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GFPS Art Department - We Are the Solution!

All kids are engaged in learning today... for life tomorrow!

2012 Great Falls Public Schools and Paris Gibson Square Museum of Art

Artist in Residence Program: Call for Applications

GFPS All-City Art Show Video on SchoolTube

SAT Score of Students in the Arts

Absolutely fascinating data in support of the Arts (Music, Visual Arts, Theatre/Drama, and Dance)

Coursework in high school	Critical Reading	Mathematics	Writing
Acting or Play Production	541	532	531
Art History or Appreciation	506	511	498
Dance	496	498	497
Drama: Study or Appreciation	521	514	512
Music: Study or Appreciation	533	535	524
Music Performance	529	537	521
Photography or Film	517	520	508
Studio Art and Design	520	526	512
No Arts	475	497		464

2009 National Total Group Seniors SAT Scores

Source: The College Board, College Bound Seniors Report

http://professionals.collegeboard.com/data-reports-research/sat/cb-seniors-2009

If you have questions about the district music and art programs call or e-mail:

Gaye Lynn Johnson (gaye_lynn_johnson@gfps.k12.mt.us),

Music and art department secretary at 268-6079 or

Ed Varner (ed_varner@gfps.k12.mt.us),

Supervisor of Music and Art Education

Great Falls Public Schools
406-268-6079
ed_varner@gfps.k12.mt.us

Coming Soon

2011/2012 District Art Shows

Date	Event/School
Oct. 26th – Dec. 13th	DOB - NMS
Dec. 14th – Jan. 23rd	DOB - EMS
Jan. 25th – March 5th	DOB - Elementary
March 7th – April 23rd	DOB – GFH
April 19th – May 25th Reception 4/19,4:30pm-6:30pm	All-City Art Show @ PGSMOA
April 25th – June 4th	DOB – CMR/PGEC
May 2012 - TBA	Faculty Art Show @ GFHS Dahl Gallery
Summer 2012	TBA

Current Shows

GFHS Student exhibit at the DOB
Faculty Art Show @ GFHS Dahl Gallery

Art is knowledge made visible. It is conscious human expression in visual form. It is essential to the understanding of and participation in our increasingly complex and interdependent society.

In a complex visual world where perception and reality are often in conflict, art offers the experiences necessary to observe and to extract the essence of the physical world and to translate its component into works of art.

We believe that every student must be involved in a series of continual and sequential art education experiences as part of the total educational program.