Arts

Visual Art

Creativity Opens Doors

Art Opens Eyes

The visual art program at CSW inspires and challenges every student — of any skill level— to dig deep and access their artistic voice. Our teachers help students uncover and nurture that potential with strong foundational and advanced courses in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, filmmaking and digital art.

We encourage our students to take courses from a variety of visual art disciplines, including 2D, 3D, time-based, and conceptual-based art. In these courses, students develop visual art skills, conceptual thinking, visual literacy, and sustainable studio practice. 

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Campus Galleries

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  • The Community Gallery

    The Community Gallery is a flexible exhibition space — complete with fold-out surfaces and rolling gallery walls — where we hold our regular End-of-Mod-Art Shows. 

  • The Installation Space

    The IS Gallery, or Installation Space, was conceived with the idea that art and other intellectual pursuits cannot always fit on a sheet of paper, hang alone on the wall, be static and finite or fit in a backpack.

  • The Red Wall

    The Red Wall Gallery is just what it sounds like — an expansive, curved red wall and atrium space framed by floor-to-ceiling windows allowing for stunning natural lighting. 

  • The Thompson Gallery

    The Thompson Gallery is a teaching gallery at The Cambridge School of Weston dedicated to thematic inquiry. The gallery promotes opportunities to experience contemporary art by local, national, and international artists and periodically showcases the artwork of faculty, staff, and alumni.
At CSW, art is not an isolated discipline, but a means by which ideas, events, and people can be processed, explored, and understood.

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  • After CSW

    CSW students are regularly admitted into the top art schools in the nation, including Cooper Union, Rhode Island School of Design, Art Institute of Chicago, and Massachusetts College of Art.

  • All Experience Levels Welcome

    In the Visual Art Department, courses are multi-level and we welcome students with a wide range of abilities, interests, experiences, and learning styles.

  • Art Facilities

    Our art facilities boast studio spaces, darkrooms, a multimedia lab, large-scale and 3D printers, pottery wheels, and a kiln.

  • End-of-Mod Shows

    At the end of every mod, students are invited to show their artwork in a community wide gallery exhibit, open to the full community.

  • Our Offerings

    Coursework is available in Drawing & Painting; Abstraction, Design & Process; Photography and Film; Sculpture; Culture & Concept; and Social Justice & Integrated Studies. 

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CSW—a gender-inclusive day and boarding school for grades 9-12—is a national leader in progressive education. We live out our values of inquiry-based learning, student agency, and embracing diverse perspectives in every aspect of our student experience. Young people come to CSW to learn how to learn and then put what they learn into action—essential skills they carry into their futures as doers, makers, innovators, leaders, and exceptional humans who do meaningful work in the world.