St. Ursula Academy offers a full four-year program in Art. Over four years students are able to participate in studio course exercises exploring freehand drawing from life, 2-dimensional projects, 3-dimensional projects and digital projects. Students are also given the opportunity to develop their AP Studio Art portfolio's which are submitted for evaluation in the national scoring. As part of the art program at St. Ursula Academy, field trips to our city's fine art museums and cultural centers will be required. This allows students to apply their first-hand experience to the world around them. The Art program at St. Ursula Academy provides the elements and principles required for students to develop perception, dexterity, language and a deeper understanding of creative processes.
The Fine Arts Building at St. Ursula Academy is a work of art itself
and houses the classrooms for aspiring art students at Saint Ursula. Art
students work in several mediums and have won numerous Gold and Silver
Key Awards in the annual Scholastics Art competitions. Students from
these two programs are well-prepared for admission to prestigious
schools including DAAP (Design, Architecture, Art & Planning) college at
the University of Cincinnati, the Pratt Institute in New York, Rhode
Island School of Design and the Savannah College of Art and Design.
The SUA art program is led by art educator Kurt Nicaise.