Art Department Mission Statement

The visual arts are unique languages and symbol systems for communicating ideas, feelings, and different ways of knowing about oneself and the world. The visual arts engage the whole individual in the acts of creating and responding, involving the intellectual, the intuitive, the emotional, and the physical being. The visual arts provide a record of civilization through diverse cultural artifacts that reflect aspects of human thought, action, and experience, and assist students in making connections across subject matter. Importantly, the visual arts develop essential workplace qualities of teamwork, collaboration, flexibility, and appreciation and respect for others’ ideas and personal expressions. The richness of the visual arts and its contribution to thinking and learning demands that every student has access to the knowledge, skills, and understandings of visual arts education. 

The Sayville Art Program (K-12) goals include having students experience the full range of the visual arts with an emphasis on the NYS Standards for the Arts.