Arts+Media
Arts+Media
Valor's Arts+Media program helps students excel in their God given gifts and passions, thriving under the invested care of exceptional arts faculty. Valor offers an incredible level of creative training, experience, and opportunity, all within a joy filled, Christ-centered culture!
Overview
Valor offers an exceptional level of creative training and experience within a joy filled, Christ-centered culture!
Here, students can find a sense of belonging, develop passion for their craft, and cultivate purpose in using their talents for God’s glory. With our school focus on Influence Through Excellence, we prepare students to offer their artistry to a world that longs for beauty, hope, and redemption. Students will be able to go into the world with a deeper understanding of not only their craft, but also a deeper understanding of who Christ is, and a desire to serve Him in their gifting.
"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands."
PSALM 19:1
The Arts+Media Department
The Valor Arts department is committed to equipping students with the knowledge and inspiration required to express the Christian heart in a relevant, artistic, and authentic manner. Our faculty are practitioners as well as teachers in their respective disciplines. With that being said, the arts faculty is able to combine theory with professional viability and knowledge with inspiration. This encourages and inspires students to create the best possible things while becoming who they are meant to be.
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Performing Arts
Valor Arts+Media has an exceptional performing arts program, with extensive offerings in dance, music, theater and recording arts. Students improve their strengths while growing in their relationship with Christ. Our students experience a sense of belonging as they get in-depth training in a healthy, joyful environment with Christ at it's center.
Dance
Valor’s extensive dance program provides a place where students can experience the joy/community that Christ offers, while excelling in the area of dance they love. From ballet to hip-hop, we offer genres and tracks where we can serve dancers at a variety of levels. We help beginners, while dancers who desire to further their skills are encouraged to join our Valor Conservatory for the Arts dance program.
Music
Valor Christian High School offers extensive resources and tools for students through our vocal, instrumental, musical theater and recording arts programs. Our state of the art recording studio, The Loft, is recognized as one of the finest studios in Colorado, while a number of our student vocalists and instrumentalists have garnered state level honors.
Theatre
Valor’s theatre arts and musical theater program is widely regarded as one of Colorado's top performing arts programs. With extensive course and stage opportunities, alongside individual training through the Valor Conservatory of the Arts, our actors excel! Of equal importance, our theater community is close knit - a place of joy and belonging with fellow performers and an invested faculty.
Visual Arts
Valor's innovative visual arts programs are the perfect space for students to explore traditional and digital art forms. Our programs are largely based in problem solving, risk taking, and creative expression, students can explore a variety of digital and traditional mediums. Our disciples are deeply connected and we encourage our students to experiment and explore. Students receive in-depth training in our programs while thriving in a joyful, well-crafted, student-centric culture rooted in Christ. Students who are deeply passionate in their craft should consider the Visual Arts arm of the Valor Conservatory for the Arts.
Traditional Media
Valor’s traditional media program offers students first class studio experiences in ceramics, drawing, and painting. Students have the opportunity to take beginner classes and advance to more challenging courses if they wish.
Digital Media
Valor’s digital media program offers students state-of-the-art studio experiences in design and photography. Students have the opportunity to take beginner classer and advance to more challenging courses if they wish.
Cinematic Arts+Journalism
Valor offers extensive media opportunities in the Cinematic Arts+Journalism classes. Cinematic arts students will focus on all aspects of production. Our approach to Journalism reflects industry trends, incorporating a multi-media approach where social media is leveraged alongside more traditional broadcast applications.
Valor Arts gave me a foundation on which I could try things, a place to see where my love of songwriting was valid to pursue. The faculty introduced me to the music industry and helped me to see the real opportunity in front of me.
VALOR ALUM, BELMONT UNIVERSITY 2018
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Arts+Media Stories
Students in the Conservatory Dance and Musical Theatre classes were treated to master classes this month with industry professional, Lauren Hamilton.
The Red Carpet was rolled out for recording arts students and the community to celebrate their original works and those of their peers! This grammy-style night is a fun tradition that provides a showcase of some of Valor's top student works as they celebrate the songwriting process.
Senior Ivy Fox is just as comfortable in the worship band classroom and the painting studio. The worship band keyboardist and visual artist was asked by Mr. Trotter, Mrs. Timmons, and Mr. Johnson to paint a mural in the worship band room to inspire.
Senior Ella Plourde hit the Big Apple this summer as a nominee for The Jimmy Awards, the national award show for high school musical theatre students.
In the same week the world celebrated women in science, Victoria McBroom ’21 earned Best of Show in the Valor Arts Show for her animatronics piece she affectionately calls Crouton.
Instead of spending the final weeks of the semester studying or writing papers, Graphic Design III students worked tirelessly to finish a project that they could slip on their feet.
Arts+Media by the Numbers
40
Course Offerings
83
Percent of Students in Art Classes and Productions
10000
People or More Attended Art Productions
125
Students Enrolled in the Conservatory for the Arts
21
Conservatory six- credit majors offered
DIRECTOR OF ARTS+MEDIA
Arie Ringnalda
Any additional questions, feel free to reach out directly to our Director of Arts+Media. We want incoming and current students and parents to feel confident they are being seen and heard. Click the button below to email Arie.