ART AT OLP Inspired

Heather is a professional artist and educator who began her journey with OLP in the Spring of 2022

For a student to engage in art making gives them the potential to gain new skills as it nourishes their mind and feeds their soul. This leads to development in a wondrously complex myriad of extraordinary ways. The technicality of creating art requires a unique blend of awareness, perseverance, determination, innovation, and patience. To have students then pair this with the putting forth of their personal vision ignites a daring rambunctiousness tempered by a centered sense of knowing calm. These are the tenents of the conscious curriculum of the art program at OLP, our extraordinarily unique educational institution where we foster and greatly value our bold women of heart.

Here, students first engage in art class through the Art I and II course, which serves as an introduction to the technical fundamentals of artmaking, as well as an intensive study of the practical aspects of these fundamentals in the contemporary contexts of illustration, design, digital design, curation, and understanding visual culture (addressing the importance and power of visual art in our social media age). From here the course options branch out to a Handbuilding Ceramics and 3-D Design course, where students have the opportunity to get their hands covered in clay mud as they gain a nuanced understanding of the quirky requirements of construction with this ancient and sophisticated art medium. In this class, ultimately the clay becomes their teacher, requiring mindful serenity as creation occurs. The other courses include “Painting”, another timeless tradition whose mastery refines minds, and an advanced AP Studio Art Course, where students have an incredible amount of independence to advance in their own chosen path of visual study, while being graciously guided through relative technical