Visual Arts
THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE FINEST WORKS OF MAN'S CREATIVE SPIRIT ARE NECESSARY FOR A COMPLETE EDUCATION.
Effective instruction in the visual arts provides the student with technical skills and motivation to develop an awareness of his environment and to increase his aesthetic and cultural understanding.
The Visual Arts Curriculum organized at Briarcrest Christian Schools is both vertical and horizontal in approach. Visual Artists/Art Educators, Tonya Loyd (Elementary School), Sarah Lawler Clark (Middle School) and Jenna Fergus (High School) contribute their individual discipline-based curricula to formulate a balanced and age-appropriate art experience for all students.
Through the implementation of a cross-cultural and cross-curricular based approach, each instructor intentionally connects art history and art making to Math, Science, History and Writing. The visual arts are taught from a biblical perspective relating art production to art history, criticism and aesthetics.
![A tiger walks through a jungle.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1633400254/briarcrestcom/qcegejhzyatginbzccac/VisualArt_Elementary.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1633400254/briarcrestcom/qcegejhzyatginbzccac/VisualArt_Elementary.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1633400254/briarcrestcom/qcegejhzyatginbzccac/VisualArt_Elementary.jpg","width":759}])
Elementary School
Elementary students ages 3-year-old Kindergarten through fifth grade are introduced to a variety of artists, art elements and principles, techniques and materials throughout the school year.
![A still life of bananas, an apple and a lime.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1633400254/briarcrestcom/epkerymtfszuiugy6fgi/VisualArt_MiddleSchool.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1633400254/briarcrestcom/epkerymtfszuiugy6fgi/VisualArt_MiddleSchool.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1633400254/briarcrestcom/epkerymtfszuiugy6fgi/VisualArt_MiddleSchool.jpg","width":759}])
Middle School
Our students compete and win in art exhibitions around our community as well as regionally in the state of Tennessee.
![A painting of half of a human body, half of a skeleton.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1633400254/briarcrestcom/li95xwhq7twadnwyxw9w/VisualArt_HighSchool.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1633400254/briarcrestcom/li95xwhq7twadnwyxw9w/VisualArt_HighSchool.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1633400254/briarcrestcom/li95xwhq7twadnwyxw9w/VisualArt_HighSchool.jpg","width":759}])
High School
Visual art at Briarcrest is all about learning the full process of making art. Creating is taught as a two-fold process: strong content, communicated through expressive and accurate composing, and careful, intentional craftsmanship.
Great Works of the Heart
Great Works of the Heart is a celebration of the fine arts of Briarcrest Christian High school and Middle school.
Each year students are honored with medals that signify their devotion to excellence in Visual Arts, Literary Arts with a focus on Desiderata, the school’s literary magazine, theater arts, choral music, instrumental music and studio band.
This album exhibits the winners of the Best Visual Arts at every level. Congratulations 2022 Art Students!!! We look forward to all you will do in 2023!
Great Works of the Heart - 2022 Album
![Jenna Fergus Places FIRST in the TAEA Member Exhibition]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1651681485/briarcrestcom/le6gcv2jscf8hkvusyxi/Art_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1651681485/briarcrestcom/le6gcv2jscf8hkvusyxi/Art_1.jpg","width":365}])
Jenna Fergus Places FIRST in the TAEA Member Exhibition
![2021 Briarcrest Scholastic Art Winners]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1641919773/briarcrestcom/hb9j0fe6erpjqkazza1h/ScholasticArtAwards.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1641919773/briarcrestcom/hb9j0fe6erpjqkazza1h/ScholasticArtAwards.jpg","width":364}])
Congratulations to our 2021 Scholastic Art Award Winners! We are so proud of all that our students has accomplished this year!
![Briarcrest Delta Fair Winners!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1635353435/briarcrestcom/rgdcjsiixjnjyqq7qvsl/090721_DeltaFair.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1635353435/briarcrestcom/rgdcjsiixjnjyqq7qvsl/090721_DeltaFair.jpg","width":364}])
Congratulations to all the entrants in this year’s Delta Fair Student Art Contest!!