Visual Arts Department
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VISUAL ARTS at Northwest is a creative, vibrant environment where students and staff are passionate about nurturing and growing their art and preparing for a lifetime of creative work.
Led by award-winning teachers and practicing professionals, student artists can immerse themselves in the study and practice of visual arts. Along the way, they gain practical skills, explore the intellectual ideas behind artistic expression and develop their own creative powers.
Middle school students are immersed in broad, year-long visual arts foundation classes, while high school students explore a range of visual arts disciplines not matched in depth and breadth by any other school in the district.
At Northwest, artists can discover their true potential
Course offerings in Visual Arts at Northwest include:
- Ceramics
- Drawing
- Fiber and Metal Arts
- Jewelry
- Painting
- Photography
- Printmaking
- Sculpture
- Studio arts
- AP Art History
- AP Studio Art
Visit the NWSA Visual Arts Booster to stay up-to-date with all things VISUAL at NWSA!
Visual Arts Teachers
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Nannette Goodman
Ms. Goodman is a second year Visual Arts teacher at Northwest School of the Arts teaching 6th and 7th grade art along with High School Photography.
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Fillisha Khan
Fillisha has been a Visual Arts teacher for the past 12 years. She currently teaches 2-D Art, Beginning Art, 7th Grade Art Majors, and Printmaking. This is her first year at NWSA.
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Elizabeth Schmit
Visual Arts Teacher since 2009, at NWSA since 2018, Department Chair since 2021. Subjects taught: AP Art History, Metal and Fiber Arts BIPA, Sculpture BIPA, Visual Arts 6-8th, Ceramics BIPA.
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Bryan M. Wilson
Mr. Wilson is a Visual Arts Educator and practicing Visual Artist. This is his eighth year at NWSA, but he is an eighteen-year teaching veteran. He has previously served as art department chair but is the current AP Art and Design Lead.