Arts, AV Technology & Communications

The Arts, AV Technology, and Communications career cluster prepares students for dynamic media, design, production, and communication careers. These industries require a blend of creativity, technical skills, and industry knowledge to ensure success in a fast-paced work environment. Skill standards outline the essential competencies needed for a safe, productive, and effective career, helping students build a strong foundation for future training and employment.

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Dance Studio | Artopia

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The work of Guggenheim Fellow and Bessie Award winner Cathy Weis centers on a choreographic process that fully integrates dance with sound, design and technology. Weis offers a tour of her studio in...

Marionette | Eye Wonder

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The Eye Wonder team takes a look at marionettes and puppetry.

Art and Physics | Artopia

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Wagoner describes Leonard Shlain’s theory of art and physics and how it relates to his own work.

Success | Artopia

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The work of Guggenheim Fellow and Bessie Award winner Cathy Weis centers on a choreographic process that fully integrates dance with sound, design and technology. Weis thinks of unsuccessful...

Start a Dance | Artopia

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Dan Wagoner encourages young people to explore dancing by studying movements and the anatomy of the body.

Dan Wagoner: History | Artopia

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Wagoner explains his personal history with dance, which began when he was a young boy in West Virginia.

Teamwork | Artopia

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Weis explains how she decides who to work with and how to make the most out of every collaborator’s individual strengths.

Influence of the Family | Artopia

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Wagoner’s family provided him with a stable anchor that helped him go forward and explore his passion.

Kay Stanley, Designer | Original SC

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Kay Stanley only made it two days into retirement before she knew it just wasnt for her. She is, after all, a creative type that craves that visual expression and inspiration from the people around...

Fashion Designer | Eye Wonder

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The Eye Wonder team discovers what it takes to be a fashion designer. D.V. visits the fashion department at the American Intercontinental University and learns all about the things a fashion designer...

Digital Television | Eye Wonder

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The Eye Wonder team discovers how digital television works. D.V. speaks with an engineer to learn about the difference between a digital and an analog signal, and the benefits of having a digital...

Glass | Eye Wonder

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The Eye Wonder team discovers how art glass is made. D.V. visits an art glass studio and watches a piece being made in real time. He learns that glass is made from silica, and there are many tools...

L.I.P.S | Artopia

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

L.I.P.S. stands for Live Internet Performing Structure. It’s a long-distance process that involves mixing dance videos.

Movie Theater | Eye Wonder

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The Eye Wonder team investigates a movie theater. D.V. goes behind the scenes to see how film is loaded and rolled, and all of the different equipment that brings a movie to the screen.

Elena Madden, Water Artist | Original SC

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

For Elena Madden, inspiration for her art is in light patterns and ever-changing colors of fluid surfaces. Residing in Beaufort, coupled with living on a houseboat, Elena's inspiration is all around...

Jean-Francois Millet | Turner to Cézanne

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

About the Painter This unfinished painting showing peasants carrying firewood dates from the last part of Millet’s life, when his works focused on the hardships of rural life. Millet described in a...

Joseph Mallord William Turner | Turner to Cézanne

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

About the Painter This painting dating from late in Turner’s career shows the wreck of a boat being engulfed by waves, its ropes flailing like tentacles. The sails, which have come adrift, can be seen...

Dance and Video | Artopia

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Weis details her career and how cameras have become an important part of her work. She explains the technology and process.