This semester elective for seventh and eighth grade students is designed to challenge students with a focus on new media and varied techniques beyond the range of standard studies. Projects will investigate a variety of materials and art processes in relation to drawing, painting, and three-dimensional forms of expression. Students are selected through an evaluation process that includes a portfolio, student self-evaluation, and a variety of artistic evaluations or prior eligibility for gifted visual arts services. Students must be identified for gifted visual arts services in order to be accepted into the class. A fee is charged for consumable materials.