Fine Arts
Wayland Academy recognizes the aesthetic, intrinsic and educational value of including the Fine Arts in a comprehensive learning experience.
Visual Arts classes help to develop students' personal artistic styles, artistic techniques for the different art media, and the ability to judge and evaluate great art. Students are encouraged to develop their area(s) of interest and try new art media.
Music at Wayland encourages individual and group learning. The students study different musical styles, develop techniques for their own instruments and/or voices, learn to evaluate music, learn practice and performance techniques and develop their own stage presence for solo and ensemble performing.
The Dramatic Productions throughout the year allow students to explore all aspects of theater. Students study various acting techniques, playwriting, proper vocal production, directing, props, lighting, costuming and set building and design. Traditional three-act plays, student written one-act plays, poetry readings, readers' theater, and Broadway musicals are all performed during the school year.
Fine Arts Calendar
The direct phone line to teacher extensions is 920-356-2120. To email a teacher, click his or her name.
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Chair of Fine Arts, Music Ext. 229 M.M.Ed. - VanderCook College of Music B.M. - Saint Norbert College |
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Fine Arts (Visual) and Director of Swan Library Ext. 250 B.A. - University of Minnesota - Twin Cities "Wayland is my home. It has been the greatest honor to live and work here, to give back to the community that gave so much to me." |
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Instrumental Music Ext. 203 B.A. - St. Olaf College "It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself." -Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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Artist-in-Residence, Professional Artist Ext. 215 B.S. - University of Wisconsin - Madison website: www.terrillknaack.com |
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Vocal Music and Choir Director Ext. 254 B.S. - Central Connecticut State University "I love that Wayland is a melting pot of cultures having students from all over the world. This allows me to teach music of different cultures and genres to give our students a diverse range in repertoire." |