Prepare to Play!
As a pillar of Salem’s academic programming, the arts are featured in both its curriculum and student activities. The Arts department offers courses in theatre, visual arts, and music.
Distinctive Experiences
The Arts
Rich in Art, Rich in Humanity
The arts are an integral piece of a 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ education. The arts foster collaboration, creative thinking, and presentation skills.
Infusing art and STEM fields together, students use both the analytical and creative sides of their brains to advance interdisciplinary thinking and learning. This is the foundation of our unique STEAM educational approach.
In addition, the arts and math are closely related in that they both require spatial reasoning skills and the ability to recognize patterns. The arts, in its many and varied forms, can deepen compassion for one another and heighten self-confidence.
Students Active in the Arts
- Theatre: Two mainstage productions each year performed in the Drama Workshop in Elberson Fine Arts Center
- Visual Arts: Student exhibitions twice a year in the Elberson Fine Arts Center
- Music: performances
- Students write, edit, and produce a literary magazine, .
