Arts Program

The arts program at Lowcountry Preparatory School is an essential education experience for all students. We recognize that the fine arts play an integral part in the development of young minds. By developing skills in visual language, music, and drama and through creative exploration, students are encouraged to become more accurate and sensitive observers of themselves and the world around them.  They are encouraged to grow in self-confidence and to understand the importance of personal experience and identity.

Through an arts-integrated education, we experience and learn to look at the world with a different perspective. Students continually acquire and improve on fundamental skills and concepts central to all art: composition, form, light, color, line, shape, texture, and related subjects.

We are proud of our art program at Lowcountry Preparatory School.   The achievements of our students occur both within school and within the outside arts community. Students have the opportunity to exhibit, compete, and perform at many local venues.  Their works can be seen at  museums, community concerts, art contests, and recitals, as well as community service related arts ventures. Our students begin at the earliest age and have opportunities to continue through their senior year.  Lowcountry Preparatory School offers a wide variety of academic and studio classes as well as clubs and chorus.

  • In visual arts, students at all grade levels work with a variety of materials and fine craft techniques.

    From learning the fundamentals of art and the principles of design to experimenting with various materials, Lowcountry Preparatory School’s visual arts program develops students’ abilities, often with award-winning results.

    Lower School
    Visual arts at the Lower School level focuses on growth, exploration, and enjoyment. Children learn the fundamental elements of art and principles of design. The art curriculum enhances the broader Lower School curriculum. We enable students to make authentic connections between their arts learning and curriculum in other areas such as science, literacy, social studies, technology, and math. Young artists develop a larger art vocabulary while investigating historical works of art, artists, and cultures.

    Middle School
    The Middle School visual arts program is centered on the development and discovery of each student’s artistic abilities within a variety of mediums. Art design principles are introduced and design elements and principles are applied. Art history and art criticism are utilized as tools for learning. They are used to appreciate former and present day cultures within the United States and throughout the world. Art is used as a basis for creative thinking, problem solving, and decision-making.

    Upper School
    Upper School students have the opportunity to take AP Visual Arts courses which include AP 2D Art and Design, AP 3D Art and Design, AP Drawing, and AP Art History. Student works are entered in various art competitions and displayed at different exhibitions throughout the year.

  • See what students are working on in their K-6 art classes.

    September 2023

  • Lowcountry Preparatory School offers a variety of experiences in the literary and performing arts.

    Students have the opportunity to show off their oratory skills at the SCISA Literary Meet in February. Students from Lower, Middle and Upper Schools compete in storytelling, poetry recitation, oral interpretation, and essay writing. This event is a longstanding SCISA tradition and is the largest of all the SCISA student events with at least 500 students competing.

    Students also are able to participate in the SCISA Dance competition typically held in February of each year, showcasing their performance abillities in ballet/pointe, jazz, hip-hop, tap, contemporary (lyrical and modern), or acrobatics.

  • In the Lower School, Lowcountry Preparatory School’s music students are introduced at age-appropriate intervals to the basic elements of music, such as rhythm, harmony, and melody. Students become familiar with various musicians, instruments, and artistic movements from across the ages. Each grade learns the fundamentals of reading and writing music. Music class also has an element of drama. Students are introduced to improvisational games and have the opportunity to audition and rehearse for roles in upcoming productions.

    The children work hard each year to put on several concerts and plays. These shows are a mixture of solo and choir performances so that students learn to explore their own creativity with confidence and appreciate others’ talents through teamwork.