Visual Art at Northern

The Art Department at Northern is well-known and highly regarded throughout the province of Ontario. Northern has a well-established reputation for instilling a life long interest and love for art. Northern has helped develop both well-known professional and amateur practicing artists. Northern’s reputation has been built up over the years by a consistent policy, which stresses the development of a strong base of art skills, understanding, and awareness in every student. From grade 9 through grade 12 students use creative, challenging, interesting and fun art projects as a means of enhancing their skills and love of art.

Northern’s Art Department is unique in that it offers two large and distinct programs of art study.

1. The Visual Art Program, is a comprehensive course of study which broadly explores all facets of the art experience.
2. The Art Focus Program, emphasizes expertise in specific areas of art.

Program of Study

Students are introduced to all areas of art studies available at Northern in Grade 9.  Students will become familiar with a variety of mediums, tools, processes and technologies to create art works. It emphasizes the Ministry’s expectations by being organized into three distinct strands: Theory, Creation and Analysis. They will then choose the two programs of art study, The Visual Art Program or the Art Focus Program.

More details can be found in the following document: Why take Art at Northern