Visual Arts
The Visual Arts program for the Primary School will engage students directly in the artistic process, thereby encouraging students to visually communicate their thoughts, feelings and ideas. Our art classes promote artistic exploration and a sense of discovery by invoking our local environment, our global society, and each individual student’s personal identity.
Art students will study and interface with various elements of art, including an abundance of techniques and media, as well as a broad landscape of historical and cultural achievements. As they work, students will engage in both individual and group critiques, and through their creative work, they will strengthen their fine motor and communication skills, as well as their critical thinking. Our art curriculum promotes creativity while honing and developing craftsmanship with an eye toward celebrating the artist in each and every student.
Music
Everyone at Evansville Day School is a musician, and this philosophy guides our Primary School music program as we develop and enhance student skills and music appreciation. Students in Junior Pre-K through Grade Four perform, create, and respond to music through singing, movement, playing instruments, composing, and studying various musical styles and forms. This hands-on approach allows students to experience and master basic musical concepts. Use of electronic keyboards with the Yamaha Music in Education curriculum strengthens the ability of all students, allowing them to experiment with musical sounds, composition, and musical collaboration.
Creative Dramatics
Creative Dramatics nurtures each child’s creative and expressive potential, and our Primary School program provides each student with first-hand dramatic experience. By encouraging students to make expressive use of body and voice, our studies allow us to emphasize spatial awareness and cooperation, as well as focus and concentration. In the spring, students in Grades One through Four stage mini-productions featuring movement, costumes, memorized lines and music before a live audience of family and friends.
