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Fine Arts Department

The Fine Arts program supports the development of both visual and performing artists working in a wide range of media from music, theater, dance, ceramics, photography, digital design, painting, drawing, and printmaking.

Our teachers have developed a creative curriculum, enabling girls to materialize their visions, project their voices, find solutions to complex problems, and to think critically about their experiences.

Foxcroft teachers foster a safe and accepting environment where students can take creative risks that build their confidence and tap into their unique abilities. They develop the power to express themselves in terms of their identities and their relationship to the world around them. The results of this learning and growth process are on full display when students participate in the Artists in Middleburg annual show at a local art gallery or engage in Foxcroft School’s annual Arts Week, a spring celebration of all art forms at Foxcroft.

The program instills a life-long passion for the arts and encourages students to pursue personal and professional endeavors that can contribute to their own well-being and that of their broader communities. The skills they gain in collaboration and communication prepare them well beyond their high school years as they enter an ever-expanding job market of innovative careers.

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Explore Our Fine Arts Course Offerings

Portrait of a Fine Arts Graduate

At the completion of the Fine Arts program at Foxcroft, a graduate…

...thinks critically to evaluate experiences, connect knowledge, and find solutions to complex problems. 
...creates personally meaningful works of art that exhibit technical precision and creative vision.
...communicates boldly by projecting her voice with passion and confidence.

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Critical Thinking

  • Investigates, responds to, and evaluates works of art using the process of inquiry.

  • Experiments, takes risks, and identifies learning from mistakes and as an essential part of the creative process.

  • Examines and connects how artists from various cultures contribute to the arts, history, and human experience.

  • Recognizes how creativity and innovation support a variety of disciplines and career paths beyond the arts.

Creation

  • Develops skills through steady practice, refinement and reflection.

  • Researches and experiments with a wide range of tools, materials, processes and techniques.

  • Explores personal experiences and identities to generate original ideas.

Communication

  • Curates and arranges a collection of work to display or perform.

  • Works confidently in both independent and collaborative settings.

  • Presents art forms in a deliberate manner to convey meaning.

  • Documents and articulates personal growth and development.

Meet Our Fine Arts Faculty

Deborah Balcom

Deborah Balcom

Job Title: Chorale Director/Music Coordinator/Private Music Lessons
Degree(s): M.M., Northwestern University
B.S., Nazareth College
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Julie Fisher

Julie Fisher

Job Title: Director of STEAM Education; Department Chair, Fine Arts; Yearbook Advisor
Degree(s): M.F.A., New Hampshire Institute of Art
B.F.A., James Madison University
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Ginny Riley

Ginny Riley

Job Title: Digital Media Specialist and Video Production Teacher
Degree(s): M.F.A., Boston University
B.A., Virginia Tech
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Nance Sweet

Nance Sweet

Job Title: Art & Ceramics Teacher
Degree(s): M.A.Ed., University of Central Florida
B.F.A., University of Central Florida
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Karin Thorndike

Karin Thorndike

Job Title: Fine Arts, Dorm Parent
Degree(s): B.A., Roger Williams College
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