NOTRE DAME BELMONT
Visual and Performing Arts
Express yourself like a Tiger.
Art has the potential to expand and transform every Tiger in miraculous ways. Many NDB students share their artistic skills with their peers and have an opportunity to teach others. Some students arrive feeling as if they are not creative, only to find an opportunity to unleash a talent they had only imagined! NDB students explore a variety of artistic mediums including drawing, painting, printmaking, dance, theatre, video production, photography and graphic design. No matter what career our students choose, whether it be the arts, education or medicine, NDB’s Visual and Performing Arts program empowers students to learn to express themselves and utilize design thinking that can be applied to all aspects of life.
Arts Concentration
Launching with the Class of 2028, the Arts Concentration immerses students in creative expression in the classroom, on the stage and in the studio. Students explore historical and cultural meanings of art to intensify visual perceptions. Students gain insight into the technical processes involved in the production of art while they learn how to both express and create something greater than themselves, in and out of the classroom.
Who is an Arts Tiger?
An Arts Tiger doesn’t quite “fit the mold,” their expansive mind wildly beautiful and unique. Quirky, imaginative and creative, the mind of an Arts Tiger is visionary. Whether they are drawing a scene created from the depths of their mind or acting out the experience of a charismatic, complex character in a play, an Arts Tiger is expressive and dynamic. Unapologetically innovative, an Arts Tiger paints their own path and expresses themselves without limitations.
Arts Concentration Students Develop:
- An understanding of art history
- Skills to conduct the technical processes involved in the production of art
- Confidence to express themselves in innovative ways
- Exposure to all facets of film; language, genre and visual and narrative structures
- Creative self-expression
Courses and Opportunities
The Luggage Project
“'What would you take with you if you had to leave home and could only take three things?' This was the question asked of beginning sculpture students at Notre Dame Belmont by sculpture teacher, Ms. Kuntz. Students designed a piece of luggage with three meaningful objects to place inside. For many, thinking abstractly posed a challenge. How would you show your love for your family without depicting one’s family? From a childhood tree growing up and out of a suitcase, to a row of houses and three teacups—the photographs exhibited represent the work of Notre Dame Belmont students who challenged themselves to think beyond the obvious.
The Mannequin Project: Fashion as Sculpture
Fashion is in the eye of the beholder. This Sculpture II assignment asks students to bring fashion and sculpture together using found materials based on a personal theme. Each of the final art pieces displays a vision of the world we live in.
Fall Play Ghostlight
Spring Musical Matilda
Tri-School Productions
Live theatre offers the best of both worlds to students who are interested in the performing arts and in technical design. Tri-School Productions students shine on stage and unleash their creativity by participating in the fall play and the spring musical. There are numerous opportunities to act, sing, dance and help by building sets, sewing costumes, and working on lighting and sound.
NDB InStep Dance Company
The NDB InStep Dance Company provides a professional dance experience for students like no other. Students choreograph numerous dances that are performed for the school community, at Open House and more.
Winter Dance Assembly
Nothing gets us in the holiday spirit like our musical theatre and dance students! NDB InStep Dance Company and dance levels I-IV performed fun dances and skits for the student body.
Career Examples:
Choreographer
Graphic designer
Photographer
Videographer
Actress
Dancer
Evening of the Arts
An Evening of the Arts features 25+ live performance pieces by the InStep Dance Company and dance levels I-IV, musical theatre performances and an art and sculpture showcase.
