I, II, III, IV (Honors) | 1.0 credit |
| Percussion Ensemble | 0.5 credit |
| Technical Theatre Design & Production I, II | 0.5 credit, 0.5/1.0 credit |
| Vocal Music in Performance I, II, III, IV (Honors) | 1.0 credit |
| 2-D Art I | 0.5 credit |
| 2-D Art II, Drawing/Painting | 1.0 credit |
| 2-D Art III (Honors) | 1.0 credit |
| 3-D Art II, Sculpture/Ceramics | 1.0 credit |
| 3-D Art III (Honors) | 1.0 credit |
| Ceramics | 0.5 credit |
| Digital Imaging | 0.5 credit |
| Drawing | 0.5 credit |
| History of Art (AP) | 1.0 credit |
| Independent Art Study | 0.5/1.0 credit |
| Painting | 0.5 credit |
| Photography | 0.5 credit |
| Photography and Digital Imaging I | 1.0 credit |
| Portfolio (Honors) | 0.5/1.0 credit |
| Sculpture | 0.5 credit |
| Studio Art (AP) | 1.0 credit |
| Yearbook Journalism and Design I, II, III (Honors) | 1.0 credit |