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Welcome to our Art Room!

In the art room, students focus on creating projects from multiple medias including ceramics, painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, papier-mâché, and mixed media. Students are exposed to an extensive art vocabulary that encourages synthesis of thought, design, and practice. The students will learn about why different cultures create art and how these cultures shape the way students view their own world. The students will also study local artists, contemporary artists, outsider artists, and artists that have made a lasting impact on our world today.

Our school now has two public art installations created by students working with Chicago artists Ginny Sykes and Phil Schuster. Ginny Sykes directed the creation of a two-story tile mosaic that greets our community as they enter the main door. Phil Schuster taught students how to create cment conifers, tile bonsai trees, and a stunning pagoda that enhances our Asian garden. Please stop by the front of the school and admire the new art!

 
Franklin Fine Arts Center, a CPS Magnet School • 225 West Evergreen Avenue • Chicago, Illinois 60610
Phone: 773-534-8510 • Fax: 773-534-8022