A wide variety of art offerings are available at each of the IUSD high schools. Courses are offered in: crafts, graphics, introduction to graphics design and production, screen printing, applied graphics, beginning photography, intermediate photography, studio photography, drawing and painting, life drawing, portfolio preparation, studio art, ceramics on a variety of levels, studio ceramics and ceramic sculpture. Classes are also available on a limited basis in advanced placement studio art and advanced placement art history. From this selection of courses, students can take art for enrichment or extensive classes in preparation for an art major in college.
Student art work is shown in a wide variety of juried art shows throughout the county, such as Color It Orange, Imagination Celebration, Laguna Festival of the Arts, the Orange County Fair, and the Irvine Fine Arts Center.
The high school art teachers and students are very highly regarded throughout the county, and students from our high schools receive scholarships to the Southern California Art Institute, California College of Art and Crafts, and other prestigious universities and art schools.
For more information regarding specific programs available at various schools, contact your school's arts teacher by clicking here.