Visual Arts

The Arvada West High School Visual Arts Department strives to provide students with the skills needed to master their chosen medium while preparing them for workplace readiness to pursue a career in the visual arts.

Two-Dimensional Art Courses 

• 2D Arts Beginning

• Drawing Intermediate

• Painting Intermediate

• 2D Arts Advanced

• AP 2D Art and Design 

• AP Drawing

Three-Dimensional Art Courses

• Beginning Ceramics

• ART1703- Ceramics II (Intermediate level)*  

• ART1704- Ceramics III (Advanced level)*

• ART1110- Art Appreciation (Studio level)*

• AP3D Design (Ceramics) 

• Jewelry Beginning

• Jewelry Intermediate

• Jewelry Advanced 

• Sculpture Beginning

• Sculpture Intermediate

• Sculpture Advanced

  * designates a 3-credit concurrent enrollment with Red Rocks Community College

Digital Art and Photgraphy Courses

• Digital Photography Beginning *

• Digital Photography Intermediate *

• Digital Photography Advanced *

• Graphic Design and Illustration Beginning *

• Graphic Design and Illustration Intermediate *

• Graphic Design and Illustration Advanced *

  * designates a CTE course

Visual arts programs are an integral part of the core curriculum offered at every Jeffco school. 

Jeffco Public Schools provides high-quality instruction, emphasizing a balance of studio art creation, critique and analysis and history. Students receive a curriculum based on the Colorado Academic Standards in drawing, painting, printmaking, mixed media, digital media, sculpture and ceramics.