Fine Arts

At Winston, the student is the artist, and the classroom is their studio. The Winston School San Antonio Fine Arts program provides students with the opportunity to explore a variety of media as they develop their creativity, confidence, and voice. Our art program is choice based, and centers around the eight studio habits of mind. Students will learn to develop their craft, engage & persist through challenges, envision, express themselves, observe the world around them, reflect on their process, stretch themselves, and understand how the arts have shaped the past, present, and future. 

Ceramics

Lower, Middle, and Upper School students participate in our ceramics program. Our studio is equipped with two kilns, six pottery wheels, and a wide range of clay and glazes. Students will learn the basics of hand building, and begin to have access to the pottery wheels in fourth grade. 

Drama

If you are interested in learning more about the drama program or joining in on the fun, please contact Drama Teacher Patrick Villalpando at pvillalpando@winston-sa.org.

Music

Music can be a useful tool in helping students understand and organize their world. The music component of Winston’s Fine Arts program is designed to create a foundation in the study of music and reinforce experiential learning.

Performance, improvisation, and listening are supported by reflection and classroom discussion, affording students an opportunity to develop an appreciation of music. It also expands their comprehension in other content areas.

Music enrichment helps students strengthen their mathematical reasoning concepts, understand writing and scientific processes, and identify with world concepts such as diversity and technology.

Winston students attended the 2018 ISAS Arts Festival in The Hockaday School in Dallas, Texas. One of them performed live and received commendations from the judges for his performance.

Lower School

Lower school students have art once a week. Students learn the “Artistic Method”: Idea, Plan, Create, Reflect, and Share. Throughout the year, students will learn how to generate ideas, plan out their work, create, reflect on their process, and share what they have created. Students will learn a variety of media, but make all the decisions about their personal art process.

7th Grade Art Rotation

Seventh grade students rotate through art for a 12 week period. Students will take ownership of their creative process, choosing what they learn and which skills to develop. The 12 week course concludes with a student curated art exhibition in the library.

Art 1

Beginning with 8th grade, students may elect to take Art 1. Art 1 covers the Elements of Art, Principles of Design, and the 8 Studio Habits of Mind. Students learn how to express themselves through art, as well as how to set and achieve goals.

Advanced Art

In Advanced Art, students will dive deeper into expression and the creative process. Students will spend the year working on a portfolio around a theme, which will conclude with personal art exhibitions at the end of the year.

For more information on the photography program, please contact Chloe Eseo at ceseo@winston-sa.org.

Industrial Arts

Middle and upper school students may elect to take Metal and Woodcraft as an art elective. The students are introduced to shop safety and proper use of basic hand tools followed by power tools. Students will learn design, planning, woodworking, and metalworking while incorporating technology such as a laser and CNC to create unique projects.