Oceana High School

All Visual and Performing Arts Courses

Theater Arts 1

Theater Arts is designed to provide a rigorous and enjoyable foundational drama experience. It is set up to introduce students to several theater techniques while exploring a variety of theater styles and some theater history. Students often find this class really helps overcome fear of public speaking. The course is structured in two main ways:

‘Ensemble’ - Students work in pairs or groups to create performances. For example, students will learn about and record an Old Time Radio play, such as Popeye, and create one-act plays based on short stories.

‘Solo’ - Students work on monologues (audition monologues as well as self-written ones) to be performed for the class.

Visual Arts 1

Visual Arts is designed to provide a rigorous and  enjoyable foundational arts experience. It is set up to introduce students to several techniques while exploring a variety of concepts. We work with a range of media to create sculpture and two-dimensional works of art.  The course is split into two units: ‘Self’ and ‘Society’.  ‘Self’ explores personal themes.  ‘Society’ focuses on culture and history. Students do not have to possess natural talent to do well in Visual Arts. All students have equal opportunity to succeed provided they try hard and show interest.

Visual Arts 2

Advanced Visual Arts is designed to provide further opportunities for students who have a keen interest in Visual Arts to explore more sophisticated concepts and techniques. It consists of two units: ‘Mash-Up’ and ‘Highbrow vs. Lowbrow’. In the ‘Mash-Up’ unit, students explore the idea of synthesis and metamorphosis to make unusual works of art. During the ‘Howbrow vs. Lowbrow’ unit, students make art that blurs the line between popular culture and works of art that are considered more traditional. Students taking this course need to be  self-directed and willing to push their creativity to new levels.