Tools for School 2024
Mercy High School’s Creative Arts and Design Pathway Program combines creativity, ideas, imagination, and self-expression to encourage young women to problem solve through a variety of art forms including art, drama, dance, painting, music, design, and graphic design. The Study of Creative Arts and Design is critical to the world as it supports the development of many crucial life skills such as emotional intelligence, confidence, discipline, creativity, commitment, and problem-solving.
Relation to Girls' Education
There is an underrepresentation of women across the fields that lie within the art industry.
Today women remain dramatically underrepresented and undervalued in museums, galleries, and auction houses.
Three of the most-visited museums in the world, the British Museum (est. 1753), the Louvre (est. 1793), and The Metropolitan Museum of Art (est. 1870) have never had female directors.
Nearly half (45.8%) of visual artists in the United States are women; on average, they earn 74¢ for every dollar made by male artists.
There are no women in the top 0.03% of the auction market, where 41% of the profit is concentrated. Overall, 96% of artworks sold at auction are by male artists.
The NEA found that as women artists age, they earn progressively less than their male artist counterparts. Women artists aged 55–64 earn only 66¢ for each $1 earned by men.
Women make up a majority of professional art museum staff; despite recent gains, they remain underrepresented in leadership positions.
There is an underrepresentation today of women in photography. A majority of recent photography graduates consisted of women, but they earn, on average, 40% less than their male counterparts. Similarly, it was found that less than 25% of the commercial photographers represented by the industry’s leading agents are female.
The Creative Arts and Design Program will engage students in the core elements of design through both technical and practical skills. This program will focus on using various forms of media to promote self expressions and creativity. Mercy will foster the creativity and leadership within our students so they can bring these skills confidently into the world and their careers.
Relevance to Today’s World
In August of 2002 an article was written in Forbes about the $192 Billion Dollar Gender Gap in Art. This article cites that “despite the bias against female artists, there is a growing interest in acquiring art by women, and the prices of works by female artists are starting to reflect this trend.”
Program Requirements
4 Years in the Arts
4 Years of English
Attendance in Online Art Course
Women in the Arts Trends Workshop
Graphic Design Workshop
Creative Arts and Design Mentor
Participation in California College of the Arts (CCA) Youth Programming
Attendance at Creative Arts and Design Speaker Series
Creative Arts and Design Capstone Project and Portfolio
Sample Courses & Workshops
Sample Careers
Museum Curator
Art Director
Art Teacher
Architect
Fashion Designer
Game Designer
Animator
Photographer
Video Designer
Film Producer