From early January to mid-February, EA was thrilled to have Sarah Bourne Rafferty, the owner of Atwater Designs, on campus as a visiting artist. As both the featured artist in the Crawford Campus Center Gallery and a week-long guest instructor in the classroom, Sarah not only displayed some of her beautiful pieces in the Learning to Listen: Original Cyanotypes exhibition for the EA community but also got to teach the blue-and-white cyanotype process to Upper School Photo III, IV, and V students.
Visual Arts
From paint and sculpture to photography and design, The Episcopal Academy's Department of Visual Arts encourages critical thinking and creative expression.
Our dedicated faculty are masters in their craft, and believe that a visual arts education must be student-centered and collaborative in spirit.
Episcopal's excellent facilities provide students with every opportunity to build a strong portfolio and develop a personal voice. Students enjoy producing and appreciating visual art in five spacious studios, a darkroom, graphics lab, and wood shop.
Additionally, the Crawford Campus Center Gallery provides the opportunity for students to expand their appreciation of the arts through ongoing exhibitions from both peers and nationally-renowned artists.
Studying art provides me with the courage to challenge my perceptions of the world and make a bold statement.
– Amalie Hipp, Class of 2018
News
Tavis Sanders '26 got to experience the Philadelphia Eagles Super Bowl LIX Parade & Celebration up close and personal through an entirely different lens than most: his Canon EOS 5D Mark III camera.
Lower Schoolers drew inspiration from the work of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's iconic "All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins" Infinity Room to bring their unique interpretation to life with Pumpkinfinity.
Senior Jack Gallagher is kicking off the 2024-25 Crawford Campus Center Gallery season with Mbi ri nawa (I'm doing alright), a photography showcase of his National Geographic Expedition to Namibia—a country located on the southwestern coast of Africa—this past summer.
The incredible talents of EA student artists are showcased during the annual Dora Khayatt Art Competition each spring. For this year's competition, Upper School students submitted more than 100 pieces of artwork for consideration in four categories: woodworking, photography, 3D, and 2D. The 2024 award winners were announced at the start of ArtsFest on Friday, April 26.
Senior Gracie O'Neill has been fascinated with photography for as long as she can remember. Her work is now featured in the Crawford Campus Gallery.
The creative sculptures of nine Upper School students from the Honors 3-D Design IV class are now featured on pedestals in the Crawford Campus Center Gallery for a new pop-up show, The Space Within.
In an effort to have the entire school come together and unite as one in a creative fashion, the Visual Arts Department led the charge in an all-school art exhibition, "commUNITY," now hanging in the Crawford Campus Center Gallery.
Photography before the digital age is hard to imagine for many young photographers whose camera of choice is often their phone. Students in Ellen Erickson's Honors Photography IV class journeyed back to the mid-1800s to learn about the birth of photography.