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.
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
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.
In keeping with tradition, the works of an EA alum kicked off the opening of the Crawford Campus Center Gallery for the new school year. Pieces designed and sculpted by Theo Vadot '19 fill the gallery with his exhibit, titled Open- Cumulative Works, 2019-2022.
Every spring, the outstanding talents of EA student-artists are showcased during the annual Dora Khayatt Art Competition. This year, Upper School students submitted more than 100 pieces of artwork for consideration in four categories–woodworking, photography, 3D, and 2D. The 2023 award winners were announced at the start of ArtsFest on Monday, April 24.
As the concluding piece of her Lilley Fellowship, senior Ashley Kim took the findings from her months-long research on sustainable fashion and brought it to life for students and faculty alike in her pop-up Crawford Campus Center Gallery show, Threads.
When Upper School Photography Teacher Ellen Erikson asked her Honors III students what else they wanted to learn this semester, they suggested underwater photography.