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Fine Arts
GUHSD provides a complete Fine Arts Program curriculum comprised
of both Performing and Visual
Arts course offerings. All offerings meet the Arizona
Board of Regent's Fine Arts requirement and are offered contingent
upon sufficient enrollment.
The Fine Arts coordinator is Barbara
Dahlstedt.
Performing Arts
- Instrumental Music course offerings include band, guitar,
jazz ensemble, orchestra and piano. Students learn and utilize
the fundamentals of music notation, music reading skills,
tone production and intonation, elements of music theory
and listening as well as development of proper attitude
with emphasis on group participation.
- Vocal Music offers opportunities in choir, concert choir,
and vocal ensemble. Students learn the basic fundamentals
of vocal production and part-singing as well as music notation
and sight singing.
Participation in a variety of district, regional and state
competitions serves as a highlight for student learning and
achievement in both programs.
- Dance offers students experiences in a variety of dance
forms that may include jazz, modern, ballet, lyrical, musical
theatre, tap and ethnic. Students participate in fitness
and conditioning exercises, floor combinations, and dance
routines which develop balance, strength, flexibility, coordination,
agility, line and body control, rhythmical accuracy and
versatility through participation, observation and self-evaluation.
Students Learn Dance Skills
at Symposium
- Theatre Arts provide learning in the elements of theatrical
arts through experience with acting, technical theatre,
history, directing, and drama as literature. A variety of
techniques are offered and may include mime, improvisation,
make-up, lights, sound, stagecraft, and set design. Individual
growth is encouraged through participation in and attendance
at productions, written work, outside reading and personal
interest.
Visual Arts
All Visual Art course offerings emphasize learning the Elements
of Art and Principles of Design as specifically related to
their content.
- Art is offered throughout all four years including Art
1-2 and 3-4, Advanced Art, and Advanced Placement Art. A
variety of media is used including pencil, ink, watercolor,
and paint. Instruction focuses on color theory, perspective,
lettering, design, drawing, and painting with skill refinement
increasing throughout the continuum of the course(s).
- Three-Dimensional Design offers students the opportunity
to work with a variety of media including clay, wire, papier
mache, soft sculpture, found objects, plaster, wood, metal
or stone. Throughout the year the student's work is compiled
in a portfolio. This course may be repeated for credit.
- Photography 1-2 and 3-4 instructs students in photo-theory,
lighting techniques, darkroom practices, display fundamentals
and photo criticism through opportunities with picture taking,
film processing and making enlargements. Further exploration
enables students to explore careers in which photography
plays a prominent role.
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