艺术

Berkeley offers a wide array of opportunities in the visual and performing arts, providing students with a whole new level of training—hands-on classes in state-of-the-art facilities with professional-level equipment and software. 在这里你会发现:

• Outstanding Courses and Clubs: By taking visual arts courses and joining clubs, students develop skills in design principles as they prepare presentations and portfolios. In theatre and music courses and clubs, students rehearse for a variety of public performances. Through Berkeley’s arts curriculum, students are encouraged to embrace their creativity, hone an individual aesthetic, and take on leadership roles as curators, 董事, 导体, 舞蹈指导, 和更多的.

• 有经验的教师: Our passionate faculty are all professionals in their industries and practicing artists who bring real-world experience to the classroom.

• 无与伦比的资源: Whether a student wants to play the bagpipes, try woodworking in the Smith Fabrication Studio, deliver a monologue in the Berkman Flex工作室 (a black box theatre), film a video using a green screen, 无伴奏合唱, join an after-school club on making comic books, or learn how to use a pottery wheel, Berkeley provides artistic experiences that you won’t find at many other schools.

• 获奖及表彰: Students at Berkeley are consistently honored for their top-notch work and have won Broadway Star of the Future awards, 学习艺术 & Writing Awards, All-State music recognition, 和更多的.

• Impressive Guest Speakers: Faculty often bring in amazing artists and performers from around the globe for lectures, Q&和大师班. Guests in recent years include: the touring cast of Hamilton, Broadway actor Jeffery Binder (“The Lion King”), Jason Burnett (ceramic surface design and image transfer), 版画街艺术家. Pete letterpress printing, Taylor Robenalt (Taylor Robenalt Ceramics), Matt Schiemann (Matthew Schiemann Pottery), Francesco Lietti (muralist), Tobias Haunhorst (pianist), and Alyssa Jones (Director of Vocal Ensembles at USF).

• An 校友 Network at 艺术-Focused Colleges and Universities: Berkeley graduates have received scholarships and admission to many arts-focused colleges and universities, including: Belmont University, David Geffen School of Drama at Yale University, 缅因艺术学院 & 设计, New York University Tisch School of the 艺术, Parsons School of 设计, the Rhode Island School of 设计, 萨凡纳艺术学院 & 设计, University of Westminster (Fashion 设计 Honors), 和更多的.

At Berkeley, the arts are celebrated, and performances and exhibitions attract huge audiences. Students feel that their work matters, and driven by a desire for artistic excellence, they are able to stretch themselves in a supportive environment.