Visual

Artwork lines the hallways and fills the shelves

Charlotte Latin is home to a nationally recognized Visual Arts program, where creativity flourishes and artistic expression is celebrated from kindergarten through twelfth grade.

Our program is renowned for its commitment to fostering a love of art, nurturing talent and providing students with a strong foundation in the visual arts. With a team of dedicated and experienced art educators, six studios, and a curriculum that integrates traditional techniques with contemporary practices, we offer students the opportunity to reach their full creative potential. 

Our Lower School art curriculum is intentionally crafted and developed. Students learn form, style and technique through instruction. Leaving no stone unturned, when our teachers introduce a new art form, they also teach students about the time and period from whence it comes, and illuminating biographical or cultural information. With such thorough, but age appropriate, review, our students develop a strong sense of design, color, and texture, with no fear to explore or try new things.

As our students progress through Latin’s art program, they hone their individual acumen and develop their unique skill sets. In Middle and Upper School, where students can choose electives, art is always hugely popular. In eighth grade, students independently design their course in the visual arts and are free to sculpt, paint, draw, design, or photograph any subject area and in any genre they find interesting. With input from the teachers, students continue to develop techniques and style but they are not bound by a conventional or prescribed course of study. This freedom to explore creates a type of student leadership and engagement that annually results in regionally and nationally acclaimed work.

Student Art Work

See more on our Student Online Gallery