The Fine Arts department is a collection of disciplines that share an underlying philosophy. Concepts are presented as interdisciplinary whenever possible. Technical skills which are discipline-specific are presented by demonstration and explanation, followed by student practice with individual or sectional coaching. Examples are drawn from other students’ work, video and audio recordings, guest artists, etc. Students informally critique their own and their peers' work during and at the completion of each project and performance. Courses are structured by skill development, and/or a combination of chronology and themes. Students are held to rigorous standards by teachers who are themselves practitioners in their fields. There are many wonderful Fine Arts performance photos at Branson's photo-sharing website.
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Summer Arts at Branson
Art and Ecology: Printing and the Natural World (June 17th-21st)
Modern Jazz Dance Summer Workshop (June 17th-20th)
Theater Sports (July 8th-12th)
Intro to Digital Media (The Computer as a Creative Tool (July 22nd-25th)
Public Speaking (July 15th - 19th)