Visual Arts

Visitors to Tatnall can enjoy our students' creative efforts as artwork adorns virtually every hallway throughout the school year.     

The art program philosophy is that students learn by doing. Extensive arts facilities including separate Preschool, Lower, Middle, and Upper School studios allow students to explore a variety of media from drawing to sculpture to computer-based graphic design. Two highlights of the visual arts program are the All-School Art Show in April and the Honor's Art  Show in May.

The Tatnall art curriculum emphasizes the education of the art student's imagination. Our art faculty believes that the critical process, which is inherent in all artistic endeavors, has a positive influence on the development and stimulation of the imagination. Tatnall's art curriculum provides students with experiences that promote the creative use of materials and develop skills and techniques using a variety of media. Tatnall art students learn the vocabulary and historical context of specific media, subjects and styles. The artwork they produce is a result of each individual's ability to think creatively, to solve problems, and to evaluate.