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Fine Arts

AHA Fine Arts

In AHA’s fine arts program, scholars unleash their God-given talents through music, theater, visual arts, and more. Guided by passionate mentors, they create, perform, and express their creativity in ways that inspire and uplift.

Art

Our art program is designed to inspire creativity within each child. Scholars enjoy a fun and enriching experience as they take on many different art forms. The art class is designed to ensure that scholars learn the basic art elements while creating works of their own. It is our goal that scholars feel confident in their creative abilities and takes pride in their work.

Scholars use a variety of media including chalk and oil pastels, liquid and dry water colors, tempera paint, clay, paper mache, recycled art, and many more. The artists’ works are studied including the techniques used. Scholars then apply what they learn to recreate their own versions of famous masterpieces.

Theater

American Heritage Academy’s Theater department offers scholars access to the collaborative nature of theatre through the integration of creative, analytical and character based performances. By studying the world of theatre traditions, American Heritage Academy theater scholars will gain the ability to learn self-discovery, critical thinking, take action on their ideas and responsibilities, develop self-esteem and values that will lead them to a collegial environment in future avenues.

Scholars that participate in American Heritage Academy productions will have an opportunity to learn the following: Acting, design, stage management, arts management, technical areas, character development and directing. Our productions also serve as creative activities for scholars and enjoyable, thought-provoking entertainment for audiences.

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SHAKESPEARE

Next to the Bible, Shakespeare offers our children the richest and most lasting experience with language and literature. Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies, and histories create a threshold from which our children pass into a new realm of language mastery. The great joy of Shakespeare is that his works were meant to be heard and seen, not just read. Even the youngest children delight in acting out famous scenes from the plays and can develop a love of the Bard and cultivate a taste for the great classic tradition in theater.

MUSICAL THEATER

Every season at American Heritage Academy we include one musical. Broadway Musicals have been a part of the history of America since the late 1800’s. Musicals are a part of our season lineup to enrich our scholars talents. Musicals offer the opportunity for scholars to develop their talents in three fields: acting, dancing and singing. The triple threat.

We encourage all who attend our school to audition for all of our productions to help them acquire the team like atmosphere that comes from being a part of theatrical performances.

MUSIC/CHOIR

Using the Orff Schulwerk approach, scholars are introduced to the foundations of music. Based on the natural play of children, scholars are led to learning through rhymes, chants, dancing, and keeping a beat.

Instrumental exploration using Orff instruments* and non-pitched percussion are woven together with folk dance, role play, story re-enactment, solo and group singing.

Music educator and author, Jane Frazee, defines the Orff classroom as follows:

“Orff Schulwerk music instruction inspires young musicians to make and understand the art of music by creating their own original songs, dances, and instrumental pieces. The tasks presented are musical ones. But more is happening in the Orff classroom than an elementary interplay between scholar and music. Activities that are characteristic of what all musicians do: perform, improvise, compose, listen, and analyze are the foundation of the Orff Schulwerk approach. While participating in these activities Orff scholars are also thinking and behaving in ways that relate not only to learning about music but also to learning about anything.For instance, scholars learn to express their musical ideas and they learn the necessity of remembering those ideas. Scholars also learn to explore new possibilities, to analyze them, to revise and refine them and to cooperate with others while doing so. None of this is possible without concentration on the tasks at hand. In fact, so important are these non-musical opportunities that the better scholars perform them the better they will grasp the musical ones. The Orff classroom is therefore a place where scholars learn about music by making and inventing it. But in addition –and this is of crucial importance –they also are learning and practicing other essential learning skills as well. These skills transfer to other disciplines and to future work and play.”