Our belief that all students can be artists is actually an idea about personal growth and process. Creative thinking, self-expression, and encountering the challenges of an art form empower students to be creative and confident in all areas of life. Milton challenges students to develop and to apply their skills at a high level in the many visual arts courses. We ask each student to “see more,” to think creatively, to apply energy to expressing ideas, to grow from criticism, and to expect that virtually every piece of work will be exhibited. No student can “speak” clearly or dramatically without learning visual language. At Milton, beauty and truth are not abstractions but rather the raw material for artistic expressions—in the traditional forms of drawing, painting, or sculpture, or in the contemporary terms of digital photography or architectural design. Our students ask and answer important questions about themselves and their world, and art is the tool that they use.
