The Arts at Urban

Urban’s Visual and Performing Arts Departments foster opportunities for students to identify their creative impulses and act upon them with intent, patience, and perseverance. Our courses are designed to help students achieve aesthetic awareness and technical proficiency. We ask students to delve deeply into their own life experiences, and bring aspects of themselves into their work.

Our objective is to mentor young artists, performers and musicians, to invite exploration of multiple disciplines, and to experience the interplay of art forms. We empower our students to cultivate a versatility and fluency in diverse modes of expression and to discern the appropriate medium for a given endeavor.

In each project, students use their imagination, intellectual and emotional awareness, instrument, body or voice to drive their  creative expression and refine their craftsmanship. We encourage students to take risks and to be open to the "incidents and accidents" of the creative process and actively contribute to group or ensemble work, stepping into leadership roles when needed. Students deepen their understanding of themselves as artists, performers, and musicians with the ability to rework, present and critique with historical awareness and a keen eye for aesthetics.

We invite you to learn more about the arts at Urban!

Contacts

Kate Randall

Kate Randall

Visual Arts Department Chair, Art Teacher
Scott Foster

Scott Foster

Performing Arts Department Chair, Music Teacher, Jazz Band Director