A dedicated staff of 21 art teachers includes many who are actively involved in the New York State Art Teachers Association and a large number who are successful practicing artists. Several have consistently won awards for their own art works at the local and state level.

Each year, the art department presents a district-wide student art show. We are excited to share that this year, our art show will be held at the Audubon branch library! This celebrated event features over 300 student works by K-12 students from all thirteen buildings in the school district. This impressive exhibit annually attracts over 1,300 visitors! Many of the buildings also sponsor their own art shows in the spring which highlight the outstanding two and three dimensional work being done at all levels. In addition, district sponsored student art shows have also appeared throughout the community including such venues as the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Kenan Center, the UB Center for the Arts, and at the District Budget Vote.


Mission Statement

The mission of the art program within the Williamsville Central School District, a community characterized by diversity, high expectations and support for learning, is to ensure that through the study of art all students will:

• Build and create a vital relationship with the arts that assists them in developing independent, critical thought.
• Have lives rich in meaning and expression.
• Learn to visually communicate in their own unique way, through creating works of art.
• Learn to critically analyze, interpret, and judge visual imagery in a rapidly changing world.
• Discover the opportunities and roles they can play in the arts, including the wide range of vocations, and as participant and/or supporter of the arts.
• Understand that art reflects time periods, cultures and societies.

Through the cultivation of artistic behaviors and strategies, students expand visual perception and intellectual skills that are essential for academic life and aid in understanding the world in which they live.

View the Art Program review for Curriculum Council by clicking here.

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For more information regarding Art instruction in Williamsville, please contact:

Jaime L. Pitnell
Director of the Arts, Business & Marketing, and Family & Consumer Sciences
(716) 626-8040
jpitnell@williamsvillek12.org