Creating Beauty through Fine Art

Everyone is an artist. Throughout the school day, students learn to see beauty all around – in their surroundings, in other people, and in the artwork that lines the school halls. While developing an appreciation for beauty, students receive focused instruction to create their own works of art.

Seventh- and eighth-grade students begin building skills in studio art. High school students take studio art and art history classes in both eleventh and twelfth grade. At this stage of their artistic journeys, students have received rich exposure to well-regarded works of art and in-depth training in a full spectrum of art techniques. They are ready to showcase all they have learned in culminating projects: a master copy of a famous painting and an acrylic self-portrait. See two beautiful examples above.

Dramas: A Full-Scale Production

All MacLaren students take drama in eleventh and twelfth grades. The ultimate goal of the drama program is to take a great story and tell it beautifully via an ensemble production.

To that end, students participate in creating dramatic performance with their voices, bodies, movement, and production skills. The students take part in all aspects of the production including acting, set design, costume design, lighting, and poster design.

Senior Dramas this year have included performances of Julius Caesar and The Winter's Tale.

The Arts

Through the arts, reality is re-created and expressed anew, enabling us to see, feel, and understand things in new and deeper ways. The arts also provide beauty and refresh our souls.

Our fine arts program allows students to create as well as to appreciate beautiful things. This development of the aesthetic dimension of the whole person has three expressions: art (including art history), music, and drama. 

Join us for

Spring Fine Arts Night

We can't wait to have you fill the seats in the great hall of the Pikes Peak Center as our students take to the stage once again for Spring Fine Arts Night on Friday, May 2! Doors open at 5:30 p.m. We look forward to seeing you there!